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Network Technology PG Module Schedule
Lectures•1 hour / week
Lab Sessions, Tutorials •3 hours / week
Assessments•Week - beginning January and May 2013 (Provisional confirm via your MYTEE account)
Resources
• https://mytid.bcu.ac.uk/staff/collymorew/NetworkTechnologyPG2012-2013.asp
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Living in a Network Centric World
Network Fundamentals – Chapter 1
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Objectives How networks impact our daily lives.
Identify the key components of any data network.
Identify the opportunities and challenges posed by converged networks.
Characteristics of network architectures: fault tolerance, scalability, quality of service and security.
Basic data network
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How Networks Impact Daily Life Benefits include instant communication and
convenience
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How Networks Impact Daily Life Communication media such as, IM, Wikis , Blogs,
Podcasting, and Collaboration Tools
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How Networks Impact Daily Life Networks sharing and collaboration improves teaching
and learning
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How Networks Impact Daily Life Communication over a network changes the way we
work
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How Networks Impact Daily Life Communication over a network supports the way we
play
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Data Networking Role, Components, and Challenges To provide effective reliable communication
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Data Networking Role, Components, and Challenges All these different systems can be networked
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Data Networking Role, Components, and Challenges Various elements that make up a network
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Data Networking Role, Components, and Challenges
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Network Architecture Characteristics Redundancy characteristic
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Network Architecture Characteristics Packet switching characteristic
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Network Architecture Characteristics Internet
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Network Architecture Characteristics Quality of Service and the mechanisms necessary to
ensure it
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Network Architecture Characteristics QoS
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Network Architecture Characteristics QoS strategy for a given type of traffic
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Network Architecture Characteristics Networks must be secure
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Network Architecture Characteristics Basic measures to secure data networks
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