MODULE SPECIFICATION FORM
Module Title: Network Management Level: 6 Credit Value: 20
Module code: (if known)
COM635 Cost Centre: GACP JACS3 code: G420
Trimester(s) in which to be offered: With effect from: Sept 2014 Office use only:
To be completed by AQSU: Date approved: Date revised: Version no: September 2014 - 1
Existing/New: New Title of module being replaced (if any):
Originating Academic Department: Module Leader: John Davies Module duration (total hours): 200 Status: core/option/elective (identify programme where appropriate):
Core: BSc (Hons) Computer Networks & Security
Option:
BSc (Hons) Computing BSc (Hons) Informatics Scheduled learning
& teaching hours
50 Independent study hours
150 Placement hours
Programme(s) in which to be offered: BSc (Hons) Computer Networks & Security BSc (Hons) Computing BSc (Hons) Informatics Pre-requisites per programme (between levels): None
Module Aims: (Include any skills and attributes which may be developed but are not necessarily assessed.)
This module aims to provide students entering the work-place or continuing with
postgraduate study with a thorough and up-to-date knowledge of current trends in networking and to reinforce this where possible with the involvement of local industry. Areas for
discussion may include:
issues relating to large network services provision
Consider the modelling, simulation, planning and optimisation of communication networks
Investigate various forms of networking algorithms
Provide students with an insight into cutting-edge and emergent network technology External / Internal Routing Algorithms
Intended Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this module, students will be able to ...
1. Evaluate network provision and compare solutions KS1 –KS10
2. Apply appropriate modelling, simulation and optimisation techniques in network planning. KS1, KS4, KS6, KS7,KS10
3. Design, plan and implement large networks KS1 – KS10
4. Make informed judgements relating to diverse networking algorithms KS1,KS4, KS6, KS7,KS10
5. Compare and contrast existing and emergent networking technologies KS1 –KS10 Key skills for employability
1. Written, oral and media communication skills 2. Leadership, team working and networking skills 3. Opportunity, creativity and problem solving skills 4. Information technology skills and digital literacy 5. Information management skills
6. Research skills
7. Intercultural and sustainability skills 8. Career management skills
9. Learning to learn (managing personal and professional development, self management) 10. Numeracy
Assessment:
The coursework element of the assignment will be to produce a paper in an appropriate specification such as IEEE, covering a current topic in networking management. The in-class test element will be test of the theory taught throughout the module.
Assessment number Learning Outcomes to be met Type of assessment
Weighting Duration (if exam)
Word count (or equivalent if appropriate)
1 1 - 5 Coursework 50% 3,000
2 2, 3 In-class test 50% 2 hrs
Learning and Teaching Strategies:
The module will be delivered through a combination of formal lectures, tutorials, practical demonstrations and student labs. All material delivered formally will be available through the Internet in addition to its classroom use. Students will have access to state-of-the-art
computing laboratories, including the Glyndwr Cisco CCNA/CCNP labs, for practical work with hardware and software elements. An emphasis will be placed on students synthesising information from a complex, and often contradictory, set of data sources. Local industrial contacts will be used to ensure currency.
Syllabus outline:
Probably no field of study is moving faster today than that of computer networks and data communications. A syllabus in this area with its content set in stone for the duration of the program’s validation is likely to be outdated before the first intake of students arrives. Whilst fundamentals and general principles often endure, the details of implementation and practical application are changing in terms of scale, methodology and technology almost with each passing day. With this in mind, the purpose of this module, set at level six, is to provide students entering the work-place or continuing with postgraduate study with a thorough and up-to-date knowledge of current trends in networking and to reinforce this where possible with the involvement of local industry. By definition the syllabus will be reviewed regularly, redundant material discarded and new introduced in its place. It is the simple intent of this unit that at least some of its content should be fluid and thus reflect current issues in
networking. The content that follows is current. On a regular basis, that is at least before the start of each new intake, this material will be reviewed. Each topic will be assessed for its continued relevance and dropped if it is no longer considered relevant or if it can be accommodated in the core programme. New material will be constantly monitored for inclusion.
Current topics of interest could include: Advanced routing
Advanced filtering
Thin Client Technologies Broadband
Quantum Communications Wireless Network Development Wireless routing
MU-MIMO/SU-MIMO Social Impact
Internal/External Routing protocols Ongoing topics to be covered will include:
Network Modelling/Simulation/Optimisation Addressing Schemes
Route Optimisation / redistribution Networking Algorithms Multicast Routing QoS Design Connectivity Routing Compression, etc.
Advanced Network Management (SNMP, Netflow, Wireshark)
Recent advances in wireless communications and sensor networks. Wireless networking, routing, standards including 802.11, Bluetooth, and 802.15.4. Embedded OS, programming tools, applications, and security.
Bibliography:
(please submit in Harvard referencing format) Essential reading:
Subramanian, M (2013). Network Management: Principles and Practices. India: Pearson Education.
Odom, W; Hucaby, D; Wallace, K (2010). CCNP Routing and Switching Official Certification Library (Exams 642-902, 642-813, 642-832) (Certification Guide Series) . USA: Cisco Press. Van Beijnum, I (2010). BGP: Building Reliable Networks with the Border Gateway Protocol. Cambridge: O'Reilly.
