Data Communications Technologies

Course aim

To develop knowledge and skills required to design and implement simple data communication and networking solutions to suit data communication requirements of engineering systems.

Course content

Basic data communications and networking concepts: channel and transmission, multiplexing, circuit and packet switching, peer-to-peer and client-server models, layered protocol stacks, the Internet.

Data Link, Network and Transport layers: functions, basic protocol mechanisms, TCP/IP suite of protocols.

Principles of Medium Access Control. Ethernet, WiFi, wireless technologies for Personal Area and resource-constrained networking.

Selected application services and protocols: DNS, HTTP and www, SMTP, IoT data transfer protocols (CoAP, MQTT).

Introduction to the Internet of Things.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Group project, Participation in practicals and practical reports (5 reports), Written examination

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.