Network Access Systems connect customers to the digital network by utilising communication and network technologies including optical fibre, copper, wireless and satellite. Customers access the Internet over Network Access Systems. This course will cover Network Access Communication issues such as network architecture, design, material, performance analysis and growth areas. It will also provide an understanding of bandwidth vs quality trade-offs for Network Access communication modes. The course covers the National Broadband Network technologies including GPON, HFC, VDSL2, 4G LTE, WiFi, and satellite.
The course objectives are to provide you with broad knowledge of the technologies covering the customer to service provider digital network connection and to provide you with knowledge of the component parts of a Network Access System including customer premise equipment, the digital local loop and network management. The converged digital network provides challenges today. The connection of customer and service provider is the area where the majority of activity occurs in the digital network. You will also gain an understanding of fundamental operating principles and how to configure equipment in several common scenarios found in industry today.
This course includes a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience. WIL activities include simulations and projects using industry technology, equipment and processes.

Please note that if you take this course for a bachelor honours program, your overall mark in this course will be one of the course marks that will be used to calculate the weighted average mark (WAM) that will determine your award level. (This applies to students who commence enrolment in a bachelor honours program from 1 January 2016 onward. See the WAM information web page for more information.