Broadband Multimedia Networks

Unit Code:HET436

Credit Points	Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
12.5 Credit Points	1 Semester or equivalent	48 hours	Hawthorn, Sarawak	HET424 IP Technologies	Nil

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunication and Network Engineering), Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunication and Network Engineering)/ Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Software Engineering).

Aims & Objectives:

After successfully completing this unit, students will be able to:

Explore key ideas of the emerging high-speed broadband networks and the mixed services and traffic types carried by the emerging high-speed broadband networks.
Explore the significance, promises and difficulties of broadband capabilities, including some important unsolved problems.

Teaching Methods:

Lectures (24 hrs), Tutorial (12 hrs), Practical Classes (12 hrs)

Assessment:

Assignments, Examination, Laboratories

Content:

The unit of study is expected to adapt in response to emerging issues. It is concerned broadly with two major issues in current and future high-speed broadband networks – the ability to deliver properly managed and differentiated quality of service and the drive for higher speed access to support more diverse multimedia applications. In both areas there are difficult technical challenges, and techniques continue to evolve over time.

Reading Materials:

Quality of Service in IP Networks: Foundations for a Multi-Service Internet, Grenville Armitage, McMillan Technical Publishing, 2000.