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:

a. Explain human factors in achieving business and technical goals through planning and design.

b. 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.