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:

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