Communication in distributed systems

Responsible for the module

Prof. Dr. Maria Maleshkova, M.Sc. Florian Grensing

Qualification goal

• The students know the basic possibilities and methods of communication in distributed systems.
• Using an introduction to Java and the exemplary development of a web store, students will be able to assess and evaluate the complexity of a large distributed logistics application.

Contents

1. Distributed systems and applications
   • Models of distributed systems (asynchronous, synchronous, atomic)
   • Client-server architectures, three-tier architecture
   • Client and server technologies, peer-to-peer
2. Message-based communication
   • Communication protocols in the ISO OSI model (TCP/IP, UDP, SMTP, …)
   • Client technologies (HTML, JavaScript)
   • Remote procedure calls (RPCs)
3. Middleware
   • Middleware and its tasks
   • Application examples
4. Web service, web APIs (RMI, SOAP, WSDL, XML, …)
   • Protocols (SOAP, WSDL, …)
   • Services (BPEL, JMS, …)
5. Laboratory exercise: Step-by-step development of a web store application
   • Introduction to Java and Java web technologies
   • Java server pages (JSPs), servlets, Java servlet API, JavaBeans, servlet engine

Module components

The scope of this course is 2 TWS lecture, 1 TWS exercise for 4 CP.

Recommended literature

Schill, Springer: Verteilte Systeme: Grundlagen und Basistechnologien

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Letzte Änderung: 11. February 2025