FIT5011

Advanced network design and performance ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

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Not offered in 2006.

Synopsis: This unit will cover network design, performance modelling and analysis. Queueing models (M/M/1, M/M/k, M/M/k/k, M/G/1), networks of queues. Multi-access systems (splitting, reservation, carrier sensing), routing techniques (shortest path, Bellman-Ford, Dijkstra, adaptive routing, flooding). Quality of service (QoS) aspects, flow control, connection admission control and other traffic management functions. Network topology design (backbone, concentrator placement).

Assessment: Written assignment: 25%; Mid-semester Test (2 hours): 25%; Final Test (2 hours): 50%.

Contact Hours: One x 2 hr lecture/week, One x 2 hr tutorial and/or group work/week

Prohibitions: ECE4045, ECE5045, CSE5805, CSE5808