Course Overview

Course Title: Network Fundamentals and Applications
Credit Points: 12
Nominal Hours:
Course Coordinator: Dr Saman Atapattu
Course Coordinator Phone:
Course Coordinator Email: saman.atapattu@rmit.edu.au
Course Summary

This course provides an introduction to telecommunication network fundamentals. The lectures start with a broader introduction to connected devices that form a network and the OSI 7-Layer model for standardizing networking functionalities. The course mainly covers Layer-1, Layer-2, Layer-3, and Layer-4 of the OSI model with example networks such as the Internet, Wi-Fi access network, cellular access and core networks (3G/4G/5G network), and the optical fibre transport network. Teletraffic engineering is introduced in the course by covering some basic traffic theories and their design implications on networks for providing the expected quality of service (QoS) and optimizing the network resources.
The lab sessions will cover network design and performance analysis using a network simulator.

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