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Communications Networks - ZITE4204
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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: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative 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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