Switching and signalling
L Zhang
4 points * 26 lectures, 13 tutorials, 12 laboratory hours * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: ECS2340 (Telecommunications) at PI level
Introduction to telecommunication network hierarchical configuration; principles of multiplexing; circuit switching - space switching, time division switching; packet switching; digital switch architecture; performance analysis - blocking probability, throughput, utilisation; numbering systems; protocols and signalling systems, common channel signalling.
Assessment
Examinations (2 hours) * Practical work
Prescribed texts
Zhang L Lecture notes on switching and signalling Dept Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, 1995
Recommended texts
Stallings W ISDN and Broadband ISDN 2nd edn, Maxwell Macmillan, 1992
Bellamy J Digital telephony 2nd edn, Wiley, 1991