10EC831 Distributed Systems syllabus for EC


Part A
Unit-1 CHARACTERIZATION OF DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS 7 hours

Introduction,Examples of distributed systems, Resource sharing and the web, Challenges.

Unit-2 SYSTEM MODELS 6 hours

Introduction, Architectural models, Fundamental mode.

Unit-3 INTERPROCESS COMMUNICATION 7 hours

Introduction, The API for the internet protocols, External data representation and marshalling, Clint-server communication, Group communication.

Unit-4 DISTRIBUTED OBJECTS AND REMOTE INVOCATION 6 hours

Introduction, Communication between distributed objects, Remote procedure call, Events and notifications.

Part B
Unit-5 SECURITY 7 hours

Introduction, Overview of security technique cryptographic algorithms, Digital signature, Cryptography progrmatics.

Unit-6 TIME & GLOBAL STATES 7 hours

Introduction, Clocks, Events, Process states, Synchronizing physical clocks, Global states, Distributed debugging.

Unit-7 COORDINATION AND AGREEMENT 6 hours

Distributed mutual exclusion,Elections, Multicast communication.

Unit-8 CORBA CASE STUDY 6 hours

Introduction, CORBA RMI, CORBA Services.

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