M Sanders
6 points - Second semester - Clayton
Synopsis Introduction to protocol engineering; FSMs; PDU encoders and decoders; buffer management in communications programs; real-time constrains; timer management.
Assessment Five practical assignments: 100%
Prescribed texts
Deitel and Deitel C How to program 2nd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1994
Recommended texts
Stevens UNIX network programming Prentice-Hall, 1990
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