ITECH2301 Network Architecture and Design - Network Design Assignment

Task:

There are two parts of the requirements for this assignment – a) Report and b) Presentation.
Hand drawn layouts for both logical and physical designs are fine. However, if you like, you would use ConceptDraw (https://conceptdraw.en.softonic.com/) or SmartDraw (www.smartdraw.com) or any other network design software to draw the layout of logical and physical network designs.

a) Report [70 marks]

The report should be no more than 10 pages and needs to consider the following design tasks:

Design Tasks:
T1. Using the building-block network design process, develop a logical design of the new network for the Victoria headquarter enterprise campus that considers the seven network architecture components. Remember to consider the expected growth of the company. For the logical design, you need to consider the following items: [25 marks]

1. Network architecture components
2. Application systems
3. Network users
4. Categorizing network needs
5. Deliverables

T2. Design the physical design of the network based on the logical design completed in Task T1. Note, you do not need to develop an alternative design. For the physical design, you need to consider the following items:[20 marks]

1. Designing client and servers
2. Designing circuits
3. Network design tools
4. Deliverables

T3. Provide a short description of how the LAN of headquarter can be connected with the LANs of the local offices via WAN. [5 marks]

T4. Briefly describe how you will minimise the interference from Wi-Fi access points (APs) on different floors.[10 marks]

T5. You will make some assumptions; therefore, document your assumptions and explain why you have designed the network in this way. [10 marks]

b) Presentation [3O marks]
You need to produce a presentation consisting of eight PowerPoint slides based on your report and the relevant assessment criteria. The presentation time is 10 minutes. The presentation will be given in Week 12's timetabled tutorial.

Online students can provide the presentations through either an appropriate online video conferencing technique (e.g., Teams) or adding voice-over to their PowerPoint presentation slides.