ECE2401

Telecommunications

Dr B A Tonkin

4 points · 26 lectures, 26 hours of laboratory/tutorial classes · Second semester · Clayton · Prerequisites: ENG1301

Objectives The student will gain a basic understanding of the structure, components, properties and performance of telecommunication networks for both telephony and computer communications as a framework and context for further studies of telecommunication networks, systems and technologies.

Synopsis Fundamental structures, functions, properties, and performance of telecommunication networks; voice, video and data communications and their network performance requirements; coding, multiplexing, modulation, analog and digital transmission, transmission media; concepts of space and time division switching, circuit and packet switching, terminal and network signalling, common channel signalling, computer control; network performance, blocking, alternate routing, Erlang loss formula for dimensioning networks; OSI reference model, modems, bridges, routers; data link and network layer protocols; emerging networks and services.

Assessment Examination (3 hours) 70% · laboratory work 20% · written assignment 10%

Recommended texts

Tanenbaum A S Computer networks Prentice-Hall
Stallings W ISDN and broadband ISDN with frame relay and ATM 3rd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1995
Symons F S and others Telecommunications course notes

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