Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convener
Phil Whiting
Contact via philip.whiting@mq.edu.au
E6B 110
Wednesday 12 - 1 pm
Lecturer
iain. collings
Contact via 02 9850 9068
E6B 141
Tuesdays 3-4pm
Tutor
Sobia Omer
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MEng
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit develops core knowledge and understanding in telecommunications engineering examining the technology, concepts and general principles used in modern data communication networks. The focus is on layers 1 and 2 of the OSI reference model spanning local-area, wide-area, metropolitan and access networks and includes Ethernet, wireless networks, optical networks, time-division multiplexing networks and cellular networks. The unit examines these technologies from a number of different perspectives including physical-layer communications, medium access control (MAC), link-layer, network structure, devices, modelling, performance analysis and quality of service. A practical component gives students skills in using and configuring network equipment and modelling and analysis tools.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Formal notification of assessment tasks, grading rubrics and due dates will be posted on iLearn. Although all reasonable measures to ensure the information is accurate, The University reserves the right to make changes without notice. Each student is responsible for checking iLearn for changes and updates.
Assignment Problems will be posted on iLearn at least two weeks before their submission date. Assignment solutions will be posted within one week after the submission date. Submissions will not be accepted once the solution is posted. All assignments and reports must be submitted electronically through iLearn (in pdf format). Resubmissions will be permitted up to due date.
There is no hurdle requirement except that the overall pass mark of 50 must be reached.
A mark of 50 or more is required to obtain a passing grade (P/CR/D/HD)
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Final examination | 52% | No | Examination period |
Assignment 0 | 3% | No | Week 3 |
Assignment 1 | 7% | No | Week 4 |
Assignment 2 | 10% | No | Week 7 |
Assignment 3 | 10% | No | Week 10 |
Assignment 4 | 10% | No | Week 12 |
Laboratories | 5% | No | Throughout semester |
Participation | 3% | No | Throughout semester |
Due: Examination period
Weighting: 52%
Closed book examination of 3 hours duration.
Due: Week 3
Weighting: 3%
This is a short diagnostic assignment early in the session.
Due: Week 4
Weighting: 7%
This is a set of problems usually involving some degree of numerical computation, using equations, explaining concepts, application of techniques, critical analysis or use of Matlb.
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 10%
This is a set of problems usually involving some degree of numerical computation, using equations, explaining concepts, application of techniques, critical analysis or use of Matlb.
Due: Week 10
Weighting: 10%
This is a set of problems usually involving some degree of numerical computation, using equations, explaining concepts, application of techniques, critical analysis or use of Matlb.
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 10%
This is a set of problems usually involving some degree of numerical computation, using equations, explaining concepts, application of techniques, critical analysis or use of Matlb.
Due: Throughout semester
Weighting: 5%
Assessment based on work done in laboratories with networking equipment, Matlab and Opnet simulation.
Due: Throughout semester
Weighting: 3%
Active participation in tutorial sessions
There are eleven weekly laboratory sessions, starting in Week 2.
Late assignments will be penalised 10% per day of lateness except if a request for extension based on medical or other exception circumstances is submitted (disruption to studies) and approved.
Library and internet search engines, word processing and presentation software, Cisco switches and routers, Atlas ADTRAN switches, Matlab software.
No student will be permitted to enter the laboratory without proper footwear. THONGS OR SANDALS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. NO FOOD OR DRINK may be taken into the laboratory.
Communication Networks A Concise Introduction, by J. Walrand and S. Parekh, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2010.
Networking, Second edition, J. S. Beasley, Pearson, 2009.
Data Communications and Networking, 4th Edition by B. A. Forouzan, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
Data and Computer Communications, 9th ed W. Stallings, Pearson, 2012
Computer Networking James F Kurose & Keith W Ross, 6th Edn, 2012.
Lecture notes, laboratory notes, workshop notes, assignments and resources are provided online through iLearn.
Topics covered include Ethernet, wireless LANs, packet switched networks, cellular networks, optical networks, Markov chain modelling, queueing models, quaity of service.
Please refer to ilearn for the detailed list of topics and their scheduling.
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If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
Results shown in iLearn, or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au.
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Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.
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When using the University's IT, you must adhere to the Acceptable Use of IT Resources Policy. The policy applies to all who connect to the MQ network including students.
Our graduates will also be capable of creative thinking and of creating knowledge. They will be imaginative and open to experience and capable of innovation at work and in the community. We want them to be engaged in applying their critical, creative thinking.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will have enquiring minds and a literate curiosity which will lead them to pursue knowledge for its own sake. They will continue to pursue learning in their careers and as they participate in the world. They will be capable of reflecting on their experiences and relationships with others and the environment, learning from them, and growing - personally, professionally and socially.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
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We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
As local citizens our graduates will be aware of indigenous perspectives and of the nation's historical context. They will be engaged with the challenges of contemporary society and with knowledge and ideas. We want our graduates to have respect for diversity, to be open-minded, sensitive to others and inclusive, and to be open to other cultures and perspectives: they should have a level of cultural literacy. Our graduates should be aware of disadvantage and social justice, and be willing to participate to help create a wiser and better society.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be aware of and have respect for self and others; to be able to work with others as a leader and a team player; to have a sense of connectedness with others and country; and to have a sense of mutual obligation. Our graduates should be informed and active participants in moving society towards sustainability.
This graduate capability is supported by:
The following topics have been withdrawn following review:
ATM
The following topic has been added following review:
Network Reliability
The course material was largely retained as student responded well as far as performance is concerned.