Module Descriptors
QUALITY OF SERVICE OF CONVERGED NETWORKS
COCS50516
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Christopher Howard
Email: C.Howard@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • PRACTICAL IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 50%
  • EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
To have completed CE00126-1 (Introduction to Networking with LANs and WANs) and CE00881-2 (LAN Switching and WAn Networks), and/or study of modules containing CCNA content or equivalent or valid CCNA qualification.
Module Resources
- Internet
- Library
- Windows workstations
- Networking equipment in University Labs

Additionally, for CISCO Academies only
- On-line learning material provided bt CISCO Inc.
- CISCO Networking Academy programme assessment server
- Laboratory exercise sheets provided by course instructor

NOTE:
Instructors teaching this module who use the CISCO material must have completed a CCNP2 AND 4 instructor training course of the CNAP programme
Module Texts
Cisco Networking Academy Program: CCNP2/4 on-line course material, CiscoSystems Inc. hosted by Staffordshire University

CCNP: Complete Study Guide (642-801, 642-811, 642-821, 642-831) by Wade Edwards et al., Sybex, May 2005, ISBN: 0782144217

CCNP ONT Official Exam Certifcation Guide by Amir Ranjbar, CIsco Press, May 2007, ISBN: 1587201763

CCNP: Complete Study Guide (642-801, 642-811, 642-821, 642-831) by Wade Edwards et al., Sybex, May 2005, ISBN 0782144217

CCNP ISCW Official Exam Certifcation Guide by Brian Morgan and Neil Lovering, Cisco Press, 3 edition, July 2007, ISBN: 158720150
Module Indicative Content
This module introduces students to commercial secure converged ccess solutions, WANconnection types abd Quality of Service issues. It covers:-

- Broadband Access Technologies: xDSL, Cable modems, DOCSIS
- Frame Relay and Queuing
- Access - Control: Security solutions, Understanding and configuring AAA
- Frame-mode MPLS implementation and MPLS VPNs
Workgroup discovery
Diagnosing and correcting campus TCP/IP and switching problems
Diagnosing and correcting frame relay and ISDN BRI problems
Module Additional Assessment Details
A practical exam, length 1 hour (not in examination conditions), weighted at 50% (Learning Outcomes 3 and 4).

A written examination, length 2 hours, weighted at 50% (Learning Outcomes 1 and 2).
Module Learning Strategies
12 hours lectures, 24 hour labs / tutorial
Self managed learning using on-line material
Weekly one hour lecture to supplement on-line material
On-line multiple choice tests to give formative feedback
Lab sessions every week to gain practical networking experience and re-enforce theory
Investigation using Web
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