Data communications software engineering
B Srinivasan
4 points * 2 hours per week * Second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: COT2004
Methodology and models of software development. Real-time programming. Concurrency. Mutual exclusion, process synchronisation and communications mechanisms. Distributed systems. Layered architecture and OSI. Formal methods for software specification and verification of correctness. SDL. State charts. Implementation issues. Software reliability engineering. Software management and quality assurance.
Assessment
Examination (2 hours): 60% * Practical work: design and development of a data communication application: 40%
Prescribed texts
Srinivasan B and Krishnan R Software engineering for telecommunications Monash University, 1995
Recommended texts
Ben-Ari M Principles of concurrent and distributed programming Prentice-Hall, 1991
Hatley D and Pirhai I Strategies for real-time system specification Dorset House, 1987
Jones G W Software engineering Wiley, 1990