Credits

3 Credit Hours (2 Lecture; 2 Lab)

Description

Covers topics related to the design of computer networks, including user requirements;considerations in physical media and topology, and choosing Network Operating Systems (NOSs), computing platforms, applications software, and internetworking components.

Prerequisites

CIS 157 with a grade of "C" or better or consent of instructor.

Outline

1. Key terms and concepts
2. Introduction to the Analysis and Design Process
3. Requirements Analysis and Business Planning
4. Traffic Analysis
5. Logical Network Design
6. Physical Network Design
7. Integration, Testing Implementation and Operation

Outcome

For all of the following student competencies, the level of mastery is moderate; the level of knowledge is to define, identify, and measure; and the assessment tools will be tests and quizzes, papers, class participation, individual and group projects, oral presentations, and cases.

The student should be able to:

• Review the six categories of corporate computing
• Understand technical attributes of networks that impact performance
• Understand service attributes of networks and how they impact productivity
• Understand tradeoffs that exist in the network analysis and design process
• Understand a typical engineering development design process
• Understand why more formality is needed in the network design process
• Compare the network analysis and design process to a standard engineering design process
• Discuss factors that impact the network design process
• Understand why you should do requirements analysis
• Understand how to categorize requirements
• Understand the process of developing a requirements specification
• Understand how to determine routes that traffic takes through a network
• Look at directional characteristics of computer network traffic
• Learn how to estimate network traffic
• Understand how to baseline an organization's network
• Review common design goals
• Understand how to Evaluate Network Services
• Understand how to Evaluate Network Technologies
• Understand impacts and tradeoffs to the physical structure of a network
• Understand the difference between physical structure and logical structure
• Understand the importance of equipment placement in a network
• Review a typical physical network diagram
• Understand the importance of pilot groups and testing
• Understand the importance of disaster prevention and recovery
• Understand the importance of maintaining network documentation

Frequency

Every semester.

Formats

Traditional lecture/lab.

Web-based, self-paced.

Software Utilized

Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, RealPlayer, Shockwave Player, Adobe Acrobat Reader