Compare and contrast the selected technologies, clearly document the operations/functionalities of the technologies, present

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MAJAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Accredited to the University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Module Name and Level Internetworking Level 3

Module Code NC40-3

Assessment No. 2

Assessment Type & weighting:

Case study Report

Weightage 50 %

STUDENT MCUC NUMBER:

Please note that a grade will only be given

to those whose student number is noted on

this form. Please ensure that the student

number is recorded accurately.

Submission Date: 2 January 2019

MODULE TUTOR: Nenita Guerrero

DECLARATION

 The work contained in this assignment is my own and that all materials and sources used

have been acknowledged.

 I have not copied or colluded in part or in whole, or otherwise plagiarised the work of other

students.

 This assignment has not been submitted for previous assessment in any other subject or to

a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other unit, module, degree or

diploma of a university or any other institute, except where due acknowledgement is made

in the text.

 I confirm that I have read, understood and followed the guidelines for assignment

submission and presentation provided by the lecturer.

 I understand that this assignment may be retained on the database and used to make

comparisons with other assignments in future.

 I have made a copy of my assignment

 This work may be photocopied and/or communicated for the purpose of identifying

plagiarism.

 I give permission for a copy of this marked assignment to be retained by the Faculty of

Information Technology for the purpose of course reviews by external examiners and to be

used as a resource by Majan College.

 I understand that unauthorized late submission without a valid written extension will be marked as per the college policy mentioned in the Student handbook section 4.4.

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INTERNETWORKING (NC40-3) Assessment 2: Case Study Report

Weighting of this assessment towards overall Grade is 50%

Case Study Scenario:

You are a network administrator in a medium-sized business and you are

required to keep current with future network upgrades.

You want to offer the best quality WAN network service to your company, so

you decided to research on various technologies available for WAN

connectivity. Your intent is to gather information about these WAN

technologies to discuss the future goals of your company network with your

team.

Requirement:

Choose two (2) of the WAN technologies listed below and prepare a report that

contains a thorough discussion about the selected WAN technologies. Compare

and contrast the selected technologies, clearly document the

operations/functionalities of the technologies, present advantages &

disadvantages, figures or diagrams, examples, etc. Include also an overall

analysis and evaluation of the topic in the report. Your report must contain

strong technical content and sound argument.

a) Frame Relay

b) Broadband Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

c) Broadband Cable Modem

d) Gigabit Ethernet Metropolitan Area Network (GigaMAN)

e) Virtual Private Network (VPN)

f) Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS)

g) Software-defined Wide Area Network (SD WAN)

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Deliverable:

A report with a minimum of 2500 words covering the following tasks is

expected.

The structure of the report should be as follows:

 Introduction

 Operation of technologies

 Analysis

 Discussion

 Conclusion

 Recommendation

 References

Key Deliverables and Important Dates:

Last date for submission of selected topic: (12 December 2018). This

is a final date to confirm your topic with your lecturer. Failure to do so will

create one letter grade reduction and an auto assigned topic to you.

Last date for submission of draft: (26 December 2018). Send the draft

by e-mail to [email protected]

Any draft submission after this date will not be accepted.

Last date for Final Submission: (2 January 2019). The final report should

be submitted in MOVE on or before (2 January 2019, 6:00 PM). Non-

submission will automatically result in failure of that assessment. No late

submission will generally be accepted.

Marking Scheme and grading policy:

Your report will be graded according to:

 Content completeness, accuracy, correlation and relation of the work

done to the topic selected

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 Report structure (proper formatting of texts, tables and diagrams,

correct and proper English)

 Relevant and appropriate references

 Good evidence of reading and research

INSTRUCTIONS

Your work will be graded on the following aspects:

1. This is an individual Assignment.

2. The assignment MUST be submitted online (through MOVE) on or before

the due date mentioned in page 3.

3. Your assignment shall reflect the depth and breadth of your original

analyses in a clear and coherent manner.

4. Use of the relevant academic literature to support ideas and issues

discussed. The range of academic sources such as texts and journals to

support your arguments and comments.

5. Any reference to authors and other writers shall be quoted with due

acknowledgement in your assignment report using the Harvard

Referencing System. For details of Harvard referencing style refer to the

student hand book section 7.2.

6. This is an individual assignment and carries a 50% weighting of the

module grade.

7. This assignment follows a case study format and must be original and

creative. An analytical piece of work is required. The use of ‘cut and paste’

approach will be penalized. It must be presented in a structured manner,

with appropriate cover page, content page, introduction, body (with

appropriate heading / sub-headings), conclusion, references, page

numbered and any required appendices.

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8. Your report should be word processed and professionally presented. The

length of your report should be at least 2500 words, presented in text of

font size 12 with 1.5 line spacing. Please state the exact word count at the

end of the assignment.

9. The cover page should be attached with the assignment and uploaded

through MOVE (on-line). Name of the student, The Programme, Module

Title, Assignment Title and number of words must be reflected on the cover

sheet.

10. All assignments must be adhered strictly to the deadlines specified by

Majan College. Failure to hand in the assignment for any reason and

without prior approval and a valid written extension from the module tutor

will not be marked and will be awarded a grade G (0) irrespective of the

quality of the work. See Student Handbook section 4.4.

11. Unacknowledged use of work of others (plagiarism) is regarded as a

dishonest practice and will be will be penalized. See the penalties in the

student’s handbook section 5.8.

Additional Guidelines:

 The Assignment Submission link on MOVE will be open, a week ahead of

the submission date.

 You can submit your assignment multiple times, till the submission

deadline. Note that Turnitin could take up to 24 hours to produce similarity

reports for submissions.

 The last submission, within the deadline, will be considered as your final

submission.

 Assignments should be submitted by 6pm on the day of the deadline. There

is a grace period until midnight to allow for any technical difficulties, but

any assignments submitted after this will be counted as late. Technical

problems will not be accepted as an excuse for submitting after the day of

the deadline.

 You are required to tick to confirm the statement: “I confirm that

this assignment is my own and all sources have been acknowledged. I

understand that the use of other people’s work or ideas without

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acknowledgement is plagiarism and could result in failing the assignment”.

You will not be able to submit the assignment without ticking this box.

 You are advised to present sections that contain IOS commands in your

assignment in an image format to avoid similarity with various sources.

 The similarity percentage of your final submission will be one of the factors

considered, for assessing the originality of your assignment. However, the

decision to report an assignment for plagiarism is taken by the Lecturers,

who mark your assignment.

 The Lecturers will consider a number of factors such as Assignment type,

Part of the assignment where similarity occurs, Nature of

similarity etc., along with the similarity percentage of your assignment, to

assess the originality of your assignment. Therefore, similarity percentage

would not be accepted as a basis for disputing academic judgments

regarding plagiarism.

 Note that the similarity percentage of your submission can change till the

submission deadline, if the submissions of other students have similarity

to your assignment. Therefore, the similarity percentages are not final, till

the assignment submission is closed.

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GRADING SYSTEM

Although grades may be awarded on the basis of marks in some assessments, students should note that both marks and grades will be awarded on the basis

of the assessment criteria for each grade.

Old grading System (Before Feb 2015)

GRADE GRADE POINT

DESCRIPTI ON

GENERAL ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

A+ 16

Excellent

 An outstanding piece of work.

 Shows evidence of wider reading and originality

 Strongly analytical. All important points are covered.

 Arguments should be supported by examples and evidence, objectively presented and evaluated,

 Well-structured and well written, without noticeable grammatical or other errors.

 Correctly referenced

A 15

A- 14

B+ 13

Very Good

 Very good work.

 All main points will have been covered, though minor issues may have been omitted.

 The work will be analytical, balanced and soundly based.

 Examples and supporting evidence should have been included.

 The writing should be essentially correct, without major grammatical or other errors.

 Generally referenced correctly.

B 12

B- 11

C+ 10

Good

 Generally good work.

 Most points will have been covered, but many finer points will generally have been missed.

 Shows limited reading.

 Arguments/analysis should be basically well structured and balanced with relevant examples, but with errors and gaps.

 The writing is clear, but has errors that nevertheless do not obscure the meaning.

 Referencing will be present but may at times be inaccurate or insufficient.

C 9

C- 8

D+ 7

Pass

 Satisfactory.

 Shows sufficient grasp of the subject to be acceptable.

 Tends to be descriptive.

 Examples and evidence is likely to be weak and limited.

 Shows limited reading.

 Referencing is likely to be absent or very poorly carried out.

D 6

D- 5

E 4 Refer

 Unsatisfactory/ Compensatable fail.

 Serious errors and omissions.

 Very little analysis

F 2

Fail

 Work of a very poor standard with little relevant information and/or serious errors.

F- 1  Work containing little of merit

G 0  No work submitted

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New Grading System (Starting Feb. 2015)

Grade Letter

Mark Band %

Grade Descriptor

A+ 80-100 Outstanding

P A

S S

A 75-79 Excellent

A- 70-74

B+ 67-69

Commendable

B 64-66

B- 60-63

C+ 57-59

Good

C 54-56

C- 50-53

D+ 47-49

Satisfactory

D 44-46

D- 40-43

E 35-39 Marginal Fail

F A

I L

F 25-34 Fail

F- 01-24 Fail

G 0 Non-Submission

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Marking Scheme

Criteria Substandard

0

Poor

20

Satisfactory

40

Good

50

Very Good

60

Excellent

70

Outstanding

100

Introduction

10 %

No

introduction

found

Introduction

provided is not

relevant to the

topic

Introduction is

too concise, not

clear and mostly

irrelevant to the

selected topic

Conveys main

topic adequately.

Does not

describe subtopics

Lacks adequate

research statement.

Conveys topic, but

not key question(s).

General research

statement.

Conveys topic and

key areas.

Clearly defines the

subtopics.

General research

statement.

Strong introduction of

topic’s key areas.

Clearly delineates

subtopics to be

reviewed.

Specific research

statement.

Operation

20%

No operation

of

technologies

found

Information

provided is not

relevant.

Limited material

is provided.

Flow of

discussion is not

logically

organized.

Many transitions

are unclear or

non-existent.

Some material

relevant to

subtopics and main

topic are provided.

Arguments lack

logical flow.

Student attempted

to

provide variety of

transitions

Material provided are

mostly

relevant to subtopics

and main topic and

covers essential

points.

Arguments are

somehow logically

organized and

contains variety of

transitions.

All material are

relevant to subtopic

and

main topic and covers

all essential points.

Arguments are

logically organized

within subtopics.

Clear, varied

transitions linking

subtopics and main

topic.

All material are

relevant to subtopic

and main topic and

covers all essential

points.

Strong organization

and integration of

material within

subtopics.

Strong transitions

linking subtopics, and

main topic.

Analysis

15%

No analysis

found

Provided

points are not

relevant. Lacks

analysis

Provided points

are mostly

irrelevant. Lacks

analysis

Analysis is done

and few points/key

issues are

identified.

Analysis is done.

Explanation is

missing.

Analysis and

explanation found

are mostly relevant

A critical analysis is

found with detailed

and relevant

explanation

Discussion

25%

No discussion

found

Discussion

provided is not

relevant to the

topic.

General

discussion was

provided. No

evidence of own

ideas given.

Student tried to

discuss on the

points/issues

identified in

analysis section.

Limited

discussions of own

ideas are proposed.

Student tried to

discuss on the

points/issues

identified in the

analysis section and

some relevant

discussions of own

ideas are proposed

Ideas proposed are

mostly correct and

relevant to

points/issues

identified in the

analysis section.

Adds some value to

the body of

knowledge

Ideas proposed are

completely relevant

and practical to the

points/issues identified

in the analysis section.

Adds consistent

amount of value to the

body of knowledge.

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Conclusion

10%

No

conclusion

found

Conclusion

provided is not

relevant to the

topic

General or

mostly irrelevant

conclusion

provided

Few relevant points

are given that

somehow reflected

the outcome of the

study.

Some relevant points

are given that

partially reflected the

outcomes of the

study.

Relevant conclusion

that reflected the

outcomes of the study

are given.

Some points were

drawn from the actual

work done.

The conclusion

adequately reflected

the outcomes of the

study and is relevant

to the actual work

done.

Recommendation

10%

No

recommendat

ion found

Recommendati

ons provided

are not

relevant to the

topic

General or

mostly irrelevant

recommendation

provided

Some relevant

recommendations

are given.

No suggestions for

further studies

given.

Some relevant

recommendations are

given. Suggestions

for further studies

given but are not

feasible for

implementation.

Relevant

recommendations are

given.

It includes

suggestions for

further studies that

are somehow

feasible.

Relevant

recommendations.

It includes suggestions

for further studies that

are feasible.

References

10%

No references

found

References

provided are

not

appropriate.

Mostly

inappropriate

references

provided. Just a

list of sources

found which are

not academically

acceptable (ex.

Wikipedia,

Blogs, etc.)

Reference list is

provided and the

sources are

somehow relevant.

No in-text citations

found.

Reference list is

provided and the

sources are relevant.

Few in-text citations

are found.

Academically

accepted reference

list is provided.

Proper in-text

citations are found.

A proper Harvard

referencing style is

followed and all the

sources are

academically

accepted.

INTERNETWORKING

Case Study Report Guide

You are required to submit a report with a minimum of 2500 words that

includes the following sections:

 Introduction (10%)

o Explain the main idea or the main goal of the research.

o Discuss essential points about WAN technologies.

o Give a clear background about the selected WAN technologies.

 Operation of technologies (20%)

o This section should clearly document how the selected WAN

technologies operate.

o Include figures/diagrams and examples to support discussion.

 Analysis (15%)

o Analyze the operation and performance of the selected technologies.

o Evaluate their advantages and disadvantages.

o Include a summary of the analysis.

 Discussion (25%)

o Reflect on the analysis done and discuss your own ideas or solution

to address issues identified.

o Discuss the challenges that you and your team may face in

implementing these technologies in your network upgrade. Explain

how will your team deal with these challenges.

o Support your discussion with information from academic sources.

 Conclusion (10%)

o Summarize your overall undertaking and insight of the topics.

o Include a brief discussion about the outcome of the study.

 Recommendation (10%)

o Based on your analysis and discussion, recommend the most suitable

solution for a network upgrade project. Justify your

recommendation.

o Include suggestions for improvement and future studies.

 References (10%)

o Minimum of ten (10) relevant academic sources using Harvard

Referencing format.