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Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Trimester T1 2018
Unit Code MN621
Unit Title Advanced Network Design
Assessment Type Individual written report and group demonstration – Assignment 2
Assessment Title Human factors in network analysis and design
Purpose of the
assessment (with
ULO Mapping)
This assignment is designed to assess students’ knowledge and skills related to the
following learning outcomes:
d. Apply concepts and theories of human factors as related to network design
and implementation;
e. Evaluate performance metrics and dimensions according to specifications.
Weight 15% of the total assessments
Total Marks 45
Word limit XXXXXXXXXX
Due Date XXXXXXXXXXWeek 11, demonstrate during laboratory class (in groups of not more than two
students) and submit a report on Moodle (individual report) by the end of week 11.
Submission
Guidelines
ï‚· All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed
Assignment Cover Page.
ï‚· The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Cali
i (Body) font
and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings.
ï‚· Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately
at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.
Extension ï‚· If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration
Application must be submitted directly in AMS. You must submit this application
within three working days of the assessment due date. Further information is
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Misconduct
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case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion from
the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves familiar
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MN621 Advanced Network Design Assignment 2 Trimester 1, XXXXXXXXXXof 5
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Assignment Description
In order to design a network, the first step is to collect network requirements. The network
equirements are gathered from users and business requirements. The users form one of the
important aspects of a successful network design. Your project is to design a network for a
sports complex.
Part I:
Develop a questionnaire to gather requirements from users, sports complex management,
and staff. What kinds of questions would you ask to better understand their environment and
each group of users?
Hint [Questions must also be aimed at identifying what applications, the users intend to use.]
Categorise applications identified by users and devise an assessment plan of the applications
for network performance.
Part II
Design a network as shown below in Figure 1, and perform a performance test for each set of
applications as shown in following Table 1 to validate them. For the network design in Figure
1, Application Sets 1, 2, 3 and 4 in table 1, are located in LAN A, B, C and D respectively.
Figure 1: Network Design for Performance Analysis
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Table 1: Application Performance Requirements
Application Set
Performance Requirements
Capacity Reliability Delay
Application Set 1:
Application 1 550 K
s N/A N/A
Application 2 700 K
s N/A N/A
Application 3 110 K
s N/A N/A
Application 4 220 K
s N/A N/A
Application Set 2:
Application 1 125 K
s 99.999% N/A
Application 2 350 K
s N/A 80ms
Application 3 550 K
s 99.999% N/A
Application 4 400 K
s N/A N/A
Application Set 3:
Application 1 2.1 M
s 99.95% 30 ms
Application 2 1 M
s N/A N/A
Application 3 1.1 M
s N/A 100 ms
Application 4 320 K
s N/A N/A
Demonstration: Students can demonstrate in a group of 2. Students should be ready with all setup
and configurations before the start of the laboratory class. The tutor will ask 2-3 questions of each
student to demonstrate any configuration of the setup. The demonstration from each student should
not be more than 3 minutes in duration.
Students should form their groups and inform their tutor in week 10 during laboratory class. Students
will receive a demonstration timetable before the start of the week 11 laboratory class.
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Marking criteria:
Section to be included in
the report
Description of the section Marks
Questionnaire is prepared Are questions prepared for:
1. Users
2. Management
3. Other Staff.
10
Purpose of each question
Are the question adequate to collect requirements to
design a network i.e., an explanation of each question
that shows what information is intended to be gained?
10
Validation and verification
plan
Is there a plan to verify the gathered requirements
from various stakeholders?
5
Network design along with
applications and their
protocols is explained.
A network design is laid out and all application sets are
defined with applications.
5
Demonstration To demonstrate the network design using a simulator
of your choice and all application sets and to present
observations to achieve the application performance
factors.
10
Formatting and Reference
style
Follow IEEE reference style, and formatting 5
Total 45
Marking Ru
ics
Grades HD > = 80% D 70% to 79% P 60% to 69% C 50% to 59% F < 50%
Questionnaire
is prepared
Concise and
specific to the
project
Topics are
elevant and
soundly
analysed.
Generally
elevant and
analysed.
Some
elevance and
iefly
presented.
This is not relevant to
the assignment topic.
Questionnaire
purpose
Demonstrated
excellent ability
to think critically
and sourced
eference
material
appropriately
Demonstrated
excellent
ability to think
critically but
did not source
eference
material
appropriately
Demonstrate
d ability to
think critically
and sourced
eference
material
appropriately
Demonstrated
ability to think
critically and
did not source
eference
material
appropriately
Did not demonstrate
ability to think
critically and did not
source reference
material
appropriately
Evaluation i.e.
validation and
verification of
Demonstrated
excellent ability
to think critically
and sourced
Demonstrated
excellent
ability to think
critically but
Demonstrate
d ability to
think critically
and sourced
Demonstrated
ability to think
critically and
did not source
Did not demonstrate
ability to think
critically and did not
source reference
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the
questionnaire
eference
material
appropriately
did not source
eference
material
appropriately
eference
material
appropriately
eference
material
appropriately
material
appropriately
Network
design and its
applications
All elements are
present and very
well integrated.
Components
present with
good cohesive
Components
present and
mostly well
integrated
Most
components
present
Proposal lacks
structure.
Demonstratio
n
Logic is clear and
easy to follow
with strong
arguments
Consistency
logical and
convincing
Mostly
consistent
logical and
convincing
Adequate
cohesion and
conviction
Argument is confused
and disjointed
IEEE
Reference
style and
formatting
Clear styles with
excellent source
of references.
Clear
eferencing
style
Generally
good
eferencing
style
Sometimes
clear
eferencing
style
Lacks consistency
with many e
ors