Standards are detailed and precise. You might expect that standards creation would be orderly and precise as well. For most standards agencies, this is true. However, for the Internet, things are a little different. Over the next two weeks, we will focus on Internet standards and protocols. What happens behind the scenes when you click “Send” on your computer?
Technology means nothing unless a company manages networks very well. To study this further, you will look at core issues and tools for network management. These concepts apply to everything networking professionals do at every level.
Your main post for the discussion board is due on day 7 of Week 3 by 11:59 PM (CST/CDT). Your discussion board responses/replies and your written assignment are due on day 7 of Week 4 by 11:59 PM (CST/CDT), unless otherwise indicated.
Learning Objectives:
Explain how Internet standards are made and why this approach is valuable.
Provide the definitions of network standards and protocols; articulate their importance.
Explain the OSI, TCP/IP, and Hybrid TCP/IP-OSI architectures and their standards agencies.
Explain the purpose of each standards layer in the Hybrid TCP/IP-OSI architecture, what is standardized at each layer, and which standards agency dominates standards at each layer.
Explain message ordering in general and in HTTP and TCP.
Explain message syntax in general and in IP packets, TCP segments, UDP datagrams, and Ethernet frames.
Demonstrate how application programs encode alphanumeric, decimal, and alternative data into bits (1s and 0s) before passing their messages to the transport layer.
Discuss network quality of service (QoS) and specify service level agreement (SLA) guarantees.
Design a network layout based on required traffic volumes between pairs of sites.
Describe options for dealing with momentary traffic peaks.
Describe the benefits and importance of centralized network management; discuss and compare three tools for centralizing network management:   Ping, Traceroute, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
Describe Software-Defined Networking (SDN), including why it is potentially revolutionary.
Differentiate between Sourcing and Outsourcing in the Procurement process.
Course Objectives:
By completing the assigned tasks and achieving the learning objectives listed above, you will fulfill the following course objectives:
Describe digital communications techniques for products and services related to information communications.
Evaluate the issues and challenges associated with how organizations develop, acquire and implement information systems.
Devise strategies for effective network security and network management.
Readings:
Read Chapters 2, 3, and 3a in your textbook.
Textbook PowerPoints, attached above.
Additional Readings and Resources:
What is project procurement? WiseGeek: Clear Answers for Common Questions. Retrieved from https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-project-procurement.htm
What is outsourcing? WiseGeek: Clear Answers for Common Questions. Retrieved from https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-outsourcing.htm
PowerCert Animated Videos. (2015, June 1). PING and TRACERT (traceroute) networking commands [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/vJV-GBZ6PeM