No

Topic

Level of

No of
 hours

knowledge

skills

A

B

C

D

E

1.

Communication software definition.

X

1

2.

Communication software environment.

X

1

3.

Communication software life cycle.

X

1

4.

Informal specification examples.

X

1

5.

Formal specification examples.

X

1

6.

Protocols and services modeling.

X

1

7.

Formal specification languages.

X

1

8.

Introduction to Specification and Description Language – SDL.

X

1

9.

SDL elements.

X

1

10.

Data structures definitions in SDL and ANS.1 notation.

X

1

11.

Process description in SDL.

X

1

12.

Inter-process communication in SDL.

X

1

13.

SDL and programming languages.

X

1

14.

Protocols verification.

X

1

15.

Example of complete communication system specification.

X

1

Total

15

No

Topic

Level of

No of
 hours

knowledge

skills

A

B

C

D

E

1.   

Formal specification of standard communication protocol in SDL.

X

15

Total

15