Postgraduate - UnitFIT9135 - Data communications

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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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2015 (Evening) Caulfield Second semester 2015 (Day)

Synopsis

The unit will introduce students to fundamentals of data and computer communications method and techniques. It covers: ISO and TCP/IP layered protocols; physical layer concepts: data transmission methods, signal encoding and digital data communication techniques; data link control protocol, multiplexing methods; WAN and LAN networking fundamentals; internetworking and transport protocols.

Outcomes

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

describe the underlying fundamental theories and models of transmitting data across a communication channel;
identify and describe the concepts and theories of standard network protocols;
describe the functions and architectures of LAN and WAN;
evaluate several different design options and formulate a simple network design.

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 laboratory

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

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

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Guido Tack

Prohibitions

FIT9020, FIT5135