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Mobile Business and Connectivity

Unit Code: HIT2414




Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

1 Semester or equivalent

36 Hours

Hawthorn, Sarawak

 
Preclusions: HIT2411 Business Data Communications & Networks or HIT2020/HIT2120 Data Communications and Security or HIT3185/HIT3085 Data Communications and Networks

Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Bachelor of Business Information Systems, Bachelor of Business Information Systems/ Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Information Technology, Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology

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Aims & Objectives:

This unit is designed to offer a multidisciplinary inquiry into the technology, business, economics, and public-policy of computer networks and distributed applications. It will introduce students to the foundations of computer networks, including: Internet architecture, network technologies and protocols (e.g., 802.*, TCP/IP, HTTP), some routing algorithms and policies, network applications (e.g., p2p overlays, VoIP, viral networks), emerging network technologies, and network security. Tightly integrated will be coverage on the business, and policy of networking, including: economic characteristics of networks, network industry structure and ISP competition, wireless spectrum auction, network neutrality, and incentive-centered design of networks and applications.

Learning Outcomes
After successfully completing this unit, you should be able to:
  • Demonstrate basic familiarity with the technology associated with mobile applications, data communications and networks in organisations
  •  Appreciate the debate surrounding the national broadband network roll-out, and be able to critically evaluate the potential value and pitfalls in investment of such large scale infrastructure projects
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the issues and benefits associated with the implementation of mobile systems and Internet technologies (such as intranet, portals) in organisations
  • Explain the impact mobile and telecommunications can have on the key business processes and activities of an organisation
  • Explain the issues that hinder and enhance the adoption of mobile and information technologies in communication networks
  • Apply theories of implementation and adoption to an analysis of case studies on the adoption of new communication technologies to business (business mobility and telecommunications) 
  • Understand the international standards and protocols required to achieve network interconnection and interoperability
  • Demonstrate familiarity with network and organisational security issues

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Teaching Methods:

Lecture (24 hrs) Tutorial (Lab) (12 hrs)

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Assessment:

Assignments, Examinations

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Generic Skills Outcomes:

Key Generic Skills
You will be provided with feedback on your progress in attaining the following generic skills:
· teamwork skills
· analysis skills
· problem solving skills
· communications skills
· ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
· ability to work independently

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Content:

  • Introduction to networks and data communications in organisational contexts, building appropriate communication infrastructure for organisations
  • Cloud computing and associated business value 
  • Technologies associated with Mobile systems, intranets, portals, RFIDs and other smartcard technologies
  • Implementation issues associated with Mobile systems, intranets, portals, RFIDs and other smartcard technologies
  • The concept of critical mass and its application to mobility and telecommunications
  • Theories of adoption and implementation as applied to the technologies (Mobile systems and internet technologies)
  • Security issues associated with communication technologies – both now and in the future
  • Introduction of standards and protocols that is critical in maintaining interconnection and interoperability
  • Organisational, social and personal impact of mobility and telecommunications, including implications for work/life balance, telecommuting, telework, privacy and other issues
  • Determining the business value associated with investments in mobile and internet technologies, communication infrastructure for organisations

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References:

Forouzan, BA, Business Data Communications, Boston McGraw-Hill, 2003.

Fitzgerald, J & Dennis, A, Business Data Communications and Networking, Eight edn., N.Y. Wiley, 2005.

Rawles, Philip T. & Goldman, JE, Applied Data Communications - A Business-Oriented Approach, 4th edn, N.Y., Wiley, 2004.

Halsall, F, Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems, 4th edn, Wokingham, Addison-Wesley, 1996.

Panko, RR, Business Data Networks and Telecommunications, 5th edn, Upper Saddle River, N.J. Prentice-Hall International, 2005.

Stallings, W, Computer Networks and Internets with Internet Applications, 4th edn, Prentice-Hall International Inc., New Jersey, 2004.

Stallings, W, Data and Computer Communications, 7th edn, Upper Saddle River, N.J., Prentice-Hall International, 2004.

Stallings, W & Van Slyke, R, Business Data Communications, 3rd Edn., Upper Saddle River, N.J. Prentice-Hall International, 1998.

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