Distributed Networking

Course Title: Distributed Networking

Course No: CSC478

Nature of the Course: Theory + Lab

Semester: 8

Full Marks: 60 + 20 + 20

Pass Marks: 24 + 8 + 8

Credit Hours: 3

Course Description

The course covers overview of distributed networking model, client server model, communication models, internetworking, interprocess communication, fault tolerance, reliability, replication, security issues and new developments in distributed networking.

Course Objectives

The course objective to make the students familiar with Distributed Network Systems, its models, communication paradigms, related protocols and architectures, its reliability and replication systems, and security issues. It also briefly introduces the current developments in distributed networking.

Course Contents

1. Overview

4 hrs

1.1. Distributed Systems Fundamentals

Distributed Systems

Computer Networks

Protocols and QoS

Software for Distributed Computing

Agent – based computing model

2. Client Server Model

8 hrs

2.1. Client Server Architecture

Issues

Client Server Model in Distributed Computing System

Cooperation between clients and servers

Extensions to the Client Server Model

Service Discovery

Client Server Interoperability

3. Communication Paradigm

6 hrs

3.1. Communication Models

Message and message passing mechanisms

Remote Procedure Calls

Remote Method Invocation

3.2. Distributed Shared Memory

Distributed Shared Memory

Design and implementation and consistency models

4. Internetworking

5 hrs

4.1. Network Protocols

Communication Protocol Architectures

TCP/IP Protocol Suite

IPv6

5. Interprocess Communication

5 hrs

5.1. Message Passing

Interprocess communication using message passing

Developing distributed applications using message passing

Sockets and system calls

6. Reliability and Replication Techniques

7 hrs

6.1. Fault Tolerance and Reliability

Fault Tolerance

Reliability

Availability

Failure Classification

Techniques to achieve reliability

Reliability Modelling

Fault Tolerant Distributed Algorithms

6.2. Replication

Replication and reliability

Replication schemes and consistency

7. Security

6 hrs

7.1. Network Security

Secure Networks

Security Mechanisms on Internet

DDoS Attacks

Active and Passive Defense against DDoS attack

8. Current Developments in Distributed Network System

4 hrs

8.1. Emerging Distributed Computing Paradigms

Introduction and characteristics of Cluster Computing

Grid Computing

P2P Computing

Pervasive Computing

Laboratory Works

Laboratory exercise should consist of tasks related configuration of distributed system, client server applications, message passing, remote method invocation, remote procedure calls, socket and system calls, and reliability and replication techniques.

1.Distributed Systems Configuration and Implementation

Text Books

1.Distributed Network Systems from Concept to Implementation, Weijia Jia, Wanlei Zhou, Springer

Reference Books

1.Distributed Computing: Fundamentals, Simulations and Advanced Topics, 2nd Edition, Hagit Attiya, Jennifer Welch, March 2004
2.Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms, Andrew Tanenbaum and Maarten van Steen, Prentice Hall, 2007

Notes:

This syllabus follows the official B.Sc. CSIT curriculum of Tribhuvan University. In case of any doubt or revision, the university's published syllabus shall be considered authoritative.

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