Service Delivery Architectures and Platforms

A tantárgy neve magyarul / Name of the subject in Hungarian: Szolgáltatásnyújtási architektúrák és platformok

Last updated: 2014. március 31.

Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
Engineering Information Technology
Electrical Engineering
MSc Program
Specialization in Digital Media Technology 
Elective
Course ID Semester Assessment Credit Tantárgyfélév
VIHIM007   2/1/0/v 4  
3. Course coordinator and department Dr. Szabó Sándor,
4. Instructors Dr. Szabó Sándor, Assistant Professor, Department of Networked Systems and Services
5. Required knowledge Communication theory
6. Pre-requisites
Ajánlott:
Tematikaütközés miatt a tárgyat csak azok vehetik fel, akik korábban nem hallgatták a következő tárgyakat:

BMEVITMM156 Konvergens hálózatok és szolgáltatások.
VITMM131 Szolgáltatások és alkalmazások
VIHIM244 Infokommunikációs szolgáltatások és alkalmazások
VITMAV62 Szolgáltatások és alkalmazások

7. Objectives, learning outcomes and obtained knowledge The course provides students with a comprehensive introduction to service provisioning in converging wireless, wired and mobile networks, with special focus on transmission and call control protocols, service architectures and the special challenges of billing and regulation.
8. Synopsis

1st – 2nd weeks    Introduction, mobile network basics. Introduction, basic concepts of mobile wireless networks. Vertical and horizontal value chains in the mobile communication market. Fix-mobile convergence, fix-mobile substitution toward a Next Generation Network (NGN) architecture.

3rd – 5th weeks    Service architectures, IMS. Mobile network evolution toward an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) based NGN network. IMS architecture, and protocols summary. IMS based application services and network services.

6th – 8th weeks    Call Control Protocols. Basic functions of call control, overview of some commonly used call control protocol, such as H.323 and SIP. SIP architecture and the operation of SIP protocol, SIP messages.    

9th -  11th weeks    Transferring multimedia content in wireless networks. Comparison of Quality of Service (QoS) in wired and wireless networks. IP based QoS techniques in wireless networks, transmission control protocols in wireless environment, UMTS bearer services. TCP, DCCP, STCP, UDP protocols, the concept of multi-homing and multi-streaming.

12th -13th weeks    Authentication, authorization, accounting (AAA). Billing and accounting in packet switched systems, IMS billing subsystem. User authentication and authorization. Protecting privacy, indoor and outdoor localization in mobile systems.

14th week    Integration with mobile platforms (Android, IOS). Implementing mobile services on well known mobile operating systems, such as Android an IOS.

9. Method of instruction 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour exercise (in the average).

10. Assessment 1 test during the semester. The grade of the test should not be lower than satisfactory (2.0).
11. Recaps A repeated test in the first week after the semester has to be written if the grade of the first test was not satisfactory, or if the test was not written.
12. Consultations According to the agreement between the students and lecturer.
13. References, textbooks and resources Gonzalo Camarillo, Miguel-Angel García-Martín: The 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): Merging the Internet and the Cellular Worlds, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2008

Shyam Chakraborty, Janne Peisa, Tomas Frankkila, Per Synnergren: IMS Multimedia Telephony over Cellular Systems: VoIP Evolution in a Converged Telecommunication World, John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Miikka Poikselkä, Georg Mayer: The IMS: IP Multimedia Concepts and Services, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2009

14. Required learning hours and assignment
Lectures42
Preparation to lectures
14
Preparation to the midterm exam
 
Homework24
Studying the written material
 
Preparation to the exam
40
Total120
15. Syllabus prepared by
Dr. Szabó Sándor    Assistant Professor    BME - HIT