Assignment title: Information


Task: Design of a communication link to interconnect two locations Directions This project requires students to work in groups of 4-5 students. Each group shall submit a single report for grading. The report should make a simple table of members' names and student IDs. Presume that the two organizations below want to have a direct multimedia communication link between them for the exchange of voice, data, images, text, etc.:  CPA (Certified Practicing Accountants) located at 28 Freshwater Pl, Southbank, Melbourne VIC 3006 and  Melbourne Institute Technology (MIT) located on La Trobe St VIC3000 Melbourne. The executives of the two organizations are unsure of which technology to use. You have thus been consulted as a telecom consultant to propose two possible solutions for consideration. Thereafter, presume that you have been given the contract to design and implement one of your proposals. Discuss the possibilities or all available options and substantiate why you chose the option that you have designed. All technical and economic details of the system should be documented in the report. This assignment requires students to demonstrate the achievement of the unit's learning outcomes: 1. Learning outcome a: Demonstrate knowledge of system engineering and understand how to make a system more reliable and efficient. 2. Learning outcome c: Understand Public switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and Digital Microwave Radio Systems. 3. Learning outcome d: Design microwave links, construct a path profile and obtain a comprehensive understanding of the atmospheric effect on the performance of microwave links. 4. Learning outcome e: Undertake an economic analysis of telecom systems.