| 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, Research Scientist Naser Tarhuni, p. 09 451 2362 |
| Contents | Public Switched Telephone Network, ISDN and SDH, GSM and CDMA Mobile Networks, The Internet |
| Bases of grading | Examination +
0,15 tutorials (optional). Note! You will need to pass the exam! |
| Course literature | Ericsson, Telia:
Understanding
Telecommunications, Part II, ISBN 91-44-00214-9
(Studentlitteratur), James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross: Computer Networking (2nd Ed.), Reference: A.S. Tanenbaum: Computer Networks (4th Ed., Prentice Hall) |
| Prerequisites | S-72.350, S-72.245, S-72.227 (recommended) |
| Homepage | http://www.comlab.hut.fi/opetus/423/
See also EeForum! |
| Timetable | Lectures on Fridays 12-14 in hall B (in the main building!) and tutorials on Wednesdays 14-16 in hall S1. Lectures start on 19.9.2003. 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 | 12.1.2004 |
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.
18.04.04 Exam results (19.04.04) can be found here.
19.02.04 Exam results
(19.01.04) can be found here.
Next exam: 19.4.2004, 16-19, S4. Please, register via WebTopi.
15.01.04 S-72.423 exam 19.1.04, 16:00 -19:00 will
be held in HALL S4.
Those, who want to do also 244/245/420 exam at the same time --> send an email to: seppo.saastamoinen@hut.fi.
12.01.04 Exam results (19.12.03) can be found here.
04.12.03 Course content relevant for exam 2003
and exam requirements can be found here
(ppt-format)
02.12.03 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! Exam questions
are available only in English. In exam you can give your answers in
Finnish, Swedish or English.
17.10.03 Discuss and ask about lectures and
exercises in EeForum!
13.09.03 Exam results (4.9.2003) can be found here.
24.09.03 There will be no lectures in S-72.423
Telecommunication Systems on Friday 26.9.03.
17.09.03 First home exercise questions will be
published 26.09.03 and first tutorials will
be 8.10.2003.
12.09.03 Lecture time and place has been changed
- new time: Fridays 12-14, in hall B (in the main building)
04.09.03 Tutorial time has a misprint in this page - the
correct time is : Wednesdays 14-16 in hall S1
- Follow this section for the latest course info!
Course Outline, Fall 2003
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 SS7
ATM, AAL2 and AAL5
Local loop internet access: modems and ADSL
Public land mobile networks: GSM, GPRS and TETRA
Local Area Radio Networks: DECT and IEEE 802.11
- networking
Public land mobile networks: 3G
The Internet I/II
The Internet II/II
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