307640 (v.2) Broadband Networks 602


Area:

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** 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 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Review of telecommunications networks, network architectures, resource and traffic management, the OSI reference model, layer services, synchronous transfer mode, the asynchronous transfer mode and the integrated network, link layer, multi-access protocols for local area networks, distributed LAN multi-access protocols, B_ISBN network and protocol architecture, ATM network resource management-call admission control, framework for traffic and congestion control, ATM layer bearer capabilities, deterministic cell rate bearer capability, ATM block transfer (ABT) bearer capabilities, controlled cell transfer (CCT) bearer capability, generic flow control at UNI (GFC_U), generic flow control at NNI (GFC_N), cell transfer protocol (CTP), internetworking protocol(IP).
 
** 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:

20113 Networks and Communications

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 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