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Engineering Computing & Academic
Dr MarkusYear 2023 
Buchhorn
Computer Networks Cybernetics
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 MODE OF DELIVERY
In Person
Computer Science
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An undergraduate course  AREAS OF INTEREST COMP6331
offered by the School of COMP3310 Computer Science, ENGN3539
Computing. Information Technology,
ENGN6539
Software Engineering
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First Semester 2023
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Overview Study Fees Class ANU College of Dr Markus Buchhorn
Engineering Computing &
 MODE OF DELIVERY
Cybernetics
In Person
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 CO-TAUGHT COURSE
In 2023, this course is on campus with remote adjustments only Computer Science
COMP6331
for participants with unavoidable travel restrictions/visa delays.  AREAS OF INTEREST ENGN3539
Computer Science,
Information Technology, ENGN6539
This course studies the standard models for the layered approach Software Engineering  OFFERED IN
to communication between autonomous machines in a network, and First Semester 2023
the main characteristics of data transmission across various See Future Offerings
physical link types. It considers how to design networks and
protocols for diverse situations, analyses several application and Tweet SELT Survey Results
support protocols from a distributed systems viewpoint, and
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identifies significant problem areas in networked communications. (COMP3310)

Introduction
Topics include: communication network architectures, signalling and modulation across physical
media, real-world local and wide-area networks, internet protocol fundamentals, performance Learning Outcomes
and monitoring of networks, routing, network security, and application protocols for distributed Indicative Assessment
systems including web, email, video, internet-of-everything and other contemporary network
topics. Workload
Inherent Requirements
Learning Outcomes
Requisite and
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to: Incompatibility

1. Understand and describe the layered protocol model. Prescribed Texts

2. Describe, analyse and compare a number of datalink, network, and transport layer protocols. Fees

3. Program network communication services for client/server and other application layouts. Offerings and Dates

4. Describe and analyse various related technical, administrative and social aspects of specific
computer network protocols from standards documents and other primary materials found
through research.
5. Design and/or analyse networks and services for homes, data centres, IoT/IoE, LANs and
WANs.

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