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Terminated in academic year 2018/2019

Switching Systems

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 440-2314/02
Abbreviation SS
Course title Switching Systems
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Telecommunications
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Miroslav Vozňák, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures
1. Introduction to switching systems, their classification. Telephone device and power supply.
2. Analog systems, Strowger switch and crossbar switch.
3. Signalizace linková a registrová, K+MFC-R2, EM.
3. Link and register signaling, K+MFC-R2, EM.
4. Signaling in digital systems and networks DSS1, PSS1 and SS7.
5. Control of electronic switching systems, time and space switching. Multi-stage switching network. Network Synchronization.
6. 4G Switching systems, principles and architecture, services. Termination of subscriber lines in digital switching systems. Access interfaces and ISDN.
7. Fundamentals of queuing theory.
8. Classification of queue systems, Markov queuing system and evaluation of speech quality.
9. Internal processes of routers, function of switching processes and routing, components of routers, modul of switching network and path processing, packet processing.
10-11. Next generation network, general principles of NGN. Signalling protocols in NGN (SIP, H.323, MGCP).
12. IP Multimedia Substystems, architecture and functions. OpenIMS project.
13. Switching in mobile networks and openBTS project.
14. ITU-T E.164 Numbering and national numbering plan, number portability reference database.

Exercises:
1. The acquaintance with content and work in lab. W1
2. The analysis of register signaling MFC-R2. W3
3. The analysis of the signaling system DSS1. W4
4. The Signaling System no. 7. W6
5. The dimensioning of the switching systems. W8
6. SIP - The NGN signaling protocol. W9
7. Speech quality assesment using E-model. W11
8. OpenIMS. W12
9. OpenBTS. W13
10. Semestral test (max 10p), semestral project turning in (max. 10p), credit granting. W14

Laboratories:
1. The measurement of DTMF tones frequencies. W2
2. Laboratory project (DTMF, MFC-R2, DSS1). Scored - max. 10p. W5
3. The services of digital branches. Semestral project assignment. W7
4. PBX Asterisk. W10

Literature

CLARK, P.Martin: Networks and Telecommunications, 931 pages, JW&S, New York, 1999, ISBN 0-471-97346-7 

Bellamy,G.: Digital telephony. John Wiley and Sons. New York, 2000.
Wilkinson,N. Next Generation Network Services. John Wiley & Sons, 2002, ISBN 978-0-471-48667-1 .

Advised literature

Camarillo,G., The 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). John Wiley & Sons, 2004, ISBN 978-0470871560 .