48721 Strategic e-Business Technologies

6cp; availability: BBus students only (it cannot be undertaken by Engineering students)
Subject coordinator: Dr Chris Peterson

The objectives of this subject are to introduce the basic concepts and terminology used in telecommunications engineering; to give basic, up-to-date, hands-on, technical skills; to familiarise students with the technology underlying the internet, telecommunications and electronic business, to allow the students to make informed decisions about technology and system security.

Topics include the following. software (applications and operating systems, make or buy, ERP solutions, estimating, software engineering), PCs and Office Networks analogue/digital, bandwidth, compression, codes, human factors, data communications, protocols, OSI model, the Public Switched Telephone Network, switched circuit and packet switching (T channels, ISDN, X25, Frame Relay, ATM, SONET, modems, ADSL), the internet (History, TCP/IP, WWW, Java, CGI, architectures, sockets, services, DNS, routing), wireless technologies (satellites, GSM), and security (purpose, threats, trust, authentication, encryption, SET, signatures, certificates).

The laboratory component is to install a Windows operating system on a PC, to install an ethernet interface card and driver, and to install and configure web browsers, servers and FTP applications.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus

Fee information

2008 contribution for post-2008 Commonwealth-supported students: $907.50
Note: Students who commenced prior to 1 January 2008 should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth Supported places.

2008 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,532.00

Note: Fees for Postgraduate domestic fee-paying students and international students are charged according to the course they are enrolled in. Students should refer to the Annual Fees Schedule.

Subject EFTSL: 0.125

Access conditions

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