1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

microcomputers;
the logical and electrical interconnection of digital
devices in computer systems;
the use of high level languages for input/output
intensive applications;
the relation of high level languages to assembly
language.
Content
Computer organisation, CPU, memory, buses, I/O;
computer architecture including representative
microprocessor architectures (M68000, I8OXXX);
programmer's model (register set, memory structure and
addressing - modes), Instruction: set overview;
suitability of a machine architecture to support high
level languages;
input/Output including interrupts and asynchronous I/
0 processing;
physical implementation of computers. Memory
elements, bus structure, memory access cycles.
Peripheral devices and hardware.
Programming will emphasise the use of high-level languages
as a first choice with an introduction to selective use of
assembly language for time-critical program regions.
Recommended reading
Antonakos, J.L. fie M68OOO Microprocessor - Hardware and
Software Principles and Applications. Macmillan Publishing
Company, 1990
Gorsline, George W., Assembly and Assemblers. Prentice-Hall,
1988
Kelly, A. and Pohl, I., A Book on C. Benjamin-Cummings
Publishing Company, 1989
Uffenbeck, J. The 8086/8088 Family Design Programming and
Interfacing. Prentice-Hall 1987
Wakerly, J.F. Microcomputer Architecture and Programming. The
68000 Family, John Wiley & Sons, 1989
EE740
Project Management and Research
Methods
12. 5 credit points 4 hours per week average Hawthorn
Prerequisites: must satisfit course entry requirements
Assessment: assignments , projects and class participation
A subject in the Masters of Engineering by coursework
(Telecommunications, Computer Systems Engineering and
Biomedical Instrumentation)
0 bjectives
By the end of the subject, the students will be able to:
understand how to approach a research and
development problem at philosophical and practical
levels, with emphasis on planning, budgeting, scheduling
and monitoring;
know how to use standard statistical methods and
computer packages relevant to their research and
development needs;
critically review representative research in their
respective fields, . and; .
write research and development reports that satisfy all
referencing, organisation and presentation standards for
publication, using available document preparation
computer packages.
Content
The emphasis is on learning to design and manage a research
or development or implementation project. Project
management, experimental design, research methods,
literature analysis, report writing, use of Internet resources,
and philosophical and mathematical underpinnings are
covered, with practical, academic rigour. All areas are
covered in a manner that equalises differences in student
backgrounds. CSS STATISTICA, Microsoft EXCEL and
WINWORD, will be used as the major computer resources.
Recommended reading to other statistical packages
(Statgraphics, Systat, LVPLS, SPSS X, SAS, Minitab, and
others) will be made.
Recommended reading
Class notes, and the on-line user manuals of the software packages
used.
Hair, J.F. Jnr et al. Multivariate Data Analysis, 4th edn, Prentice
Hall, Englewood Cliffs N.J., 1995
EE751
Telecommunications Networks:
Fundamentals
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week average Hawthorn
Prerequisites: nil Assessment: exam, assignment and
laboratory work.
A subject in the Master of Engineering by coursework
(Telecommunications and Computer Systems Engineering)
Objectives
To develop an understanding of the engineering of
telecommunications networks, and proficiency in the use of
network simulation as a design and evaluation methodology.
Content
.. PSTN . analogue switched network, FDM, long haul
links;
digital transmission basics: sampling, quantising,
companding, PCM, framing, TDM, transmission
hierarchies, synchronisation;
circuit switching. Setting up and clearing calls;
teletraffic theory, traffic carrying capability, GoS,
dimensioning of networks;
network simulation (OPNET);
traffic monitoring and forecasting;
network traffic control;
network transmission planning;
signalling, CCITT No. 7.
Recommended reading
Clark, M.P., Networks and Telecommunications. England, Wiley,
1991
Wilrand, J., Communications Networks: A First Course. USA,
Asken Associates, 1991
OPNET manuals.