Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)
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 1 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 consspecific 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.