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Computer Networks - TELE9302
Science students

 
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Electrical Eng and Telecommunications
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.ee.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
None
 
 
Excluded: TELE4352, TELE9752
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

An overview of computer networks. Issues in the data link layer: Error correction and detection, flow and error control and shared medium access schemes. Concepts in the network layer: introduction to the Internet Protocal (IP), IP addressing, classical IP subnetting technique and IP routing. Transport layer concepts: introduction to the Transport Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP). The operation of the different Internet applications: HTTP, DNS, FTP, SMTP and Internet multimedia streaming applications.

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