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S-72.423 Telecommunication Systems (3 cr)

**Fall 2002**
	27 + 13 (2 + 2) Fall term
Lecturers	Prof. Timo O. Korhonen, p. 09-451-2351, Research Scientist Michael Hall, p. 09-451-2343
Course assistant	Research Scientist Mika.Nupponen, p. 09-451-5416
Contents	Public Switched Telephone Network, ISDN and SDH, GSM and CDMA Mobile Networks, The Internet
Bases of grading	Examination, lecture diary (optional), working in a discussion agent group (optional)
Course literature	Ericsson, Telia: Understanding Telecommunications, Part II, ISBN 91-44-00214-9 (Studentlitteratur), Myron E Sveum: Data Communications, ISBN 0-13-079862-2 (Prentice Hall), Stallings: Data and Computer Communications, ISBN 0-13-571274-2 (Prentice Hall) See also the new reference in the News-section of this page!
Prerequisites	S-72.350, S-72.420, S-72.227 (recommended)
Homepage	http://www.comlab.hut.fi/opetus/423/
Timetable	Lectures are on Thursdays 14-16 in hall C (main building of HUT) and tutorials on Wednesdays 14-16 in hall S1. Course starts on Thursday 12th September. Register to the course by using the Topi system!
Note	This course is intended primarily for second to fourth year students. The course is included to the curriculum of The International Master's Program in Telecommunication and is lectured in English.
Page updated	10.9.2002

Modern day telecommunications is 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 3rd generation UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) that is based on CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) is an interesting topic of 2002 increasing mobile data rates orders of magnitude up to 2 Mbit/s enabling thus potentially true interactive mobile multimedia applications. Also the development of 4th generation networks is getting more and more attention and there are good possibilities that it will be launched in some countries even before the 3rd gen. due to its more flexible financial-structure and greater service adaptivity.

Objective of this course is to inspect and summarize the major features of the today's most popular telecommunication networks as well as the forthcoming ones, 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 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

10.9.2002 There have been some inquiries what to do if you don't fill prerequisites listed above due to the obsolete/removed course S-38.108 Tietoliikenneverkkojen arkkitehtuurit. You may still participate to this course. We are preparing a self-study packet to get you a bit more familiar with the backgrounds. Also, you may participate to T-110.300 Tietoliikennearkkitehtuurit that is lectured in Finnish.
10.9.2002 Lecture hall & time have changed due to the large number of participants to Thursdays, 14-16 in hall C, in the main building of HUT.
There is new reference book that will be used to assist course curriculum: James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross: Computer Networking (2nd Ed.) The book has also excellent website: www.aw.com/kurose-ross
22.8.2002 Registration opened.

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Course Outline, Fall 2002

Introduction. The telecommunications service market
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) I/II
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) II/II
Integrate Services Digital Network (ISDN) and modems
Local Area Radio Networks: DECT and IEEE 802.11 - networking
Local loop internet access: ADSL
ATM, AAL2 and AAL5
Public land mobile networks: GSM and GPRS
Public land mobile networks: 3G
Next Generation Networks (4G)
Signaling networks
The Internet I/II
The Internet II/II

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