Assessment Brief

MAIN COURSEWORK
Module name and CRN

Advanced Communications Technology A

Module Leader

Kiran Voderhobli

Semester

Level 6

ASSIGNMENT TITLE:

Approx No of Students

25

Report on application of Network management tools

ASSIGNMENT WEIGHTING:

100% of Module Marks

HAND-OUT DATE:

Week 1

SUGGESTED STUDENT EFFORT:

60 hours

SUBMISSION DATE:

Sun 17th Jan 2016 by 11 PM

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

Turnitin upload via VLE

FEEDBACK MECHANISM:

Via Email within 3 weeks of submission

LEARNING OUTCOMES ADDRESSED BY THIS ASSIGNMENT:

Discuss the operational requirements arising from the demands of users and the needs of
service providers
Analyse the management requirements in a networked computer system environment and
make recommendations for meeting that demand
Evaluate a range of information collection methods to allow the behaviour of networked
computer systems to be monitored and controlled

NOTES:
The usual University penalties apply for late submission.
This is an individual assignment. Submission of an assignment indicates that you,
as a student, have completed the assignment yourself and the work of others has
been fully acknowledged and referenced.
By submitting this assessed work, you are declaring that you are fit to submit, and
you will therefore not normally be eligible to submit a request for mitigation for this
work.
If your result for this assignment is recorded as Non-Submission or your mark for
this assignment and for the whole module is below 40%, you will have opportunity
to take reassessment. If you are granted deferral through the mitigation process,
you may complete the reassessment in May 2016 with a full range of marks
available.
For further information, please refer to your course handbook or University
Assessment Regulations.

DETAILS OF THE ASSESSMENT

This assessment is designed to test your abilities in applying network monitoring and
network management tools for identifying network problems in real-life scenarios. You
should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the tools and techniques you studied in
the lab sessions. Your report should critically review literature related to a problem or
researcharea you wish to discuss. Following the review, you need to write a technical
report on how you will use Observer or OpenNMS platforms to identify and/or diagnose
the problems. There will be a demo/viva, where you should be able to justify the
technical report.
You are free to select any problem area, but you need to agree it with your tutor. Ideally,
you should choose an area like
Monitoring Quality of Service
Managing network security
Managing Network performance
Managing wireless networks
Managing network users
Remote monitoring in corporate networks
Network Management in Manufacturing
Network management for green ICT
SNMP for diagnostics and troubleshooting network problems
Managing cloud infrastructures using SNMP
Device management using SNMP
Network Mapping
..
You will produce a detailed technical report between 4000 and 5000 words (excluding
references).Titles, Contents pages, and Bibliography are not included in the final word
count.
IMPORTANT NOTE : All your findings MUST reflect use of either OpenNMS or
Observer in context of your chosen topic. A non-technical generic report will not
fetch marks.Ideally, you will perform some experiments and use screen-shots to help you
with your discussion.
Timelines
Week
Week 5
Week 13
Week 14

Submission
Submission of title of your project and 500 word abstract. Your tutor will
approve or make alternative suggestions in Week 6. This does not carry
any marks, but useful to get early suggestion and guidance.
Full Report upload
Demonstrations and Viva

Marking Scheme

Detailed description of the problem area 5 %

Relevant literature review with references to journal and academic material 10 %
Detailed analysis/justification based on tools and techniques, with explanation
ofexperiments and/or research 20 %
2

Accurate application of tools and methodology in context of problem area 25 %

Referencing 5 % Your report MUST NOT use any quotes. All work should be in
your own words and fully cited and referenced using Leeds Beckett Harvard format.
You should have at least 20 relevant references of high academic or scientific
quality
Viva/Demo : - 35 % A viva and/or demo will be based on your report where you will
be asked to justify your report. This will be in the lab and will involve
demonstrations using your choosen tool (observer, openNMS) applied in context of
your topic.

Your report should be viewable in PDF format or in Microsoft Office format. You must
upload your report to Turnitin via the VLE before 11 PM Sun 17th Jan 2016.

REASSESSMENT COURSEWORK
Module name and CRN Advanced Communications Technology A
Module Leader
Semester

Kiran Voderhobli
Level 6

ASSIGNMENT TITLE:

Approx No of Students

25

ReassessmentReport on application of Network management

tools

ASSIGNMENT WEIGHTING:

100% of Module Marks capped at 40 %

HAND-OUT DATE:

End of Semester 1 via the VLE

SUGGESTED STUDENT EFFORT:

60 hours

SUBMISSION DATE:

TBC

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

Turnitin upload via VLE

FEEDBACK MECHANISM:

Via Email within 3 weeks of submission

LEARNING OUTCOMES ADDRESSED BY THIS ASSIGNMENT:

NOTES:
The usual University penalties apply for late submission.
This is an individual assignment. Submission of an assignment indicates that you,
as a student, have completed the assignment yourself and the work of others has
been fully acknowledged and referenced.
By submitting this assessed work, you are declaring that you are fit to submit, and
you will therefore not normally be eligible to submit a request for mitigation for this
work.
For further information, please refer to your course handbook or University
Assessment Regulations.
DETAILS OF THE ASSESSMENT
This assessment is designed to test your abilities in applying network monitoring and
network management tools for identifying network problems in real-life scenarios. You
should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the tools and techniques you studied in
the lab sessions. Your report should review literature related to a problem you wish to
discuss. Following the review, you need to write a technical report on how you will use
Observer or OpenNMS platforms to identify and/or diagnose the problems. There will be
a demo/viva, where you should be able to justify the technical report.
You are free to select any problem area, but you need to agree it with your tutor. Ideally,
you should choose an area like
Monitoring Quality of Service
4

Managing network security

Managing Network performance
Managing wireless networks
Managing network users
Remote monitoring in corporate networks
Network Management in Manufacturing
Network management for green ICT
SNMP for diagnostics and troubleshooting network problems
Managing cloud infrastructures using SNMP
Device management using SNMP
Network Mapping
You will produce a detailed technical report between 4000 and 5000 words (excluding
references). Titles, Contents pages, and Bibliography are not included in the final word
count.
IMPORTANT NOTE : All your findings MUST reflect use of either OpenNMS or
Observer in context of your chosen topic. A non-technical generic report will not
fetch marks. Ideally, you will perform some experiments and use screen-shots to help you
with your discussion.
Marking Scheme

Detailed description of the problem area 5 %

Relevant literature review with references to journal and academic material 10 %
Detailed analysis/justification based on tools and techniques, with explanation of
experiments and/or research 20 %
Accurate application of tools and methodology in context of problem area 25 %
Referencing 5 % Your report MUST NOT use any quotes. All work should be in
your own words and fully cited and referenced using Leeds Beckett Harvard format.
You should have at least 20 relevant references of high academic or scientific
quality
Viva/Demo : - 35 % A viva and/or demo will be based on your report where you will
be asked to justify your report. This will be in the lab and will involve
demonstrations using your choosen tool (observer, openNMS) applied in context of
your topic.

Your report should be viewable in PDF format or in Microsoft Office format. You must
upload your report to Turnitin via the VLE.