1. CRITICALLY ASSESS AND EVALUATE THE MECHANISMS AND ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES OF NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, DISCUSSING THE LIMITS AND RANGES.
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2. DEMONSTRATE SYSTEMATIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE OSI NETWORK LAYER: DATA LINK, NETWORK ACCESS AND ROUTING APPLYING THE UNDERSTANDING TO A PRACTICAL PROBLEM.
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3. DEMONSTRATE UNDERSTANDING & CRITICALLY ASSESS DIFFERENT ROUTING ALGORITHMS, APPLYING THE RESULTS TO SOLVE A GIVEN SCENARIO TO APPLICABLE PROFFESIONAL STANDARDS WITHIN A SECURE INFRASTRUCTURE.
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4. CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PHYSICAL CORE OF A COMPUTER NETWORK: DEPLOYMENT OF ROUTERS, DISCUSSING THE ISSUES INVOLVED DRAWING APPOPRIATE CONCLUSIONS. Application
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This module builds upon the student’s knowledge in IP based networks in order to advance knowledge in the scalable, secure and reliable transfer of Layer 3 information within a commercial network. There are a number of protocols addressing design techniques and the student will have practical experience of using these in addition to understanding the benefits and consequences of each. The course will look at the Interior Protocols used within a company and the Exterior protocols used to communicate between autonomous systems.

Students revise and improve upon their ability to choose, implement and optimise VLSM, IP Multicasting and private addressing. Infrastructure services and security will also be investigated.

The majority of the course content is related to the implementation of EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP routing protocols. In addition, the course details the important techniques used for route filtering and route redistribution and path control.

Upon completion of this module, students will have performed tasks related to:
- Internet work scalability
- Advanced IP addressing techniques
- Routing protocol operation, configuration, optimisation and troubleshooting, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP
- Infrastructure security and services

This module will have two assessment components.

A COURSEWORK weighted at 50%. An EXAM length 2 HOURS weighted at 50%.

A written examination, length 2 hours, weighted at 50% (Learning outcomes 1 and 4).
Coursework weighted at 50%. The coursework will involve the design of a practical artefact for a given scenario (Learning Outcomes 2 and 3).

Wallace, K. and Wendell, O. (2014), CCNP Routing and Switching ROUTE 300-101 Official Cert Guide, Cisco Press 1 edition, ISBN 13: 978-1587205590, ISBN 10: 1587205599

Bryant, C.(2016), CCNP ROUTE 300-101 Study Guide, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition, ISBN-13: 978-1517583941, ISBN-10: 1517583942

Specialist networking laboratory with CISCO equipment
- Library
- Windows/Linux workstations
- Internet access

CISCO Academy
- CISCO Networking Academy programme assessment server
- Laboratory exercise sheets provided by course instructor

Prior study of modules containing CCNA content or equivalent, valid CCNA qualification.

Routing is considered core in the field of networking. Once the network is optimally designed, other technologies and security can be added. This module embeds the CCNP “Implementing Cisco IP Routing” (300-101) curriculum with practical and research-based skills to allow you to look in detail at the choices within routing to see why design decisions are made and for you to understand these choices. This course will embed in - for those students wanting to take these - the CISCO CCNP Implementing Cisco IP Routing academy certification.

13 lectures will be provided to guide students through the module
Access to equipment will be made available via netlab and appropriate simulation software. Students will also be invited to attend some study on campus.
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