Submission Guidelines

The Assessment - Assignment 2 - Presentation is worth 25% of the Unit Marks.

Deadline: Week-8 - 15th  September 2023 Friday - 11:55pm (Melbourne time)

●     Submission format and details:

●     To avoid academic integrity issues please avoid copy and paste from any resources. If you use a reference, please clearly cite them. In particular, copy and paste from:

1) assignment instructions and/or

2) from supporting and reference documentations.

It is strongly discouraged as this will be picked up by Turnitin and would increase your similarity scores. Any similarity score > 20% would trigger our attention and we will have to investigate it officially.

●     Please be aware your assignments will be  checked through and will be marked by Turnitin and you should avoid the above two important points. Also any text must be phrased in your own words and to your best understanding.

●     Please note that the requirements for Assignment are different from those that may be  given  in  the   supporting  documents  in  the   Moodle,  so  your   knowledge  and understanding should be for the assessment tasks requirements and any supporting documentation you refer would only be a guidance and cannot be copied verbatim from those resources.

●     Submitted files via two submission links should be of these file formats:

●     Presentation file: - Firstname_LastName_StudentID.PDF &

●     Video Presentation file: - FirstName_LastName. (.mov .movie .mp4

.mpeg .mpg .mov .swf .avi .f4v .flv .fmp4 or any other compatible video file extension)”

●     The 25% of the unit marks are allocated for final recorded video presentation and your  presentation  slides  uploaded  in  Moodle  and  due  on  Friday  of  Week   8 (deadline).  The  uploaded  file  must  be  a  clear  student  video  recording  of  the presentation. The file can be any video format that can be opened  on a standard computer without specialised software (such as mp4). The length of the recording should  be  a  maximum  of  15:00  minutes  only.  A   pdf  or   ppt  version   of  your presentation slides should also be submitted to Moodle. You will be marked based on both your  presentation video  and  slides  (including  the  recorded  pages  and  your Appendix).

●     Please  note  that  you  have  to  follow  the   same  instructions  as   in  Assignment   1 regarding presenting a copy of your student ID and showing your face for the Video and Presentation files as well.

●     The marks breakdown for the Assignment-2 will be 30% for video presentation and 70% for the content on the network design concept in the presentation slides.

●     Important Submission check for every student: It is the students’ responsibility to check if their submitted work is markable by our teaching team. It is strongly recommended that, after making a draft submission (before finalising it), every student immediately download their own draft submitted work (e.g., recorded video/PDF/imnfile, etc) and check if the draft submission would be downloadable/readable/markable by a tutor. If the teaching team member is unable to mark your submission, 50% reduction of total marks maybe applied.

●     When you submit the assignment on Moodle and perform the above check, please make sure the submission is not left in the draft mode. Before the expiry of the deadline make sure, the submission is made final. If the submission is left in draft mode, it will be deemed as NOT submitted.

●     You can create multiple video parts at different times, and combine and submit a single video at the end. Make sure that the final video is clear and understandable.

●     If your  device does not have a camera, you can borrow a device from Monash Connect or Library. It's your responsibility to plan ahead for this. Monash Connector Library not having available devices for loan at a particular point in time is not a valid excuse.

●     The teaching team members may not be able to understand a language beyond English. The GUI tool you use for demonstrations must be in English. If your device does not support English, you may loan a device from Monash Connector Library.

Penalties:

.    Late submissions will result in a 10% deduction of the total marks per calendar day (up to one  week). For example, if you get 80/100 marks originally and submit 2 days late, then you would get a 20-mark deduction (10 marks per day) and your final marks would be 60/100.

.    Submissions more than 7 calendar days after the due date will receive a mark of zero (0) and no assessment feedback will be provided.

.    If the video recording exceeds the 15.00-minute limit,a penalty will apply as follows. For each  extra 1-60 seconds, 10 marks will be deducted,e.g., for videos of 15.01- 16:00 minutes long, 10 marks will be deducted, etc.

.    Speeding up the video recording (e.g., using software) is NOT allowed and such submissions will receive a ZERO mark.

Assignment release/marking policy:

.    The unit policy is to release the assignment for the student to work for two working

semester weeks on the assessment. Hence two complete weeks will be provided for

students to work on the Assignment-2. Please note that the markings and feedback will be completed and given within 2 weeks’ time. Your total final combined marks for this   assignment will be uploaded to only one of the submission links.

Learning Outcomes covered:

•    Analyse and formulate the functions and architectures of (wireless) local area networks, building backbone networks and the Internet.

•    Examine networks using the underlying fundamental theories, models and protocols for data transmission.

•    The Assignment-2 covers material from Weeks 4-6.

Late submissions and special considerations:

•    All extension and special consideration requests are managed centrally. The teaching team cannot directly decide if you can/cannot have a late submission. Your request     should be submitted directly to:

https://www.monash.edu/students/admin/assessments/extensions-special- consideration

•    Without an approved special consideration request, you lose 10% of total marks per day that you submit late. Submissions more than 5 days late will not be accepted.

•    If you would like to apply for Special Case Consideration, there are two submission

links so if a student wants to apply for short extension or special consideration, they

have to fill out one extension form for each submission link,i.e. Assignment-2 Video file submission link & Assignment-2 Presentation file submission link.

Plagiarism: This is an individual assignment. Group work is not allowed. It is an academic integrity requirement that your submitted work be original. Zero marks will be given for the whole submission if there is any evidence of copying, collaboration, pasting from websites, contract cheating, or copying from textbooks. When you are asked to use Internet resources to answer a question, this does not mean copying and pasting text from websites. Write answers in your own words such that your understanding of the answer is evident.

Marks: This assignment is worth 25% of your unit marks.

Feedback: Your Tutor will provide you with marks and feedback. If you cannot explain/present your work in video or what you write in your presentation slides, you may get low marks due to not having synchronised material in video presentation and submitted files.

Presentation: The presentation should look professional, which means you need to pay attention to spelling, punctuation, grammar, and visualization. It is important that your presentation has a clear structure.  Prepare  presentation  slides  of  at  least  10  pages/slides*  long  and  a  maximum  of  15 pages/slides. The presentation should ideally not contain too much text and should use a minimum font size of 12pt (preferably larger). You may include tables, figures, pictures, graphical designs etc. The page/slide limit doesn’t include title page, references, and Appendix. Any page/slide beyond the page/slide limit of 15 will not be marked.Use FIT standard presentation format.

Note: *page/slide = You can call it either Page or Slide

Note: You can find great tips on how to prepare a presentation on Monash’s webpages. Here are some links to get started:

Language and Learning and Online website:

●  https://www.monash.edu/rloand

●  https://www.monash.edu/rlo/assignment-samples/engineering/oral-presentation.

●   Software tools for drawing sitemaps, any drawing tool should work, for example LucidChart, or even presentation tools such as PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides. Scans of hand-drawn maps are acceptable if they are neat and easily readable.

●   In order to record yourself for the voice-over presentation, werecommend you use Zoom.

Monash University – Zoom (https://monash.zoom.us). However, you are free to use any other software as long as the final file submitted to Moodle is understandable by our teaching team.

It is  envisaged that the  new buildings  in  Melbourne  office  would  support, both,  wired  and wireless networked office environment where each of the staff PC and their personal laptops would be  equipped with  office  desktop  high resolution video  conferencing  software  (VoIP), along with the usual business applications such as web, email, and regular office productivity packages. The average network traffic generated by each active wired network user is estimated to be around 20-25 Mbps, while the WLAN traffic generated for each floor would be 20% of the wired traffic.

The expected user activity pattern for the new buildings maybe seen in Figure 2, where the new buildings will accommodate the new staff members equally distributed to each floor of the new buildings. The Wired LAN infrastructure needs to be designed to support the anticipated peak time data traffic, and in addition, support the Wireless LAN. The design should show the WLAN Access Points (AP) connectivity to the wired infrastructure. At the existing main office network (across the backbone network), a capacity increase will be required for key devices and their support infrastructure (e.g., Servers, Routers and/or switches) to accommodate the increased traffic volume from the new buildings. Employees are expected to access the main office network and its resources frequently. So, from the business perspective, it is important that the backbone network connectivity is maintained all the time. Loss of productivity is not an option from the network connectivity point of view. Figure 2 shows the expected number of active users for the two new buildings during the business hours. This number of expected active users is useful for minimum network connections requirements and also to estimate the minimum throughput network design requirements.

2.  Assignment Requirements

Submissions for this assignment should be in the form of presentation slides (PDF/PPT) and voice - over  video  presentation  and  its  complete  set  of  slides  with  explanatory  figures  and  other requirements for a professional presentation. The assignment specifications are in the form of a request for proposal  (RFP) to potential suppliers. An  RFP is a solicitation often made through a bidding process by any company interested in the design and procurement of installation contract services. This assignment provides an  opportunity for you to work  individually and apply  Data Communications and Computer Networking concepts to a practical network design. You are required to design the network, make networking recommendations based on the RFP requirements and present your solutions in a formal presentation.

2.1 The video presentation should contain the following important diagrams to support your proposal:

(a)  A  conceptual  high-level   diagram  showing  a  typical  floor  plan,  backbone  network (connecting the floors) and a backbone network to connect to the main office.

(b) Atypical floor plan (only one floor of both the East & West building would be sufficient).

(c) Students need to specify the types of Switches, Routers, Access Points, Cables, and show the Servers, Routers, Switches and Access Point (AP) locations in the design. No addressing and/or routing is required.

(d) Traffic throughput calculations for each floor, each building and backbone network.

(e) Backbone connection diagrams (using schematic diagrams of cross-section of a building showing switches, routers etc.).

(f)  Backbone  network  connectivity  for  the  new  buildings  connecting  with the  head  office building.

2.2 Students may include some details of the following information in response to the request for Proposal (RFP) in the Appendix. We ask you to submit your final presentation slides along with your appendix.

(a) Project Requirements: Project requirements can be derived from the Objectives and Scope of Work  section  of the  RFP.  A  requirement  brief  is  usually  an  itemised  list  of the  client’s requirements derived from the RFP.

(b) Wired, Wireless LAN and backbone network Design: Wired, Wireless LAN design  (for a typical floor) and backbone network design, must include the following information:

(i) Computer desktop layout plan with network topology for atypical floor level.

(ii) Switch and Wireless Access Point locations on a typical floor, vertical cable paths and  lengths  between  the  floors.  Switch  and  Access  Point  functional  specifications. Assume the floor to ceiling height as 3 metres approximately including the false ceiling.

(iii) Router (and/or Switches) locations (both the existing and the new ones) and their interconnections providing backbone network connectivity.

(c) Design Rules (or Assumptions): You need to outline design rules for LANs, WLANs, and

Backbone Network. Your description should include:

(i) Detailed steps required in the network design process,

(ii) Methods used to form estimates of network performance for each type of devices,

(iii) An example of a basic sample design showing proposed floor plan, assumptions, justifications, and calculations.

(iv) Assumptions of backbone connectivity using wired/wireless media needs to be reported.

(d) Recommendations and Justification: A summary of your recommendations with a statement of justification.

Remark for  backbone  connectivity  building  to  building:  Backbone  network,  please  refer  to Assignment-2-Support Doc slides 22-25 (available on Moodle).

Proposed structure of presentation slides:

●   Title page

●   A Brief Summary of Problem Definition

●   Important Information and Diagram listed in 2.1.

●   Conclusions and Recommendations

●   References (You would usually stop here in your recorded video)

●   Appendix (This may contain additional information listed in 2.2)

Sources and referencing

Any claims or recommendations that you make should be substantiated with supporting references. That means that you cannot just claim that A is better than B, you have to argue why that is the case and  point  to  external  sources  that  can  serve  as  evidence.  You  can  use  the  unit’s  recommended textbooks  and  other  standard  literature   as  sources,  but  you  will   also  need  to   use  additional documentation to find all the technical information and commercial details for this report. Whenever you use material from an external source, make sure that you reference that source. You also need to assess  the  quality  and  reliability  of  any  source.  An  independent  expert  review  of  different technologies is much more trustworthy. References should be listed correctly (see conference papers or journal for the reference). You may lose marks for poor referencing. You should use the APA referencing style, which is explained in detail here:

[https://guides.lib.monash.edu/citing-referencing/apa7th]

ChatGPT referencing:

Generative AI tools are not restricted for this assessment task, ChatGPT use and referencing:

In this assessment, you can use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to assist you in anyway.

Acknowledging the use of generative artificial intelligence, If you use ChatGPT, then you need to acknowledge the use of ChatGPT (https://chat.openai.com/) to generate materials that may have been used in some form or the other and included within this assessment in a modified form (see Learn HQ)