615-337 Further Concepts in Telecommunications

Note

This subject is regarded as a non-science subject for students enrolled in the single BSc and combined BSc courses.

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

615-237 Telecommunications Concepts

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Aspects of the following topics will be considered: data transmission basics; network connectivity and performance issues; TCP/IP and OSI protocols for open systems.

At the completion of this subject, students should:

• have knowledge of the different topologies and transmission media commonly used in local area networks and the different types of wide area networks;
• appreciate the function of various network-dependent protocols used with local and wide area networks, and have in-depth knowledge of key aspects of these protocols;
• understand the operation of transport protocols, application support protocols, and application-specific protocols used in network services.

Assessment

A 3-hour end-of-semester written examination; assigned project work. Weighting of the assessment components will be announced at the commencement of the subject.