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307638 (v.2) Networking and Telecommunication Fundamentals 601


Area:

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Co Requisite(s):

11341 (v.4) Stochastic Processes for Telecommunications Systems 601 or any previous version
 

Syllabus:

Selected topics from: Queuing Systems - Little's result, birth-death processes, continuous-time Markov chains, the M/M/1 queue, multi-server systems: M/M/c, M/M/c/c and M/M/8. Finite-source queuing systems. M/G/1 queuing systems, Burke's theorem, Jackson's theorem. Networking Theory - Circuit and packet switching, converged networks - real-time traffic versus data traffic, best-effort service in connectionless networks, connection-oriented communications networks, ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) networks, control/management, sharing of resources, indirect store-and-forward deadlock, routing constraints. Parameter estimation and signal detection theory, advanced signal theory, advanced modulation schemes, information theory.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

31300 Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Technology (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Supplemental

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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