The course aims to provide an up-to-date knowledge of high-speed networks to students. The course covers basic concepts, architectures, protocols, advantages and limitations, and recent development of various high-speed networking technologies; and how the various networks cope with multimedia data transmission and some multimedia applications in both wired and wireless environments. The current and future developments in high-speed networks are discussed. Multimedia applications such as Video on Demand, and multimedia streaming are also discussed.

For a student to pass the course, at least 30% of the maximum mark for the examination must be obtained.