Embedded communications systems

Course title: Embedded communications systems

Code: FEIT10L040

Number of credits (ECTS): 6

Weekly number of classes: 3+1+1+0

Prerequisite for enrollment of  the subject: Passed: The application of operating systems in telecom, Taken course: Telecommunication networks

Course goals/Competences: Introduction to time trigerred communications. Detailed analysis of networked embedded systems using real applications. Introduction to relevant protocols for embedded communications systems. Practical limitations for TCP/IP implementation in embedded systems. Design and implementation of embedded communications systems.

Total available number of classes: 180

Curriculum: Definition of embedded communications. Differences between general purpose communications and communications for specific needs. Key concepts in embedded communications (event vs. state based communications, selection of the most appropriate protocol for real time operation, error detection and diagnostics). Communication architecture for embedded systems. Topologies for embedded communications. Distributed dependency. Redundancy. Survivability and sustainability. Formal methods for verification of communication protocols for embedded communications. Available tools, techniques and metrics.

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