SEE312 - Data Communication
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
|---|---|
| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Pubudu Pathirana |
| Prerequisite: | SEE216 or SEE202 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | SIT202 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1 hour seminar per week, 3 x 1 hour practical laboratories per trimester. |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | Online independent and collaborative learning including a 1 x 1 hour seminar per week. Students are required to attend and participate in practical laboratories at the Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Campus for the scheduled sessions during the trimester intensive activities as detailed in the unit site. |
Content
The unit provides an understanding in the basic principles of data communications and computer networking. The fundamental importance concerning the technology and architecture of this field, as well as the state-of-the-art technology, will be examined in-depth. The unit will address the TCP/IP network model with an emphasis on layers, computer communications architecture, data encoding, error detection and correction, medium access control, local and wide area networks, Cellular Wireless Networks, bridging and routing, congestion control, node-to-node communications and end-to-end protocols. Introduction to emerging high-speed technologies, such as ATM and TCP/IP suite of protocols that are used on the Internet will also be studied.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Understand the basic hardware and software environments for data communications. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Explain the need for protocols and describe the current networking paradigms at a theoretical level. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Describe various types of computer networks. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Understand the advanced high-speed multimedia network technologies. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Describe the TCP/IP protocol architecture. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiz 1 | Online multiple choice and short answer quiz | 10% | Weeks 1 - 5 |
| Quiz 2 | Online multiple choice and short answer quiz | 10% | Weeks 1 - 9 |
| Laboratory report | Laboratory report | 30% | Week 10 |
| Examination | 2-hour online examination | 50% | Examination period |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement
To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must achieve an overall mark of at least 40% in the examination.
Learning Resource
Prescribed text(s): Stallings, 2013, Data and Computer Communications, 10th Ed, Pearson Education, Harlow, United Kingdom.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SEE312 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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