COMP6331 Computer Networks

S16 units6000-level

This course studies the standard models for the layered approach to communication between autonomous machines in a network, and the main characteristics of data transmission across various physical link types. It considers how to design networks and protocols for diverse situations, analyses several application and support protocols from a distributed systems viewpoint, and identifies significant problem areas in networked communications. Topics include: communication network architectures, signalling and modulation across physical media, real-world local and wide-area networks, internet protocol fundamentals, performance and monitoring of networks, routing, network security, and application protocols for distributed systems including web, email, video, internet-of-everything and other contemporary network topics.

2024S1
2025S1
2026S1
2027S1

Prerequisites in 2025

Read automatically from the handbook's wording

One of

COMP6710Structured Programming
COMP1110
COMP1140
COMP6310Systems, Networks and Concurrency
COMP2310
COMP6442Software Construction
COMP2100

Incompatible with COMP3310, ENGN3539, ENGN6539: you can't count both.

The handbook's wording, and when it changed

2024–2025
To enrol in this course you must have completed: COMP6710 OR COMP1110 OR COMP1140 OR COMP6310 OR COMP2310 OR COMP6442 OR COMP2100 . Incompatible with COMP3310 , ENGN3539 , ENGN6539 .
2026–2027
To enrol in this course you must have completed: ( COMP6710 OR COMP7710 OR COMP1110 OR COMP1140 ) OR ( COMP6310 OR COMP2310 ) OR ( COMP6442 OR COMP2100 ). Incompatible with COMP3310 , ENGN3539 , ENGN6539 .

What it leads to in 2025

These courses name COMP6331 in their 2025 prerequisites:

COMP8300 Parallel Systems

COMP6331 in the 2025 handbook on Programs and Courses