美姬阁

What you will learn

On successful completion of the course you will be able to:

• Recognise how a network may be exploited in a military context to support information age operations and to identify the benefits of such support,
• Identify the various components of a network and its architecture, defining the protocols and address structure, such that network infrastructure solutions can be critically assessed,
• Describe and explain the operation of a wireless LAN,
• Identify the threats to a network and evaluate the responses and defence measures to counter these threats,
• Propose a secure wireless network structure, evaluating the level of security that such a network can provide against likely threats,
• Critically analyse trends and technological developments in networking.

Core content

• Communicating data and the function of networks,
• Military network requirements,
• Building a local area network (LAN): media, devices and protocols,
• Internet history, addressing and services, including the role of Internet authorities and registries,
• Internet architecture and protocols,
• IP addresses and domains,
• Reliable communication,
• Layered models: The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) and Internet models,
• Wide area networks (WANs) and routing,
• Network security,
• Network analysis and monitoring,
• Wireless networks,
• Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs),
• The World Wide Web(WWW),
• Network modelling, simulation and emulation.

Upgrade to a professional qualification

When taken as a Short Course for Credit, 10 credit points can be put towards the Communications Electronic Warfare PgCert or the Military Electronic Systems Engineering MSc.

Find out more about short course credit points.

Speakers

Dr Philip Nobles

Concessions

Location and travel

美姬阁 Defence and Security (CDS) is a 美姬阁 School based at the Ministry of Defence establishment on the Oxfordshire/Wiltshire borders.

Shrivenham itself lies in the picturesque Vale of the White Horse, close to the M4 motorway which links London and South Wales. It is 7 miles from Swindon, the nearest town, which lies off the M4 at the hub of Britain’s motorway network. 

Bath, Cheltenham, Bristol and Oxford are all within an hour’s drive and London less than two hours away by car.

All visitors must be pre-booked in at reception by the person they are visiting on the campus.

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