Module Descriptors
CONVERGED QOS
COCS60498
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Christopher Howard
Email: C.Howard@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 90
Independent Study Hours: 60
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • Coursework weighted at 50%
  • Assignment - Practical weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Texts
Cisco Networking Academy Program: CCNP2/4 on-line course material,
CiscoSystems Inc. hosed 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 Certification Guide by Amir Ranjbar, Cisco Press, May 2007, ISBN: 1587201763

CCNP ISCW Official Exam Certification Guide by Brian Morgan and Neil Lovering, Cisco Press, 3rd Edition, July 2007, ISBN: 158720150
Module Resources
- Internet
- Library
- Windows workstations
- Networking equipment in University labs

- Additionally for CISCO Academies only
- Electronic learning material provided by CISCO
- 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 the CCNP troubleshooting instructor training course of the CNAP programme
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Only available for study as part of the Network Optimisation award. Is is recommended that the learner has CCNA or equivalent. Only available for study as a part-time evening module at full market value cost.

The have completed (CE00862-6 and CE00861-5) and/or study of modules containing CCNP content or equivalent or have a valid CCNP qualification.
Module Learning Strategies
The module is:-
- Self-managed learning using on-line material
- The module will be delivered over 15 weeks, 2 x 3 hour evenings, each evening typically comprising one 1 hour lecture per session to supplement on-line material and 2 hours practical experimentation
- On-line multiple choice tests, relating to each of the modules
- 30 hours lectures and 60 hours labs/tutorial
(1:n)2 (1:20)4
Module Additional Assessment Details
A 50% coursework typically an on-line assessment (Learning Outcomes 1 and 2)
Practical coursework 50% (Learning Outcomes 3 and 4)
Module Indicative Content
This module introduces students to commercial secure converged access solutions, WAN connection types and 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 Workgroup discovery
- Diagnosing and correcting campus TCP/IP and switching problems
- Diagnosing and correcting frame relay and ISDN BRI problems