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FIT5010

Faculty of Information Technology

18 September 2017 22 November 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Information Technology

Offered

Caulfield

  • Second semester 2016 (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.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. identify the appropriate Internet protocols for a given application development;
  2. design client-server applications using the TCP/IP protocols;
  3. configure and performance tuning of Internet communications;
  4. investigate and analyse the current technology, systems and software relevant to networks in an organisataion;
  5. setup corporate networks and manage their network services; and
  6. upgrade and install new network services.

Assessment

Examination (2 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)

Professor Balasubramaniam Srinivasan

Prerequisites

(FIT9135 or FIT5135 or FIT9020) or equivalent

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

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