Module Descriptors
ADVANCED QUALITY OF SERVICE TECHNIQUES OVER CONVERGED NETWORKS
COCS70640
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 7
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Christopher Howard
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • COURSEWORK weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
12 hours lectures / 24 hours 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
Team assignment work as part lab work and skills test
Investigation using Web
Module Indicative Content
This module considers the implications or remote access to networks and the provisioning of applicable resource to match business applications/traffic.

The module covers remote access solutions including VPN and AAA, tracking logins and connections.

Access-Control: Security solutions, Understanding and configuring AAA
Broadband Access Technologies: xDSL, Cable modems, DOCSIS

Quality of service techniques such as FQ, PQ, CBWFQ, RED, WRED, traffic shaping and policing in order to allocate appropriate WAN resources.
Module Special Admissions Requirements
To have completed CCNA or equivalent.
Module Texts
CISCO Networking Academy Program: CCNP2/4 on-line course material, CISCO Systems Inc. hosted by Staffordshire University

CCNP: Complete Study Guide (642-801, 642-811, 642-821, 642-831) by Wade Edwards et a., Sybex, May 2005 ISBN: 0782144217
Module Resources
Specialist networking laboratory
Module Additional Assessment Details
A COURSEWORK weighted at 100%. (Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4).
This will be a portfolio consisting of a case study (50%) LO1 & 4, which will look at a real world scenario and the application of practical skills to a more limited lab based scenario (50%) LO2 & 3