FIT5010 - Advanced internet protocols and applications

Leader(s): Professor Bala Srinivasan

Offered

Caulfield Second semester 2009 (Day)
South Africa Second semester 2009 (Day)

Synopsis

In-depth coverage of the protocols used to operate the Internet and intranets, and a selection of major applications, including specific implementations of the protocols and systems. The topics include: Advanced Internet Addressing: IPv6, subnetting, supernetting. TCP Performance and Enhancements: Reno, New-Reno, Fast Retransmit and Recovery, etc. Unicast and multicast routing protocols: BGP4, OSPF, MOSPF, DVMRP, etc. Messaging systems: SMTP, MIME, POP3, IMAP, World Wide Web systems: client-server implementations, HTTP, Real Time Protocols: RTP, RTCP,RSVP. Security and Firewall. Quality of Service issues: DiffServ and IntServ. Network management and Remote File activities.

Objectives

At the completion of this units students will:

1. have a well-developed conceptual framework, enabling them to keep pace with developments in the rapidly changing field of network computing;
2. have a thorough understanding of one or more specialised areas of study within network computing;
3. be familiar with using current technology, systems and software relevant to network computing;
4. be able to practise professionally as a network computing specialist.

Assessment

Class Test: 25%; Assignment: 25%; Examination: 50%.

Contact hours

2 hours of lectures/week, 2 hours of tutorials/week

Prerequisites

For MAIT students, FIT9017, FIT9018, FIT9019, FIT9030, FIT9020 and FIT4037.

Prohibitions

CSE5803

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5010