Contents

• Contents
• General information
• The project - general description
• Problem analysis
  • The ICQ network and the ICQ protocol
  • Our approach
  • Final Product
• Product requirements
  • Client side
  • Server side
  • Protocol
• Description of the problem -- Software requirements
  • Client side
  • Server side
  • Protocol
• Competitive analysis -- design alternatives
  • Survey on non-standard ICQ clients
  • Advantages of our approach
  • Problems in implementing our approach
• Top Level Design
  • Client
  • Server
  • Protocol
• Detailed design -- implemented design and alternatives
  • Licensing
  • Client
  • Server
  • Protocol
• About this document ...