Lawrence Yeung
Tin Man Tony Kwan
| Course Learning Outcomes | Relevant Programme Learning Outcome |
| CLO1. Appreciate that the Internet is a revolutionary and disruptive technology | PLO. 4, 5, 6, 7, 14 |
| CLO2. Gain a thorough understanding of how the Internet works | PLO. 4, 5, 6, 7, 14 |
| CLO3. Demonstrate the ability to analyze, assess and predict future Internet technologies and applications | PLO. 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 |
| View Programme Learning Outcomes | |
- This course requires you to have a firm grasp of computer /communication networking and communication.
- This would give you a firm foundation to proceed to other ICOM course such as "ICOM6034 Website engineering".
- Sample of past assignment can be found here.
| Course Content | No. of Hours | Course Learning Outcomes |
| 1. Course Overview; Underlying network technologies & the internetworking concept | 2.0 | CLO1 |
| 2. The Internet Architecture; Network Performance Basics | 2.0 | CLO1, CLO2 |
| 3. Internet Application & Application-Layer Protocols: Web/HTTP, FTP, Email, DNS, Peer-to-Peer file sharing & streaming, Location-based technology & applications | 6.0 | CLO2 |
| 4. Transport Layer Services; UDP and TCP Internals | 2.0 | CLO2 |
| 5. Reliable data transfer; Flow/Congestion Control; Fairness Issues with TCP | 6.0 | CLO2 |
| 6. IP Network Layer Service Models; Router Internal Architectures: Table lookup and switch fabric design | 2.0 | CLO2 |
| 7. IP: Internet Protocols; IP addressing; ICMP; IPv6 | 2.0 | CLO2 |
| 8. Routing principles; Routing in the Internet: Intra-domain Routing Protocols (RIP, OSPF); Inter-domain Routing Protocol (BGP), Multicast Routing | 3.0 | CLO2 |
| 9. Openflow switches / software-defined networks; Datacenter networking | 2.0 | CLO2 |
| 10. Mobile IP | 1.0 | CLO3 |
| Description | Type | Weighting * |
Tentative Assessment Period / Examination Period ^ |
Course Learning Outcomes |
| Assignments | Continuous Assessment | 40% | - | CLO1, CLO2, CLO3 |
| Four in-class tests (30 mins each) | Continuous Assessment | 60% | - | CLO1, CLO2, CLO3 |
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* The weighting of coursework and examination marks is subject to approval ^ The exact examination date uses to be released when all enrolments are confirmed after add/drop period by the Examinations Office. Students are obliged to follow the examination schedule. Students should NOT enrol in the course if they are not certain that they will be in Hong Kong during the examination period. Absent from examination may result in failure in the course. There is no supplementary examination for all MSc curriculums in the Faculty of Engineering. |
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Prescribed textbook: James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-down approach, 8th Edition, Pearson 2021.
| Date | Time | Venue | Remark | |
| Session 1 | 1 Sep 2022 (Thu) | 7:00pm - 10:00pm | CYP-P3 | Face-to-face |
| Session 2 | 5 Sep 2022 (Mon) | 7:00pm - 10:00pm | CYP-P3 | Face-to-face |
| Session 3 | 8 Sep 2022 (Thu) | 7:00pm - 10:00pm | CYP-P3 | Face-to-face |
| Session 4 | 15 Sep 2022 (Thu) | 7:00pm - 10:00pm | CYP-P3 | Face-to-face |
| Session 5 | 19 Sep 2022 (Mon) | 7:00pm - 10:00pm | CYP-P3 | Face-to-face |
| Session 6 | 22 Sep 2022 (Thu) | 7:00pm - 10:00pm | CYP-P3 | Face-to-face |
| Session 7 | 26 Sep 2022 (Mon) | 7:00pm - 10:00pm | CYP-P3 | Face-to-face |
| Session 8 | 29 Sep 2022 (Thu) | 7:00pm - 10:00pm | CYP-P3 | Face-to-face |
| Session 9 | 3 Oct 2022 (Mon) | 7:00pm - 10:00pm | CYP-P3 | Face-to-face |
| Session 10 | 6 Oct 2022 (Thu) | 7:00pm - 10:00pm | CYP-P3 | Face-to-face |
| CYP - Chong Yuet Ming Building | ||||