615-237 Telecommunications Concepts

Note

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

615-145 Concepts in Software Development I

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Aspects of the following topics will be considered: aspects of data transmission (synchronous and asynchronous transmission, error detection and correction, and compression) and local and wide area networks (architectures, protocols, and issues). Organisational options (data and telecommunications architectures, protocols, in-house networks, out-sourcing). Other telecommunications concepts and business applications.

At the completion of this subject, students should:

• understand the fundamentals of data communication and computer networks;

• understand the interface standards and protocols associated with the Internet and other data networks;

• be aware of the range of international standard protocols that achieve open systems interconnection;

• understand the options organisations have for building or purchasing telecommunications services including business applications.

Assessment

A 3-hour end-of-semester written examination, 40 hours of individual and group project work. The weighting of the assessment components will be announced at the commencement of the subject.