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Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Unit Code BN303
Unit Title Wireless Network & Security
Assessment Type Individual Assessment
Assessment Title Analysis of Future Wireless Technologies
Purpose of the
assessment (with
ULO Mapping)
b. Utilise standards-based technologies used in various networks;
c. Test and compare the performance of various wireless networks;
Weight 20%
Total Marks 30
Word limit 1500 minimum
Due Date Part A (7%) Week 3 11:55 PM (04/08/20)
Part B (13%) Week 7 11:55 PM (01/09/20)
Submission
Guidelines
Two submissions for the Assignment 1. The first submission (Part A) is
due on Week 3 Thursday for the section 1-3. The second submission
(Part B) is due on Week 7 Thursday for the complete Assignment 1
submission.
All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a
completed Assignment Cover Page.
The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri
(Body) font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with
appropriate section headings.
Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed
appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.
Extension If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special
ConsiderationApplication must be submitted directly on AMS. You must
submit thisapplication three working days prior to the due date of the
assignment.
Further information is available at:
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Misconduct
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Assignment Description
You are a wireless network engineer at Melbourne Institute of Networks in Australia. Your
business is to offer wireless solutions to the higher education service provider in Australia.
As part of your business, you offer an initial obligation free consultation to the potential
clients on the benefits and challenges of wireless communications.
Your new client is Australian Business Institute of Technology and Systems and they are
considering to turn their entire campus wireless – which became a necessity after COVID
where the social distancing has become a norm.
In this report, you are to address the use of wireless communications to support business
and educational institutes in support of providing more flexibility in spacing in response to
the social distancing requirement of the COVID pandemic.
[Assignment 1 Part A]
Describe the potential advantages of wireless communication technologies in response
to the COVID social distancing requirements.
Report potential challenges with wireless communication technologies in higher
education service provider (university) environments with labs, walls and many electrical
gadgets.
[Assignment 1 Part B]
Your client wants to know about the available wireless technologies to support their
continued business during and after the pandemic. Your task is to select at least two of the
following wireless technologies in relevance to the case scenario above:
Wi-Fi
ZigBee
Bluetooth
RFID
IoT
WiGi
5G-6G
You can advise your client on:
1.1 Rationale to select particular technologies
1.2 Extended discussion of the selected technologies with successful business case
example(s)
2. Technical report and comparative analysis on the working mechanism of the
selected technologies
3. Business benefits of the selected technologies
4. Security concerns of the selected technologies
5. The final recommendation to the business.
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Marking Guide:
Marks are allocated as indicated on each question, taking the following aspects into account:
Criteria Description Marks
Assignment 1 Part A
A brief discussion of
wireless technologies
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of
wireless communication technologies.
7
Assignment Part B:
Section 1: Introduction
The rationale to select particular technologies
and extended discussion of the selected
technologies with successful business case
example(s)
5
Assignment Part B:
Section 2: Technologies
and Comparative
Analysis
Technical report on the working mechanism of
the selected technologies
5
Assignment Part B:
Section 3 – Business
benefits and security
concerns – and
conclusion
Business benefits of the selected technologies
And security concerns of the selected
technologies
5
Assignment Part B:
Report structure
Report structure and written presentation
styles
1
Assignment Part B:
Reference style (IEEE)
Minimum 5 Proper referencing resources 1
Marking Rubric for Exercise Answers
Grade
Mark
HD
80%+
D
70%-79%
CR
60%-69%
P
50%-59%
Fail
< 50%
Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
Assignment
1 Part A
Brief
discussion of
wireless
technologies
/7
Explanation is
clear and easy
to follow with
strong
arguments
Consistency
logical and
convincing
Mostly
consistent
and
convincing
Adequate
cohesion and
conviction
Argument is
confused and
disjointed
Assignment
Part B:
Section 1-
introduction
and case
examples
Explanation is
clear and easy
to follow with
strong
arguments
Consistency
logical and
convincing
Mostly
consistent
and
convincing
Adequate
cohesion and
conviction
Argument is
confused and
disjointed
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/5
Assignment
Part B:
Section 2 –
Technologies
and
Comparative
Analysis
/5
The presented
solution
demonstrated
an extreme
degree of
details on
wireless
technology
operations.
The presented
solution
demonstrated a
high degree of
details on
wireless
technology
operations.
The
presented
solution
demonstrate
d an average
degree of
details on
wireless
technology
operations.
The presented
solution
demonstrated
a low degree
of details on
wireless
technology
operations.
The presented
solution
demonstrated a
poor degree of
details on
wireless
technology
operations.
Assignment
Part B:
Section 3 –
Business
benefits and
security
concerns –
and
conclusion
/5
The presented
solution
demonstrated
an extreme
degree of
details on
wireless
technology
security
concerns.
The presented
solution
demonstrated a
high degree of
details on
wireless
technology
security
concerns.
The
presented
solution
demonstrate
d an average
degree of
details on
wireless
technology
security
concerns.
The presented
solution
demonstrated
a low details
on wireless
technology
security
concerns.
The presented
solution
demonstrated a
poor degree of
details on
wireless
technology
security
concerns.
Assignment
Part B:
Report
structure
/1
Proper writing.
Professionally
presented
Properly
written, with
some minor
deficiencies
Mostly good,
but some
structure or
presentation
problems
Acceptable
presentation
Poor structure,
careless
presentation
Assignment
Part B:
Reference
style (IEEE)
/1
Clear styles with
an excellent
source of
references.
Clear
referencing/
style
Generally
good
referencing/
style
Unclear
referencing/st
yle
Lacks
consistency
with many
errors