| Semester 1, 2022 Springfield On-campus | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Mathematics, Physics & Computing |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
Examiner: Davoud Mougouei
Requisites
Pre-requisite: CSC3407 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GDTI or GCSC or GCEN or METC or MCOT or MCTE or MCOP or MPIT
Overview
Networks are of an increasing importance in commerce, education and culture and absorb an ever-increasing share of the national budget as there is an expectation that we will be able to connect to any online environment through a medium of our choice at any location. This course will provide students with the knowledge to model protocols and standards used in networks and wireless communication systems and how to ensure continuity of service. This course will equip students with the insight needed for a career in communications technology.
This course focuses on wireless communication technology as used in mobile phone networks, including 4G and 5G and the series of standards associated with wireless local area networks. Students will also investigate the quality of service in the Internet with a focus on the DiffServ standard and use a graphical interface to gain an understanding of these topics. Optical communications are investigated in terms of the capacity of optical fibres and associated switching technologies.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be:
- Compute the capacity of wireless and optical systems according to the Shannon formula;
- Formulate distortion and noise in wireless communication systems and the methods used to overcome it;
- Compare and contrast interference between co-located wireless communication systems and different methods used to overcome it;
- Simulate or model and analyse the throughput, performance, and fairness of wireless, optical and tcp/ip systems;
- Make appropriate choices of configuration of wireless security;
- Evaluate networks which carry multiple traffic types with different quality of service requirements and the methods used to cater for them;
- Analyse the use of wave-division multiplexing and switching in optical systems and how it can be used to deliver increasing demand for services in future.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wireless Communication fundamentals | 10.00 |
| 2. | Medium sharing and access control | 10.00 |
| 3. | Multipath distortion and OFDM | 10.00 |
| 4. | Security for wireless networking | 10.00 |
| 5. | Internet quality of service | 10.00 |
| 6. | Quality of service management | 10.00 |
| 7. | Internet simulation Multipath interference and OFDM | 10.00 |
| 8. | Optical network architecture | 10.00 |
| 9. | Reliability of WDM Networks | 10.00 |
| 10. | Layered network design | 10.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiz 1 | No | 10 | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Quiz 2 | No | 20 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
| Quiz 3 | No | 20 | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
| Time limited online examinatn | No | 50 | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |