units

FIT5011

Faculty of Information Technology

18 September 2017 31 December 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Information Technology
OfferedCaulfield Second semester 2015 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit will cover network design, performance modelling and analysis. Queuing 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 - ATM, IntServ and DiffServ models. Network topology design and performance modelling, design considerations for local or wide area networks, including GEPON, cable and wireless networks. Introductory probability and graph theory.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students should be able to:

  • explain and construct queuing models for performance modelling of networks;
  • explain multi-access systems including splitting, reservation, and carrier sensing;
  • explain analysis of routing protocols commonly used on the Internet;
  • explain and apply traffic dimensioning for circuit and packet switched networks, including VoIP and multimedia;
  • explain and apply design considerations for local or wide area networks, including GEPON, cable and wireless networks;
  • explain the analysis and evaluation of the operation of a local or wide area telecommunications network.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • Two hours of lectures
  • One 2-hour tutorial

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

  • A minimum of 8 hours independent study per week for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Carlo Kopp

Prerequisites

(FIT9135 or FIT5135 or FIT9020) or equivalent
Basic network systems knowledge, understanding of probability theory.

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

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5011