Network Organization

Networks

There are different types of networks, often defined by the size of the network, which use different network devices.

1. Students must be able to outline the features of PAN, LAN, WLAN, VLAN, VPN, SAN, WAN, and P2P networks.

Protocols are a system of rules that standardise how senders and receivers communicate over a network.

1. Students must be able to explain the role of common protocols (TCP and IP) to ensure network hardware and software interoperability, how they are implemented (by hardware, software or a combination of both), and outline their role in the management of data integrity, flow control, deadlock, congestion and error checking.

Digital networks encapsulate and de-encapsulate communication into packets to route packets from a source to a destination.

1. Students must be able to explain how Packet switching works and why digital networks encapsulate and de- encapsulate packets routed through ethernet, wireless, and Bluetooth communication standards.

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Students must be able to outline the features of:

1. PAN
2. LAN
3. WLAN
4. VLAN
5. VPN
6. SAN
7. WAN
8. P2P

Students must be able to explain:

1. common protocols (TCP and IP)
2. protocol implementation (by hardware, software or a combination of both)

...and outline their role in the management of:

1. data integrity
2. flow control
3. deadlock
4. congestion
5. error checking

Students must be able to explain:

1. packets
2. packet switching
3. encapsulation and de-encapsulation
4. routers
5. network standards
6. ethernet
7. wireless
8. bluetooth

Standards

1. outline the features of LAN
2. outline the features of PAN
3. outline the features of WAN
4. outline the features of VLAN
5. outline the features of LAN
6. outline the features of VPN
7. outline the features of SAN
8. outline the features of LAN
9. explain common protocols (TCP and IP)
10. explain protocol implementation by hardware, software or both
11. outline role of protocols in the management of data integrity
12. outline role of protocols in the management of flow control
13. outline role of protocols in the management of deadlock
14. outline role of protocols in the management of congestion
15. outline role of protocols in the management of error checking
16. explain packets
17. explain packet switching
18. explain encapsulation and de-encapsulation
19. explain routers
20. explain network standards
21. explain ethernet
22. explain wireless
23. explain bluetooth

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