TKK / Tietoliikennelaboratorio / Kurssit / S-72.423 Telecommunication System

Exercise information

Note: There will be _no_ exercises on Tuesdays (12-14 in hall H302)!
See details below...

You can earn extra points by making
a) exercises (there will be 6 exercises => 6* max 2 p = 0...12 p.) and
b) 2 laboratory works  (2 * max 6 p. =0...12 p.)
    or a written assignment (0...12 p.)

Note: You can not do both laboratory works and written assignment, you have to choose between them. Laboratory works will be done in groups of three
students. Written assignments will be done in groups of two students.

Extra points from exercises & tutorials Ep = 0...24 points.
=> Exercise points will add up to exam points according to the following formula:
=> Extra exam points = Ep/4
NOTE: You will have to pass the exam, otherwise the exercise points will not count.

Exercise results can be found here!

1. Exercises:

Write short essays (max. 2 pages) on the topic(s) of each exercise. Topics will be published in course's homepage.

How to return your answers:
You have two weeks to return your answer into the course's P.O. box at the third floor of the E-wing.

Please, include the following information in your answers:
- Your name
- Your student number

2 a)
Laboratory exercises (in groups of three students, max 10 groups)
Download material for the laboratory exercises:
1) SDH  (0...6 p.)
2) Signalling Networks; Case GSM (0..6 p.)
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*  All preliminary questions in the exercise documents should be answered. It is
*  not possible to do the laboratory exercise without these answers.
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Registration list will be available 4.10. on course notice board (E-wing, 3'rd floor).

2 b)
Written assignment (in pairs) (0...12 p.). The topics of the written assignment will be published 4.10. on course's noticeboard (E-wing, 3'rd floor). Recommended length for the written assignment is (max.) 20 pages. Return your assignment no later than on 10.12.2001 into the course's P.O. box at the third floor of the E-wing.
 

Topics available (max. 3 groups / topic):

1. Hiperlan
2. WLAN
3. IEEE 802.X Local Area Networks
4. Cable-modem technology
5. The TETRA trunked mobile system
6. Overview of the GPRS network architecture
7. Mobile terminated calls in GPRS, possibilities and problems
8. Supplementary services in ISDN: a survey of successful and less successful services
9. I-Mode, the Japanese 2G
10. Broadband access networks: Optical solutions, present 'n' future
11. Overview of the ATM Forum
12. The use of GPS in wireless systems: services, technical solutions and possible problems
13. CATV techniques
14. Network management of the SS7 signaling network
15. Admission control in 3'rd generation cellular mobile systems
16. Internet protocols IPv4 and IPv6: Properties and comparison
17. BlueTooth and IrDA
18. State-of-the-art voiceband modem technology
19. Security measures implemented in the GSM system
 

MNu 3.10.2001.