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Courses

All students are required to take 4 core courses and 4 elective courses. Each course consists of 39 hours of lectures and is assigned 3 Academic Units (AU). The list of courses offered in AY2007/2008 is given below.

Core Courses (Compulsory)

EE6108 Computer Networks

Network protocols and services. Transport protocols and services. Local area networks. Wide area networks and internetworking. Broadband and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks.

EE6703 Multimedia Networking

Introduction to multimedia networks. Quality of service and traffic characteristics. Traffic scheduling. Multicasting mechanisms. Resource reservation. Multimedia communication protocols. Networked multimedia applications issues.

EE6701 Software Requirements Analysis and Design

Overview of software engineering. Object-oriented modelling concepts. Object modelling. Dynamic modelling. Functional modelling. System design. Object design. Object-oriented methodology and tools.

EE6711 Object-Oriented Software Development

Software development platform, language and environment. Object-Oriented implementation in C++. Object-Oriented implementation in JAVA. Distributed Object-Oriented programming. Comparative study of Object-Oriented programming languages. Software reuse.

Elective Courses (Select 4 courses)

EE6104 Network Performance Analysis

Review of probability theory and graph theory. Queuing theory. Networks of queues. Flow and congestion control. Routing-flow allocation. Controlled and random access techniques in data networks. Performance analysis of circuit switching.

EE6125 Network Planning and Management

Network performance issues. Network simulation and optimisation. Network operations, control and maintenance. Network administration. Network management database and tools. Capacity planning. Network security and integrity.

EE6712 Distributed Computing

Introduction and overview of distributed computing. Object-Oriented client/server systems. Distributed data and transaction management. Distributed operating systems and distributed computing platforms. Processes and processors in distributed systems. Real-time considerations.

EE6205 Real Time and Embedded Systems

Fundamentals of real time and embedded systems. Real time operating systems. Design methodologies. Development, debugging tools and programming languages. Reliability. Case studies and applications.

EE6403 Distributed Multimedia Systems

Media and Media Systems. Multimedia Storage. Media Processing and Application. Media Transmission and Delivery. Quality of Service on Distributed Multimedia Systems. Multimedia Applications.

EE6713 Network Design and Simulation

Introduction to network design. Approaches to network design. Topological network design. Network reliability. Network design simulation. Data analysis.

EE6715 Network Traffic Engineering

Internet architectures, service models and network layer protocols. User services and source traffic models. Traffic measurement, estimation and forecasting. Performance analysis and simulation tools. Traffic control and resource management.

EE6731 Network Programming

Windows NT system-level programming. UNIX system-level programming. Kernel programming. Data communication protocol project.

Projects (Select either one)

In addition, students are required to take either a software group project (EE6733) or an individual research project of 6 AU each, and takes at least 246 hours to complete.

EE6733 Communication Software Development & Project Management

This project bridges the theoretical knowledge and programming concepts acquired in class with software development and project management practices, and creates the opportunity for student to carry out independent studies and contribute to the group solution. Students aiming to be technical specialists and project managers in the infocommunication industry will benefit from this real-life experience. Projects in the areas of network management, multimedia networking, information communications, networked virtual reality, and E-commence are some examples .

Research Project with Dissertation

Students aiming for a career in research will benefit from the research experience in carrying out an individual research project in place of the group software project. The student will acquire the basic research skills in conducting an in-depth research and in writing up a formal research dissertation on an advanced topic. Research projects in the areas of software engineering, computer networks, network security, and multimedia applications are some examples.

Curriculum structure is subject to change.

Period of Candidature

The minimum and maximum periods of candidatures of the full-time and part-time programmes are:

Period of Candidatures	Minimum	Maximum
Full-Time	1 year	3 years
Part-Time	2 years	4 years

A candidate must obtained at least half of the total number of academic units required within one academic year (for full-time candidates) or two academic years (for part-time candidates) of his candidature to remain on the programme.

Programme Delivery

All classes are normally conducted in the evenings from 6:30pm to 9:30pm, except for lab-based courses in the full-time programme which may be conducted during the day. Each course is delivered in 13 lecture modules, and each module is 3-hour long and conducted once per week. Full-Time candidatures are expected to attend lectures in the evenings and do their projects during the day. Part-Time candidatures are expected to spend 3 evenings a week either attending classes or participating in the software project.

The programme may be completed within the minimum candidature periods following the typical schedules below:

	Semester 1 (wk 1-14)	Vacation 1 (wk 18-20)	Semester 2 (wk 1-14)	Vacation 2 (wk 18-20)
Full Time	4 Core courses 1 Elective (opt) CSW or RP	CSW or RP	3 or 4 Electives CSW or RP	RP
Part-Time Year 1	3 Core courses	CSW or RP	2 Electives CSW or RP	CSW or RP
Part-Time Year 2	1 Core course 1 Elective (opt) CSW or RP	CSW or RP	1 or 2 Electives CSW or RP	RP

CSW - Communication Software Project, RP - Research Project

MSc Award Criteria

For successful completion of the programme of study, candidates must obtain a total number of 30 academic units in the following categories.

Academic Units

4 Core Courses (3 AUs each)

12

4 Elective Courses (3 AUs each)

12

Software Project or Research Project

6

Total

30

Students must meet the following minimum requirements:

Meet all Grade Point Average requirements
Passed all courses within the maximum period of candidature
Completed the Software Development Project satisfactorily or the Research Project and Dissertation satisfactorily