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EEET2368 Network Fundamentals and Applications - RMIT University

Assessment Task: Project Assignment

The objective of this project is to get you a hands-on experience in designing a realistic enterprise network. As in real-life problems, you have a large degree of flexibility in developing your design and in making different assumptions. However, both the design and the assumptions should be sound, and they should be based on literature, standard or industry best practices whenever possible. There is no single correct answer for this project, marks will be awarded based on the criteria explained in this document following the rubric on Canvas.

Project Assignment Instructions
• Start working on this assignment as soon as possible!
• Check Canvas for the due date of this assignment
• This written assignment (Project) worth 30% of the total mark
• This assignment is individual
• This assignment gives a large room for the student to be innovative and to propose their own ideas
• Marks will be awarded as follows (details is in the rubric on Canvas)
o Depth of literature review
o Neat figures, plots, and illustrations (drawn by the student)
o Clarity of writing and equations
o Novelty and innovation
o Sound assumptions and parameters
o Simulation code / Simulation setup
o Proper references Use IEEE citation style

• It is expected to have a document of 7-15 pages long (2000-3500 words) - excluding the code/configuration which should be included as an appendix
• Submission should be a single PDF file.
• Include Matlab code as an appendix to your submission (in the same PDF file), the code needs to be neatly written with clear annotation (comments). Also, it needs to be consistent with the assignment text and well explained.
o Coding/scripting language needs to be in Matlab
o It is indeed allowed to use libraries and functions (both built-in and external), however it should be clearly identified in the code which part was developed by the student and which part was taken from other sources.
o Since Turnitin is activated, only include the part of the code that you wrote
• Include routers configurations using Cisco Packet Tracer: Running Configuration -> Export. Delete the default parts of the configuration, and only keep the parts that you have edited.
• State your assumptions inside the assignment document! Marks are awarded to sound assumptions
Important note about plagiarism:
o You should write the assignment yourself. Under no circumstances any part of this assignment can be written by anyone else (unless otherwise some quoted text is clearly stated and referenced)
o Plagiarism will not be tolerated and heavy loss of marks (or zero mark) will be incurred with possible wider academic penalties.
o The rules apply similarly to the developed codes

Report structure
Following is the recommended report structure,

• Abstract (min 150 words)
o Provide an interesting motivation for the reader to read the rest of the report!
o Include a quick background/ motivation
o Include a summary of the main contributions of your assignment
o Include the main take-away results
• Introduction and Background (min 400 words)
o Background on your topic
o Main contribution of your work (dot points)
• Literature review (min 500 words)
o Literature review on the general subject
o Literature review on your particular topic
o (if applicable) Comparison between the literature qualitatively and/ or quantitatively
o Include comparison tables when applicable
• System Design*
o Feel free to split this section into multiple sections / subsections
o Also feel free to take some of these points to the next section when needed
o Main assumptions for your work
o Include explanation / justification on why you picked up this model / modelling approach
o A diagram for your system (or diagrams) - neatly drawn using professional tools such as Visio, Power point, etc..
o Equations and derivation if needed
o Analytic results when applicable
o Explain your code / algorithms
• Results and performance*
o Feel free to call this section something else or to split it into multiple sections / subsections
o Simulation numerical inputs and parameters (why did you pick up these parameters, add references)
o Figures graphs of your results, properly annotated with legends, units, clear x and y axis ticks, etc..
o (bonus) to compare your results with existing literature
• Conclusion (min 150 words)
o Summary of the paper
o Takeaway message
o Future work that can be done on this topic

*System Design and Results sections both minimum 1300 words

Attachment:- Network Fundamentals.rar