• Semester 1 (Day)
• Semester 1 (External)
• Semester 2 (External)

Pre-requisite: Recommended 70335

Co-requisite: Recommended 70635

Synopsis

In  recent  times, computing and data communications  have  tended  to
converge, such that data communications has become an integral part of
almost every computer system.

This  course  is  based around two central themes. The  first  is  the
logical  extension  of the material covered in the preceding  Computer
Engineering  courses. This involves a more detailed study of  advanced
computer  design including memory management, virtual memory,  process
management, cache memory, processor architectures and performance. The
second   theme  is  the  design,  implementation  and  use   of   data
communication systems. This section, comprising approximately half the
course, covers local area network protocols such as Ethernet, together
with  higher level protocols such as TCP/IP. An in-depth understanding
of  the  theoretical  and practical operation of  these  protocols  is
emphasised by implementation examples.