615-237 Telecommunications Concepts

615-145 Concepts in Software Development I

Aspects of the following topics will be considered: 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); and 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; and

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

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.