S-72.423 Telecommunication Systems (3 cr)


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 
Course litterature Ericsson, Telia: Understanding Telecommunications, Part II, ISBN 91-44-00214-9, 
Stallings: Data and Computer Communications, ISBN 0-13-571274-2
Prerequisites S-72.350, S-72.420, S-72.227 (recommended) 
Homepage http://www.comlab.hut.fi/opetus/423/ 
Timetable Lectures are on Thursdays 10-12 in U358 ( this hall is in the main building.), and tutorials on Tuesdays 14-16 in E111. The first lecture is on 21.9.2000. Register yourself to the course by using the Topi system!
Note This course carried index S-72.442 in 1999.  This course is included to the curriculum of The International Master's Program in Telecommunication and is lectured in English. Lecture handouts will be available for downloading in this same page.
Page last updated 18.9.2000

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.


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News

13.9.2000 Note that the new lecture hall is U358 that situates in HUT main building. The tutorial hall is E111 that situates in Department of Electrical and Communications Engineering building.

29.8.2000 Course registration was initiated in Topi on 29.8.2000.


Course outline, fall 2000

Introduction. The telecommunications service market
Public Switched Telephone Network I/II
Public Switched Telephone Network II/II 
Integrate Services Digital Network I/II
Integrate Services Digital Network II/II 
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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