UNSW Handbook Course - Communications Networks

Communications Networks - ZITE4204


	Faculty: UNSW@ADFA (Australian Defence Force Academy)
	School: School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering @ ADFA
	Course Outline: https://gateway.unsw.adfa.edu.au/isas/current_students/outlines/index.html
	Campus: University College Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Equivalent: AELE4531
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Introduction to communications networks, the ISO OSI and TCP/IP reference models, ISDN and ATM; concepts of transmission, switching, signalling and framing; overview of multiple access protocols, IEEE standards for LANS and MANS, bridges and high speed LANS; study of routing and congestion control schemes, internetworking and connection management; understanding of network design issues and network security; examples of networks including the Internet and ATM networks; applications of communications networks.

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