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Formal Telecommunication Methods

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Formal Telecommunication Methods
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Applied Informatics, Master, ASPO 01.10.2011
Module code: PIM-WN15
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
2V+2U (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
5
Semester: 1
Mandatory course: no
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Written exam

[updated 30.07.2021]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

E1983 Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Master, ASPO 01.04.2019 , optional course, technical, course inactive since 08.10.2019
E1983 Electrical Engineering, Master, ASPO 01.10.2013 , optional course, technical
KI715 (P222-0052) Computer Science and Communication Systems, Master, ASPO 01.04.2016 , semester 1, mandatory course
PIM-WN15 Applied Informatics, Master, ASPO 01.10.2011 , semester 1, optional course, not informatics specific
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Brocks
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Brocks


[updated 18.07.2007]
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to plan and formally describe (tele-)communication systems and create tests for such systems.
They will know how communication protocols work in principle. Students will be able to specify services and protocols with formal description languages and use protocol development tools.

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Module content:
Formal and graphical (tele-)communication system description techniques
 
- Serialization techniques, in particular Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
- Specification of message flows - Message Sequence Chart (MSC)
- System Behavior Specification and Description Language (SDL)
- Testing Communication Systems - Testing and Test Control Notation (TTCN-3)
- Requirement Specification - User Requirements Notation (URN)


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Recommended or required reading:
Text books
- König, Hartmut: Protocol Engineering, Springer 2012, ISBN 3642291449
 
Specialist literature
- Dubuisson, Olivier: ASN.1, Communication between heterogenous Systems, Morgan Kaufmann, 2001, ISBN 0-12-633361-0, http://asn1.elibel.tm.fr/en/book/
 
Specifications
- ITU-T Recommendation Z.120: Message Sequence Chart (MSC), 02/2011
- ITU-T Recommendation Z.101: Specification and Description Language - Basic SDL-2010, 12/2011
- ITU-T Recommendation Z.161: Testing and Test Control Notation version 3: TTCN-3 core language, 07/2013
- ITU-T Recommendation Z.150: User Requirements Notation (URN) – Language requirements and Framework, 02/2011
- ITU-T Recommendation X.680: Information technology – Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of basic notation, 11/2008
 
 


[updated 30.07.2021]
Module offered in:
WS 2009/10, WS 2008/09, WS 2007/08 
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