| Area: |
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Credits: |
25.0 |
| Contact Hours: |
5.0 |
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| ** 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. ** |
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| Lecture: |
1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: |
1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: |
1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly |
| Prerequisite(s): |
11341 (v.4) Stochastic Processes for Telecommunications Systems 601 or any previous version
AND
307638 (v.2) Networking and Telecommunication Fundamentals 601 or any previous version
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| Syllabus: |
Introduction to data and computer communication networks. Network architectures, protocol, hierarchies, OSI reference model. Point to point protocols and links, error detection, Automatic repeat request (ARQ) strategies. The network layer, multi access networks, local and metropolitan area networks (LANs and MANs), Queuing theory, performance modelling of data networks. Selected topics from: Introduction to Switching Systems; blocking; topology; multistage space switches; synchronous digital transfer mode; time-division switching and switch architectures. |
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| ** 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. ** |
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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 2 |
Y |
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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 |
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