AT17   Telecommunication Systems

 

1.                  Introduction                                                                                                    1 hour

 

1.1                 Evolution of Telecommunication.

 

I [1 (1.1)]

 

2.                  Telecommunication Switching                                                                        10 hours

 

2.1               Switching Functions.

2.2               Space Division Switching.

2.3               Time Division Switching.

2.4               Two – Dimensional Switching: TS, ST, TST, STS Switches.

 

I [4 (4.7-4.9), 6 (6.1-6.6)]; II [5 (5.1,5.4,5.4.1,5.4.2)]

 

3.                  Subscriber Loop                                                                                             6 hours

 

3.1               Transmission Systems: Two-wire and Four-wire transmission, Pair gain systems.

3.2               Transmission Impairments:  Attenuation, interference, noise, cross-talk, distortion, Echoes.

3.3               Analog Subscriber Loop Interface, BORSCHT.

 

II [1 (1.2.4,1.2.5,1.2.8), 5 (5.6.2)]      

 

4.                  Telecommunication Traffic                                                                             8 hours

 

4.1                 Traffic Characterization.

4.2                 Loss Systems.

4.3                 Delay Systems.

 

I [8 (8.1, 8.2, 8.5, 8.6)]; II [12 (12.1, 12.2, 12.4,12.4.1-12.4.3)]

 

5.                  Mobile Communication                                                                                  7 hours

 

5.1               Cell Concept.

5.2               Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM).

5.3               Code Division Multiple Access(CDMA) Cellular Systems : Channel  establishment, Multipath, Power control, Handoff.

 

I [9 (9.10)]; II [1 (1.2.14), 9 (9.2, 9.3)]

 

6.                  Fiber Optic Systems                                                                                       10 hours

 

6.1   Transmission: Multimode and Single Mode fibers, Attenuation, Chromatic dispersion, Channel bandwidth

6.2   Line codes for fiber optic transmission

6.3   Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

6.4   Fiber System Design

6.5   Introduction to SONET / SDH

 

II [8 (8.1-8.5,8.5.1,8.5.2)]

 

7.                  Digital Subscriber Access                                                                              8 hours

 

7.1               Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)  : Basic and primary rates,  access architecture; S,T and U interfaces, D- channel

7.2               ISDN Services

7.3               Digital Subscriber Loop (DSL)

 

I [11 (11.3-11.6, 11.8)]; II [11 (11.1, 11.2.1)]

 

8.                  Data Networks                                                                                                10 hours

 

8.1               WAN, MAN, LAN

8.2               PSTN

8.3               Circuit Switching, Packet Switching

8.4               Data Communication Architecture

8.5               Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks : ATM cells, service categories, ATM connections-virtual channel and virtual path

 

I [10 (10.1, 10.2.1,10.2.2,10.3)]; II [10 (10.1,10.3.1-10.3.3)]

 

 

Text Books

 

I.          T. Vishwanathan, “Telecommunication Switiching Systems and Newtorks”, Prentice-Hall of India,1992

 

II.        J. C. Bellamy, “Digital Telephony”, John Wiley (International Student Edition), Third Edition, 2002