CPE5009 - Internet devices and services

Leader: Shonali Krishnaswamy

Offered

Caulfield First semester 2008 (Evening)

Synopsis

Distributed applications review. Software and hardware used for connecting devices to the internet. Survey of device-oriented communication protocols. Locating services; and dynamic discovery methods. Communicating between clients and services. Modelling asynchronous events. Federating services to build global networks of service discovery. Web services. Security issues in internet services. Transaction models for distributed services. User interfaces for internet services. Bridging between protocols.

Objectives

Distributed applications review. Software and hardware used for connecting devices to the internet. Survey of device-oriented communication protocols. Locating services; and dynamic discovery methods. Communicating between clients and services. Modelling asynchronous events. Federating services to build global networks of service discovery. Web services. Security issues in internet services. Transaction models for distributed services. User interfaces for internet services. Bridging between protocols.

Assessment

Assignments 60%; Examination 40%

Contact hours

4 x contact hrs/week

Prerequisites

Programming experience in Java and programming experience in distributed systems