By actively participating in this Week, you will achieve different Intended Learning Outcomes:

  • Identify and interpret key internet performance metrics, such as transmission speed, propagation delay, and transmission time, and their impact on data transfer efficiency;
  • Analyze the dynamics of packet switching, considering store-and-forward mechanisms, node processing times, queuing delays, and the risk of packet loss under network congestion;
  • Explain the layered architecture of the TCP/IP model, including the application, transport, network, data link, and physical layers, and their respective roles in enabling communication services.