Unit of Study COMP2005 Routing and WAN Technologies (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Unit description

Gives students an in-depth understanding of network routing and Wide Area Network (WAN) technologies. Students will gain knowledge and skills by analysing major Internet Protocol (IP) routing and link protocols, prototyping and configuring IP routing in an industry standard simulation environment. Students will also learn to troubleshoot typical IP routing issues.

Unit content

1. Network Routing Concepts

2. Distance-vector routing

3. Link-state routing

4. High-performance and high-availability routing

5. WAN concepts and technologies

6. VPN concepts and technologies

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term3	Term3
Online	Term3	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

compare and contrast major network routing approaches

discuss and analyse major WAN and IP routing protocols

prototype and configure IP routing in a simulation environment

implement high performance and high redundancy objectives in IP routing

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Case study	45%
Case study	45%
Quiz	10%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Case study	45%
Case study	45%
Quiz	10%

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Domestic

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