Telecommunication Networks

Lectures:
1) Telecommunication networks attributes, communication model, signaling, methods of signal switching.
2) OSI reference model and its layers.
3) TCP/IP protocol model and its layers, IP, TCP, UDP and RTP.
4) LAN networks - LAN protocol stack, media access methods in LANs, network topologies, Ethernet.
5) IP WAN networks, pure IP WAN networks, HDLC and PPP, leased lines.
6) Internet - structure of Internet.
7) Secure transport services - IPsec, SSL, VPN. VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology.
8) Access networks (conceptions) - xDSL, DOCSIS.
9) Advanced technologies in the access networks - DVB-RCS, IPTV, FTTx, PON.
10) Wireless networks (conceptions) - WiFi, WiMAX, DECT.
11) Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN) - Bluetooth, Zigbee.
12) Mobile technologies of the 2nd generation - GSM.
13) Mobile technologies of the 3rd generation - IMT-2000, CDMA 2000, W-CDMA UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA.
14) Mobile technologies of the 4th generation - Rel.99-Rel.10 SAE/EPS, LTE. Future and visions in mobile networks (Rel.11 and Rel.12).


Exercises:
1) Safety in laboratories. Basic information about the subject and its classification.
2) Multimedial presentation of RM OSI.
3) Laboratory work - xDSL technology.
4) Laboratory work - WiFi technology.
5) Laboratory work - VoIP technology.
6) Test nr.1.
7) Laboratory work - Computer networks.
8) Laboratory work - GSM technology.
9) Laboratory work - Access networks.
10) Laboratory work - Passive optical networks.
11) Laboratory work - Testing of mobile phones.
12) Laboratory work - Throughput and delay measurement in data networks.
13) Test nr. 2.
14) Reserve term for tests and labs.

Projects:
Protocol from the measurement of voice quality in VoIP.
Protocol from the testing of mobile phones.