COMP3331 Computer Networks and Applications - 2024
Published on the 28 Jan 2024
General Course Information
Course Code : COMP3331
Year : 2024
Term : Term 1
Course Details & Outcomes
Course Description
This course is an introductory course on computer networks aimed at students with a computer science / electrical engineering background. You will focus on common paradigms and protocols used in present data communication. Through lectures, in-class activities, labs and assignments, you will learn the theory and application of:
(1) Medium access control, congestion control,fow control, and reliable transmission,
(2) Addressing and naming,
(3) Routing and switching,
(4) Widely used protocols such as Ethernet, IP, TCP, UDP, HTTP, etc.
(5) Special-purpose networks including content delivery, peer-to-peer, and wireless networks, and
(6) Security threats and standard defensive techniques
This is a combined undergraduate and postgraduate course. The corresponding postgraduate course code is COMP9331.
Course Aims
The course aims to provide students with an overview of the core topics in computer networks and the Internet's architecture and protocols. Students will be introduced to network
programming and will learn to design and implement network protocols and applications and
evaluate network performance. As an introductory course, one of the aims is to prepare students for more advanced study in follow-on courses.
Relationship to Other Courses
Prerequisite: COMP1927 or COMP2521 or MTRN2500
Equivalent Courses: COMP9331
Course Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1 : Describe the current architecture of the Internet and the entities involved in its operations
CLO2 : Identify soundness and/or potential faws in proposed protocols
CLO3 : Design networked applications and protocols, and implement them in C, Java or Python
CLO4 : Analyse and evaluate the performance of computer networks
CLO5 : Capture and analyse network trafc
CLO6 : Explain security and ethical issues in computer networking
Course Learning Outcomes
Assessment Item
CLO1 : Describe the current architecture of the
Internet and the entities involved in its operations
• Mid term test
• Final Exam
CLO2 : Identify soundness and/or potential faws in proposed protocols
• Programming Assignment
• Mid term test
• Final Exam
CLO3 : Design networked applications and
protocols, and implement them in C, Java or Python
• Lab
• Programming Assignment
CLO4 : Analyse and evaluate the performance of computer networks
• Lab
• Programming Assignment
• Final Exam
CLO5 : Capture and analyse network trafc
• Lab
CLO6 : Explain security and ethical issues in computer networking
• Final Exam
Learning and Teaching Technologies
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Learning and Teaching in this course
Course website: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs3331/
Additional Course Information
Before commencing this course, students should:
Have a good understanding of data structures and algorithms and basic probability theory.
Be able to write working programs in C, Java or Python. The course will include a programming assignment and lab exercises.
Assessments
Assessment Structure
Assessment Item
Weight
Relevant Dates
Lab
Assessment Format: Individual
20%
Start Date: Released in prior week
Due Date: Weeks 3-5, 8-10
Mid term test
Assessment Format: Individual
20%
Start Date: Not Applicable
Due Date: Week 7 during lecture
Programming Assignment
Assessment Format: Individual
20%
Start Date: Week 3
Due Date: Week 10
Final Exam
Assessment Format: Individual
40%
Start Date: Not Applicable
Due Date: Term 1 Exam Period
Assessment Details
Lab
Assessment Overview
Students will work on a set of small exercises to explore tools and techniques for analysing and building networking applications.
Marks are awarded by the lab demonstrators using criteria given in each lab exercise.
Course Learning Outcomes
CLO3 : Design networked applications and protocols, and implement them in C, Java or
Python
CLO4 : Analyse and evaluate the performance of computer networks
CLO5 : Capture and analyse network trafc
Submission notes
Submission Instructions available in Lab Specifcations
Assessment information
Details are on the course website: https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs3331
Assignment submission Turnitin type
This is not a Turnitin assignment
Mid term test
Assessment Overview
Students will undertake an online digital assessment platform-based exam held approximately in the middle of the term.
The exam will last for 75 minutes and will examine students on the topics covered from the frst half of the term.
Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1 : Describe the current architecture of the Internet and the entities involved in its
operations
CLO2 : Identify soundness and/or potential faws in proposed protocols
Detailed Assessment Description
Details are on the course website: https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs3331
Assignment submission Turnitin type
This is not a Turnitin assignment
Programming Assignment
Assessment Overview
Students will be asked to implement a moderately complex component of a network architecture, in C, Java or Python.
The assignment will be partly auto-marked. The submissions will be reviewed by tutors, who will provide feedback.
Course Learning Outcomes
CLO2 : Identify soundness and/or potential faws in proposed protocols
CLO3 : Design networked applications and protocols, and implement them in C, Java or
Python
CLO4 : Analyse and evaluate the performance of computer networks
Detailed Assessment Description
Details are on the course website: https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs3331
Assignment submission Turnitin type
This is not a Turnitin assignment
Final Exam
Assessment Overview
Students will undertake a 2-hour, open-book, online digital assessment platform-based exam covering all topics in the course.
Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1 : Describe the current architecture of the Internet and the entities involved in its operations
· CLO2 : Identify soundness and/or potential faws in proposed protocols
· CLO4 : Analyse and evaluate the performance of computer networks
CLO6 : Explain security and ethical issues in computer networking
Detailed Assessment Description
Details are on the course website: https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs3331
Assignment submission Turnitin type
This is not a Turnitin assignment
Hurdle rules
To pass the course, a student MUST receive at least 40% marks in the fnal exam.
General Assessment Information
Grading Basis
Standard
Requirements to pass course
To pass the course, a student MUST receive at least 40% marks in the fnal exam. The following formula outlines precisely how the fnal mark will be computed:
lab = marks for lab exercises (scaled to 20)
assign = marks for the programming assignment (out of 20 marks)
midTerm = mark for the mid-term exam (out of 20 marks)
fnalExamScaled = scaled mark for the fnal exam (out of 40 marks)
mark = lab + assign + midTerm + fnalExamScaled
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