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FIT4014 - Digital communications software

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate Faculty of Information Technology

Offered

Not offered in 2007

Synopsis

Introduction to communication protocol engineering. The software implementation of communication protocols. Using finite state machines as a communications protocol specification and their software implementation. Software implementation of protocol data unit encoders and decoders. Using the Unix / C programming environment to manage buffer space, handle real-time communications protocol constraints and manage interrupts and polling of communications hardware.

Assessment

Practical assignments: 70%. Examination: 30%.

Contact hours

4 hours per week

Prohibitions

CSE4883