S-72.423 Telecommunication Systems (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 on TCP/IP protocol suite. The next generation UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) that is based on great deal in 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 to the related standardization work established by ITU (International Telecommunications Union), ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) and various other worldwide standardization bodies. The focus of this course 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. Lecture and tutorial handouts will be available for downloading  in this homepage.

News

• 20.5.2002: Exam (22.4.2002) results can be inspected here. Any questions and complaints concerning the examination can be made on Tuesday, 28th May 2002, starting at 10 o'clock (ends at 10:30) in room E208.
• 13.3.2002: Exam (13.3.2002) results can be inspected here. Any questions and complaints concerning the examination can be made on Tuesday, 23th April 2002, starting at 10 o'clock (ends at 11:00) in room E208.
• Next examination will take place in on Wednesday 13.03.2002, in hall E111, 16-19. It will be a closed-book exam. Register in topi!
• 9.1.2001 Exam (10.12.2001) results can be inspected here.  Any questions and complaints concerning the examination can be made on Monday, 28th January 2002, starting at 13 o'clock (ends at 14:00) in room E208.
• 3.12.2001  Examination will be arranged on Monday, 10.12.2001, 16-19, in hall S4. No lecture notes or other material are allowed to be present. The examination covers lectures and tutorials. For additional information you may have a look in Telia's or Stalling's books at the respective chapters. An example of old exam can be found here. (Please note: The course material has been change a lot, so old exams could be out of date!)
• 12.10.2001 Exam results 6.9.2001 can be inspected here.
• 3.10.2001 The next exam will be Monday 10.12.2001, 16-19, S4. Register to the exam by using the Topi system!
• 28.9.2001 Information about Signalling in the GSM system -laboratory exercise can be found here.
• 28.9.2001 The next lecture (4.10.2001) has been postponed. The new time will be Tuesday 9.10.2001, 12-14, in the hall S5.
• 20.9.2001 Exercise information can be found here.
• 13.9.2001 there will be an email of tutorial arrangements on Monday 17.9. Note that there are no tutorials on Tuesday 18.9.
• 10.9.2001 Due to the large number of registrations lecture hall is changed to hall K, that situates in the Main building of HUT
• Registration opened 21.8.2001

Course Outline, Fall 2001 

Introduction. The telecommunications service market
Public Switched Telephone Network I/II
Public Switched Telephone Network II/II 
Integrate Services Digital Network
DECT 
ATM and B-ISDN

X.25, Frame relay
Public land mobile networks: GSM
Public land mobile networks: WCDMA I/II
Public land mobile networks: WCDMA II/II
Signaling networks 
The Internet I/II
The Internet II/II

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