MET CS 685

NETWORK DESIGN & MANAGEMENT

SYLLABUS

Instructor Name: Thomas, Goulding MS, PhD

Office Location: On-Line
BU Office Telephone Number: 617-989-4649
Instructor Telephone Number: 978-772-5648 (Active after March 1, 2018)
Office Hours: M, W 9AM – 11AM
Email address: [email protected]
Credits/Hours: 3

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course covers all aspects of Top Down network design
beginning with identifying customer business needs, analyzing technical goals and describing
their existing network. You will learn to develop network designs that provide high bandwidth,
low delay, high availability, and if time permits high security.

The course covers logical network design topologies, addressing, and protocols. In the latter half
of the course we turn to Physical network design: selecting topologies and devices followed by
testing, optimizing and documenting your network.

The end of the course will focus on network management with a focus on network monitoring
and event reporting, trouble shooting and problem solving.

This course utilizes Problem Based Pedagogy (PBL) and as such a realistic design and network
management business challenge will be addressed by small teams of students who will act as

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competing network design and implementation contractors who are competing for a network
implementation contract based on their proposed design.

BOOKS: Each week you will be studying and mastering material in the excellent textbooks
published by P. Oppenheimer: Top Down Network Design 3rd edition and J Richard Burke :
Network Management: Concepts and Practice, A Hands on Approach.

CLASS POLICIES:
1.Attendance: This is an online class therefore the only attendance
requirement is attendance at the weekly live sessions which the
instructor will arrange. Attendance at these meetings is required.
2.Assignment Completion and Late Work: There can be no late
Assignments, exams and or presentations due to the collaborative
nature of much of our work as well as the speed at which tasks must
be accomplished.
3.Academic Conduct: “Cheating and plagiarism is not tolerated in
any Metropolitan College course. They will result in no credit for the
assignment or examination and may lead to disciplinary actions.
Please take the time to review the Student Academic Conduct Code:
: http://www.bu.edu/met/for-students/met-policies-procedures-resources/academic-
conduct-code/hisshould not be understood as a discouragement for
discussing the material or your particular approach to a problem with
other students in the class. On the contrary – you should share your
thoughts, questions and solutions.

GRADING CRITERIA: Your course grade will be based on:

1. A midterm (20%)
2. Final exam (20%)
3. Design Tools-Mini-Project#1 (5%)
4. Network Management Tools-Project#2 (5%)
5. Final Eldercare Campus Proposal (40%)
6. Discussion Question Participation (10%)
7. The following grade rubric will be used to assign course grade:
A+ 100, A 96, A- 92, B+ 88, B 85, B- 82, C+ 78, C 75, C- 72, D 67, F 0

CLASS MEETINGS, LECTURES & ASSIGNMENTS

Week Topics Assignment
1 Analysis of Goals:
Analyzing business & technical goals READ: Chapters 1, 2 ,3 in text
Characterizing a Network Top-Down Network Design
WORK on Mini-Project 1
POST 3 times on discussion board
REVIEW ELDERCARE Specification

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 MEET TEAM MEMBERS and Start
Project Discussion
PARTICIPATE in LIVE session with the
Owner-Operator (O-O) of the new Eldercare
Facility

READ: Chapters 5,6 in text

2 Network Topology & Addressing Top-Down Network Design
 Hierarchical Networks WORK on Mini-Project 1
DEVELOP Preliminary Eldercare
 Redundant Topologies Project and work Plan
 Designing Campus and Enterprise POST 3 times on discussion board
Topologies PARTICIPATE in LIVE session with the
Owner-Operator of the new Eldercare
 Network layer addressing
Facility

3 Protocols & Physical Design READ: Chapters 7,10 in Oppenheimer

 Switching Protocols Top-Down Network Design
 Routing Protocols POST 3 times on discussion board
 Cable Technologies MINI-PROJECT 1 DUE
 Device Selection PRESENT Design Tools Mini 1 Project to
O-O
MIDTERM EXAM Due
PARTICIPATE in Live O-O Session

4 Remote Access & WAN topologies

 LAN technologies READ: Chapters 10,11 in Oppenheimer
 LAN design Principles Top-Down Network Design
 PPP, Modem, DSL access START work on Mini-Project 2
 SONET, Frame Relay. ATM FINALIZE Eldercare Design
 WAN design Principles POST 3 times on discussion board
PARTICIPATE in Live OO Session

5 Network Management I
READ: Chapters 6,7 in Burke
SNMP PRESENT Network Mgt Tools-
MIB Mini-Project #2
FINALIZE on Eldercare Network Mgt Plan
POST 3 times on discussion board
PARTICIPATE in Live Faculty Session
with O-O

6 Network Management II
 Remote Monitoring 1 READ: Chapters 8,9 in Burke
Network Management
 Remote Monitoring 11
PRESENT Eldercare Proposal to O-O
 PROPOSAL PRESENTATION SUBMIT Final Exam

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THE COURSE GROUP PROJECT: Three Student Groups will gain hands on
experience by working as small technical groups to design a network and the NMS system for a
new Multi-facility Eldercare Campus. At the bottom of this document you will find the
preliminary specification of the Eldercare Campus Project: This specification, from the
entrepreneur Owner-Operator (O-O), will kick off the project during week 1 and the O-O will
conduct weekly technical and progress reviews with the student groups during the Live Weekly
Sessions. The superior proposals will be “awarded” a project grade of “A” which should be
viewed as equivalent to securing an implementation contract from the O-O.

GROUP PROGRESSASSIGNMENTS: Each small group will also work as a team on

two Eldercare interim progress assignments to be submitted and graded separately. These mini-
projects are necessary to successfully complete the Multi-facility Eldercare Campus
project.
Mini-PROJECT 1- Selection and Mastery of Network Design Tools will be
important to completing the Eldercare project.: Each Student Team, will search for,
review and select from over a dozen freeware network design tools to complete the
Eldercare project.. Members of the team will utilize the tools and create a series of
five to severn-minute videos demonstrating each tool selected by the group. The
video links will be embedded in a professional quality Power-point 12 slide
presentation to the OO where the strengths or weaknesses that led to there selection
or rejection for use on the Eldercare Project. Results are presented in the Week 3
Live Session.
Mini-PROJECT 2- During the second half of the course students will focus on
identifying, evaluating and selecting Network monitoring, Configuration and Alarm
Reporting tools that will be installed and used at the Eldercare Campus. A 12 slide
power-point presentation will be created to explain to the owner-operator the
importance of NMS tools, include some demonstration videos and finally identify the
tools you will be recommending as a part of your NMS strategy. Results are
presented in the Week 5 Live Session with the O-O.
Mini-PROJECT 1 & 2 material will be incorporated into the Eldercare Final
Proposal

GRADED DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENTS: Each week you will participate in and

respond to discussion questions based on the text reading material, student posts and faculty mini
lectures and videos.

FACULTY-STUDENT ENGAGEMENT: Each week you will participate in a 90-

minute O-/-student Live Classroom where the O-O will field project questions. Project
guidance will be provided by the O-O.

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STUDY GUIDES and VIDEOS: Special Lectures and Videos each week on difficult
topics or areas of special importance will be created by the instructor to complement the
textbook reading material.. The extensive weekly textbook reading assignments will be a major
challenge so digestible daily assignments will be provided.

COMMUNICATING WITH THE INSTRUCTOR: The instructor will usually

respond to email within 24 hours. Always feel free to contact the instructor about course content
questions as well as about unexpected personal or professional developments which may impact
your participation in the class. In case of an emergency always feel free to telephone the
instructor.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Understand the need for network analysis
Understand the elements of structured network design process
Understand the logical design process for core, distribution, and access networks
Understand how switching and routing requirements influence network design.
Understand how network monitoring, alarm reporting influence network designs
Understand the physical design process of device, infrastructure and protocol selection
Understand how technical proposals are developed and presented to senior executives.

PROCTORED FINAL EXAM

Dear Boston University Computer Science Online Student,

As part of our ongoing efforts to maintain the high academic standard of all Boston University
programs, including our online MSCIS degree program, the Computer Science Department at
Boston University's Metropolitan College requires that each of the online courses includes a
proctored final examination. The midterm is not proctored and reference materials may be used
to complete the examination.

By requiring proctored finals, we are ensuring the excellence and fairness of our program. The
final exam is administered online, and the access will be available at the exam sites.

Specific information regarding final-exam scheduling will be provided approximately two weeks
into the course. This early notification is being given so that you will have enough time to plan
for where you will take the final exam.

I know that you recognize the value of your Boston University degree and that you will support
the efforts of the University to maintain the highest standards in our online degree program.
Thank you very much for your support with this important issue.

Regards,
Professor Lou Chitkushev, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Boston University
Metropolitan College

DISABILITY SERVICES

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In accordance with University policy, every effort will be made to accommodate unique and
special needs of students with respect to speech, hearing, vision, or other disabilities. Any
student who feels he or she may need an accommodation for a documented disability should
contact the Office of Disability Services at (617) 353-3658 or at [email protected] for review and
approval of accommodation requests.

KEY CONTACTS
Your Facilitator. Our classes are divided into small groups, and each group has its own facilitator.
We carefully select and train our facilitators for their expertise in the subject matter and their
excellence in teaching. Your facilitator is responsible for stimulating discussions in pedagogically
useful areas, for answering your questions, and for grading homework assignments, discussions, term
projects, and any manually graded quiz or final-exam questions. If you ask your facilitator a question
by email, you should get a response within 24 hours, and usually faster. If you need a question
answered urgently, post your question to one of the urgent help topics, where everyone can see it and
answer it.

Your Professor. The professor for your course has primary responsibility for the course. If you have
any questions that your facilitator doesn't answer quickly and to your satisfaction, then send your
professor an email in the course, with a cc to your facilitator so that your facilitator is aware of your
question and your professor's response.

Your Senior Faculty and Student Support Administrator, Jennifer Sullivan. Jen is here to ensure
you have a positive online experience. You will receive emails and announcements from Jen
throughout the semester. Jen represents Boston University's university services and works for the
Office of Distance Education. She prepares students for milestones such as course launch, final
exams, and course evaluations. She is a resource to both students and faculty. For example, Jen can
direct your university questions and concerns to the appropriate party. She also handles general
questions regarding Online Campus functionality for students, faculty, and facilitators, but she does
not provide tech support. She is enrolled in all classes and can be contacted within

Your Computer Science Department Online Program Coordinator, Peter Mirza. Peter administers
the academic aspects of the program, including admissions and registration. You can ask him
questions about the program, registration, course offerings, graduation, or any other program-related
topic. He can be reached at [email protected] or (617) 353-2566.

Your Computer Science Department Program Manager, Kim Richards. Kim is responsible for
administering most aspects of the Computer Science Department. You can reach Kim at
[email protected] or (617) 353-2566.

Andrew Gorlin, Academic Advisor. Reviews requests for transfer credits and waivers and advises
students on which courses to take to meet their career goals. He can be reached at [email protected].

Your Faculty Coordinator of the MSCIS Online Program, Andrew Wolfe. Andrew is responsible
for the MSCIS online program. Feel free to contact him at [email protected] or (617) 358-1984
.
Professor Anatoly Temkin, Computer Science Department Chairman. You can reach Professor
Temkin at [email protected] or at 617-353-2566.

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Professor Lou T. Chitkushev, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Metropolitan College. Dr.
Chitkushev is responsible for the academic programs of Metropolitan College. Contact Professor
Chitkushev with any issues that you feel have not been addressed adequately. The customary issue-
escalation sequence after your course facilitator and course faculty is Andrew Wolfe, then Professor
Temkin, and then Professor Chitkushev.

Professor Tanya Zlateva, Metropolitan College Dean Dr. Zlateva is responsible for the quality of all
the academic programs at Boston University Metropolitan College.

The South BostonVille Eldercare Project Specification

OWNER-OPERATOR: Pepe Popeye MS, PhD

The Big Picture: A new eldercare community is being constructed called South
BostonianVille, Eldercare of Boston, Massachusetts. Your mission is to design a
comprehensive network to support the all IT functions associated with this multi-tier, multi-
facility eldercare community.

The community consists of 500+ residents some of whom live entirely independently, some who
require various levels of daily assistance, some whom require 24 nursing care and others who
suffer from dementia. but who are otherwise have good health and mobility. There is also an
urgent care facility staffed 24hr/day by certified nurse practitioners who specialize in eldercare
emergency care and especially in fall risk mitigation and treatment..

Your highly secure, highly reliable and faulty tolerant network must support 24 hours IT services
including: Accounting, Human Resources, Asset Management, Security, Electronic Health Care
Records, Admission & Discharge, Regulatory Compliance, and Security. Most traditional IT
functions will be provided by major Cloud based IT service providers. However, Specialized
functions such as egress prevention, fall prevention and security may be provided by boutique
technology vendors who develop specialized sensor based and mobile products as well as the
associated Local Server and DataBase software infrastructure.

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The South BostonianVille Eldercare facility will engage over 100 full time employees and
several hundred part-time contract employees who are mostly certified nursing assistants and
maintenance personnel. The facility will engage a small IT and Network support staff who will
assume post installation responsibility for 24 hour support, on site maintenance, training,
troubleshooting and equipment replacement. Both facility employees as well as resident will be
supported by the network and the network staff. A suitable quantity of spare parts and
equipment will be held in inventory to maximize network availability by minimizing downtime
due to failures or excessive repair times.

Your mission is to design and propose a high-reliability, fault tolerant network to support the IT,
Security and Medical functions for the facility. The facility comprises two campus' colocated
on 27 acres. Preliminary campus details are provided below.

You will provide the Owner-Operator:

THE PROPOSAL:
 A comprehensive Network Topology,
 An Equipment Location Map,
 Campus Addressing Plan,
 Complete Equipment list
 Cost Estimates for Follow on Contract:
5.1 Project Management,
5.2 Equipment Acquisition,
5.3 Installation, and Training

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 NORTH CAMPUS DETAILS
REHABILITAION FACILITY: The rehabilitation building consists of 2 floors.
Floor 1 Includes: North Wing Physical Therapy
West Wing Recreation Room
South Wing Maintenance, Storage, Staff Lockers
East Wing: Hallway, Wiring Closet(s), Bird Cage
Floor 2 Includes: North Wing 16 single resident rooms
West Wing 16 single resident rooms
South Wing 16 single resident rooms
East Wing Centralized Nurse Station, Cafeteria, Kitchen,
2 Centralized Resident Lounges and Game Room
Staff quarters, lockers and Lounge
LOCKED Entryways Cloud based egress tracking

DANCY HOUSE APARTMENTS:

Floors 2 & C
Floor 2 & 3 32 independent living apartments
Wireless Everywhere
1 3rd Floor Lounge, Bird Cage and Family Center
1 2nd Floor Lounge, Petting Zoo
FLOOR 1 – Staff Offices
CEO. COO, Director Accounting, Business Office. Marketing, Sales
IT Director, Director Quality, Medical Director, 5 Tech Staff Office
IT/Networking Center, Training Center,
Main Cafeteria, Kitchen, Staff Lounge and Changing Room
Storage, Equipment Maintenance and

DINING HALL and CORPORATE OFFICES (Brown Area on Map)

CRIPPEN Wireless Coverage

Resident Manager Apt
Wiring Distribution Closet
1 Staff Office
1 Visitor Lounge/Center
1 Mini-Kitchen/Food Prep

GARDEN HOMES & COTTAGES:

20 Independent living “Condos”
Wireless for all “Condos”

TRIPLETT BUILDING Maintenance Building

Wireless

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 SOUTH CAMPUS DETAILS:
Praire Village (Orange):
40 Resident Client Apartments each with wireless access
1 Resident Manager Apartment
1 Equipment and Distribution closet

Towsley Village(Blue):
24 Memory Impaired Residents in individual rooms
Facility has wireless everywhere
1 Centralized Nursing Station
1 Cafeteria
1 Kitchen
1 Male Staff Changing and Locker Room
1 Female Staff Changin and Locker Room
1 Staff Break Room
1 Nursing Directors Office
1 Network Equipment & Wiring Closet
Access Points in Ceiling throughout the facility
10 Mobile Devices for Staff
Cloud Based Time and attendance an EHR
LOCKED facility with Cloud based egress tracking
Glacier Commons (Green)
2 Story, 48 Mini-Apartments – Assisted Living
No nursing care, Health care workers, CNAs
2 Centralized Staff Stations – 8 Assistants and 1 Supervisor/Shift
20 mobile Devices for Staff
1 Cafeteria -
1 Kitchen

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 1 Staff Lounge
1 Nursing Directors Office
1 Bird Sanctuary
1 Game/Recreation - room
1 Pet Exercise Room
1 Family Visitation/Resident Lounge
1 Directors Office.
1 IT/Networking staff Office
1 Marketing Office
1 Urgent Care/Nursing Directors Office

MEETINGS WITH THE O_O

Each team will meet with the O_O each week during the course live Session.
The Agenda for each weekly meeting is outlines below:
Week 1: Project Goals and Questions
Week 2: Network Topology Question
Week 3: Network Design Questions (Submit Network Design Tools Powerpoint)
Week 4: Preliminary Topology, Equipment Layout, Addressing Maps
Week 5. Network Management Plan, Tools and Map
Week 6; Final Report and Presentation.

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