307638 (v.2) Networking and Telecommunication Fundamentals 601


Area: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
 
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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.
 
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Field of Education: 31305 Computer Engineering
Funding Cluster: 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External