S-72.422 Televiestintäjärjestelmät (3 cr)

Modern day telecommunication connections are usually established by using dedicated telecommunication networks. Probably the most familiar of them are the ordinary telephone network (Public Switched Telephone Network), the GSM (Global System for Mobile) and of course the Internet that is based in TCP/IP protocol suite.The next generation UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) that is based in great deal on CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) will be a hot topic of 2002 increasing mobile data rates orders of magnitude enabling thus the true interactive mobile multimedia applications.

Objective of this course is to inspect and summarize the major features of the today's most popular telecommunication networks as well as the UMTS, and to get oneself familiar with the related standardization work established by ITU (International Telecommunications Union), ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) and various other worldwide standardization bodies. The focus of these studies is in the understanding of the network interface dynamics (connecting the network elements) and in the concise inspection of the inherent network topology and network node functionalities. The course is in great deal based on Telia's book and the Halme's book is a reference covering also some physical level illustrating examples. Lecture and tutorial handouts will be available for downloading  in this homepage.