Transmission and Switching Systems

The course is a substitute for:

Transmission and Switching Systems (X32PSS)

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Department of Telecommunications Engineering

Synopsis:

Students will obtain the transmission technologies SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) and WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplex) used in telecommunication networks and functional principles of the transmission and switching systems used in ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) and ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) networks. The main subjects are physical media parameters, access and backbone transmission technology, optical transmission systems.

Requirements:

Labs measurement protocols, test.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Telecommunication services, wideband requirements, standardisation

2. Telephone channel, voice signal processing, PCM30/32

3. Multiplexing methods, PDH and SDH transmission systems

4. Optical transmission systems - DWDM

5. Backbone and access networks, data links, data interfaces

6. OSI Reference model, protocols architecture

7. ISDN networks

8. ATM networks

9. Physical media parameters, digital signal regeneration

10. Copper pairs, crosstalk, information capacity

11. Modulation methods, modems

12. xDSL systems, aplications

13. Optical access networks, hybrid networks, CATV

14. Wireless systems, mobile networks

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Basic review of important terms and definitions

2. Transmission and data system components

3. Parameters measurement in telecommunication systems

4. Bit error rate measurement

5. Introduction into a particular labs

6. Symmetric pair measurement

7. Fiber optic measurement

8. Noise resistant measurement

9. Data interface configuration on muldex

10. SDH muldex configuration

11. ADSL modem configuration

12. Test

13. Consultation

14. Credit

Study Objective:

Students will learn the function of selected technologies of telecommunications technology.

Study materials:

1. Sexton, M., Reid, A.: Broadband networking: ATM, SDH and SONET. Boston: Artech House Publishers, 1997.

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: