Overview
This unit provides you with an in-depth understanding of role and function of TCP/IP protocols in contemporary network communication. The unit details the underlying technologies and relationships between the five network layers. You will gain an understanding of how data is encapsulated, addressed and routed over networks. On completion of the unit, you will be able to explain the mechanisms used to facilitate communication between applications over the Internet.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite:- COIT11233 or COIT11238 Note:- Students who are currently enrolled in or who have previously completed COIT13147 Networks cannot enrol in this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2017
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Students feedback
The practical tutorials need to be improved. Would it be possible to include some topics to support networking certification providers, for the students interested into networking as a career? Also, it would be great to have an agreement with networking certification providers for better prices for study material, exam fee and convenience locations to undertake certifications.
The practical lab activity should be redesigned to make it hands on network practices.
I have redesigned all the labs which were hands on activities in Cisco Packet Tracer simulator.
Feedback from Students feedback
The required textbook for this course is comprehensive and detailed, however it contains many errors in calculations throughout the textbook. A revised version of the current textbook would be more suitable
The course uses the latest edition from the publisher. Errors will be reported to the publisher for correction.
I have provided students errata of the textbook provided by the author.
Feedback from Students feedback
The grading weighing system is hard to achieve, going forward assessment and exams should have an equivalent percentage when weighing the grades.
A proposed change will be considered at the next Change Course Proposal to reduce the current exam weight from 65% to 50% of the course grade. This reflects a reduced reliance on the examination for evaluation and shifts it more towards continuous assessment methods.
The final exam weighting was reduced to 50%.
Feedback from Students feedback
The 2nd assignment felt too short compared to the first one, maybe more questions could be added.
In our next offering, 2nd assignment will be redesigned with practical case studies.
Assignment two was redesigned with practical networking designing activities.
- Explain the function and relationship between the protocols in the five network layers
- Design IP network addressing schemes
- Interpret and deconstruct frames, packets, datagrams, segments and application-layer message formats
- Develop routing tables based on IPv4 routing protocols
- Compare UDP and TCP Transport Layer protocols
- Illustrate how application programs use the Network, Transport and Application Layer protocols (e.g. DNS, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, and HTTP, etc.)
- Contrast the emerging IPv6 protocol with IPv4.
Australian Computer Society (ACS) recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is in use in over 100 countries and provides a widely used and consistent definition of ICT skills. SFIA is increasingly being used when developing job descriptions and role profiles.
ACS members can use the tool MySFIA to build a skills profile at https://www.acs.org.au/professionalrecognition/mysfia-b2c.html
This unit contributes to the following workplace skills as defined by SFIA. The SFIA code is included:
- Network Support (NTAS)
- Problem Management (PBMG)
- Data Analysis (DTAN)
- System Design (DESN)
- Service Desk and Incident Management (USUP)
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||||
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% | |||||||
| 3 - Examination - 50% | |||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
TCP/IP Protocol Suite
Edition: 4/e (2010)
Authors: Forouzan, B
McGraw-Hill
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Additional Textbook Information
The textbook is required for the course and it is advisable to purchase it early. It is also required for the open book exam. Soft copies of the text are not permitted in the exam.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Cisco Packet Tracer
- Wireshark
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
b.ray@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Course Introduction; The OSI Model and the TCP/IP Protocol Suite; Numbering Systems
Chapter
2 & Appendix B
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Underlying Technologies
Chapter
3
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Introduction to Network Layer;
IPv4 Addresses
Chapter
4 & 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
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IPv4 Addresses cont.
Chapter
5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Delivery and Forwarding of IP Packets; Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Chapter
6 & 8
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Chapter
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Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4)
Chapter
7
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Unicast Routing Protocols (RIP, OSPF, and BGP)
Chapter
11
Events and Submissions/Topic
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IPv6 Addressing; IPv6 Protocol; Internet Control Message Protocol(ICMP)
Chapter
26, 27, 9 & 28
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Introduction to the Transport Layer; User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Chapter
13 & 14
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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Chapter
15
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Host Configuration - DHCP; Domain Name System (DNS)
Chapter
18 & 19
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File Transfer - FTP and TFTP; World Wide Web and HTTP; Network Management: SNMP
Chapter
21, 22, & 24
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Welcome to Term 1, 2017!
During the term, if you are enrolled in a campus class, please contact the respective lead lecturer on that campus with your questions. Their contact details are found on the unit page in Moodle ("Information-> Unit Contacts", top left column). Distance students should contact me if you have any questions which are not suitable to be asked through the unit forums.
There is a lot of material to cover during the term, so you are encouraged to get the recommended textbook early and attend all classes. I look forward to your active participation in class and through the forums.
Have an enjoyable term !
Dr. Biplob Ray (b.ray@cqu.edu.au) Course Coordinator - T1, 2017 COIT12206 TCP/IP Principles and Protocols.
Ph: +61 7 4037 4734 | X 54734
1 Written Assessment
Further details of this assessment can be accessed from unit website in Moodle.
Week 6 Friday (21 Apr 2017) 11:00 pm AEST
Week 8 Friday (5 May 2017)
- Explain the function and relationship between the protocols in the five network layers
- Design IP network addressing schemes
- Interpret and deconstruct frames, packets, datagrams, segments and application-layer message formats
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Practical and Written Assessment
Further details of this assessment can be accessed from unit website in Moodle.
Week 11 Friday (26 May 2017) 11:00 pm AEST
Review/Exam Week Friday (9 June 2017)
- Explain the function and relationship between the protocols in the five network layers
- Interpret and deconstruct frames, packets, datagrams, segments and application-layer message formats
- Develop routing tables based on IPv4 routing protocols
- Compare UDP and TCP Transport Layer protocols
- Illustrate how application programs use the Network, Transport and Application Layer protocols (e.g. DNS, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, and HTTP, etc.)
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
Examination
Dictionary - non-electronic, concise, direct translation only (dictionary must not contain any notes or comments).
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What is a breach of academic integrity?
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Why is academic integrity important?
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