Overview of Internetworking Assessment - Network requirement analysis and plan
Purpose of the assessment - This assignment is designed to assess students' knowledge and skills related to the following learning outcomes:
- Explain human factors in achieving business and technical goals through planning and design.
- Investigate and develop an architectural internetworking design for the business and application domains.
Assignment - Overview of Internetworking
A report on the history, present and future of Computer Networking (1200 words). It should include at least 3 figures and 3 tables. At least 5 references are required, three of them from a conference paper, Journal and Book.
History
- Introduction and Background
- Discussion of Chronological development
- Analysis of Human-centric design aspects, for example the layered approach in networking (OSI and TCP/IP models), network accessories such as the continuous design evolution of mouse, keyboard layout, first Graphic User Interface (GUI) design etc.
Present
- Explanation of present-day technologies used in internet
- A brief discussion of major internet protocols with pros and cons specific focus on routing protocols - static and dynamic routing
- Comparison of Internet speed past, present and future
- Analysis of Human-centric design aspects - focus on modern days ergonomics e.g., sitting arrangements to CPU inbuilt computer screens, touch screens, mobile apps etc.
Future
- Discussion on future computer networks (How would the future computer networks be like?)
- For example, the introduction of Software Defined Networking (SDN), cloud computing, intelligent networking, IoT etc.
- A brief analysis of SDN, cloud computing, IoT etc.
Section to be included in the report -
Introduction and Background - A short background and introduction on the topic are expected.
Chronological development - A list that shows the development of technology and the year.
Human-centric design approach (past) - Discussion of the human-centric approaches during the development of computer networks for example: OSI model and TCP/IP model, networking accessories such as the evolution of mouse, keyboard layout, first GUI design etc.
A brief discussion of the present-day technology of computer network - Specific focus on routing protocols - static and dynamic routing, e.g., static, RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP etc.
Internet speed comparison past, present and future - A discussion following Years versus data speed is expected.
Human-centric design aspects (present) - Focus on modern days ergonomics, sitting arrangements to CPU inbuilt computer screens, touch screen, mobile apps.
Discussion on future computer networks - (How would the future computer networks be like?) Introduction of the future computer networks, for example Software Defined Networking (SDN), Cloud Computing, Intelligent Networking, IoT etc.
Discussion of future computer networking technologies - Brief Illustration of networking technologies such as SDN, Cloud Computing, Intelligent Networking, IoT etc.
Conclusion - Write a summary of the report.
Reference style - Follow IEEE reference style.