32012 Internet Quality of Service (QoS)

6cp
Recommended studies: data communication, computer networks

This subject explores issues and proposed solutions for the provision of Quality of Service (QoS) on the Internet. The Internet is being slowly transformed from a best-effort delivery architecture to a services architecture on which networked business applicatons can be deployed with specified performance criteria. This subject provides the student with a detailed and precise discussion on issues related with QoS, different mechanisms to achieve end-to-end QoS based on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) proposed architectures and explores their limitations in order to achieve QoS over the Internet.

Fee information

2006 contribution for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students: $872.38
2006 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,310.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
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