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Academic Details

Overview of the Subject

The subject provides the foundation knowledge of computer and network infrastructure. Students study the physical and logical components of ICT including the concepts and terminologies relating to computers and networking. Specifically, the subject focuses on computer architecture components, operating systems, network evolution, network hardware, network protocols and security. This subject provides the pre- requisite knowledge required for advanced networking and security courses.

Subject Learning Outcomes

a) Discuss fundamental concepts of computer and data networks
b) Explain how protocols are used to link computer networks and manage data traffic.
c) Apply IP addressing, routing and subnetting in the design of a network
d) Apply networking concepts to solve a business problem.

Assessment Details

Details of Each Assessment Item

The assessments for this subject are described below. The description includes the type of assessment, its purpose, weighting, due date and submission requirements, the topic of the assessment, details of the task and detailed marking criteria, including a marking rubric for essays, reports and presentations.
Supplementary assessment information and assistance can be found in Moodle.

KOI expects students to submit their own original work in both assignments and exams, or the original work of their group in the case of group assignments.

Marking guides for assessments follow the assessment descriptions. Students should compare final drafts of their assessment against the marking guide before submission.

Assessment 1
Purpose: Weekly tutorial participation is designed to encourage engagement, and develop and reinforce the knowledge and skills presented in the lectures. Students will be given exercises to do during the tutorial time. This assessment contributes to learning outcomes a, b, c and d.

Purpose: This assessment will allow students to demonstrate that they can identify the key terms used in the Data communication and Network. This assessment contributes to learning outcome a and b.

Assessment 2

Assessment type: Individual assignment mid-trimester test (1 hour)

Purpose: This assessment will allow students to demonstrate that they can identify the key terms used in the Data communication and Network. This assessment contributes to learning outcome a and b.

Task Details: The Assignment will consist of a series of short answer questions relating to key terms used in Data communication and network

Assessment 3
Assessment type: Problem Based Scenario - individual report and presentation
Purpose: This assessment will allow students to demonstrate a Network design based on a real time scenario. This assessment contributes to learning outcomes c and d.

Task details: Top Class Networks (TCN) in Sydney occupies a five-floor building. The company has five main departments: Administration, Customer Support, Hardware, HR and Sales. Administration is on the first floor, Customer Support is on the second floor, Hardware is on third floor, HR is on fourth floor and Sales is on the fifth floor. Administration has X workstations, Customer Support has X+20 workstations, Hardware has X+15 workstations, HR has X+25 workstations and Sales has X+30 workstations. Generally, each department has its own applications, but some applications require inter-department data transfer. All workstations need Internet access, company intranet access, access to local servers and access to email. Web and Email servers are hosted on the ground floor as well. You as a network engineer need to come up with network design report.

X = last two digits of your student ID. If X is 00 to 09 then please use X + 20.
(For example: if your student ID is 12345678 then use 78 as X but if your student ID is 12345601 then use 01+20=21 as X).

Report: The report must contain the following sections:

1. Introduction: Critical analysis of networking requirements
2. Local Area Network (LAN): Design and description of the Local Area Network for all departments which must include:
a. Network topology: Discuss the reasons for choosing the particular network topology
b. LAN design: Design must show all workstations, interconnecting devices and connections. Also, show connections to the server and connection to the Internet.
c. IP addresses: Find all network and host addresses including subnet masks according to the requirements while using 10.0.0.0/8 as the private network address.
3. Hardware: Provide a complete description of all interconnecting devices (switches, routers, hubs) and wiring used to build the network. Provide justification for your choice.
4. Conclusion: Comprehensive summary of the work done and recommendations.

Presentation: A five-minute presentation on the main contributions of the report is to be given in Week 12 tutorial time.

Attachment:- Data Communications and Networks.rar