ECE643 Telecommunication Switching Systems

Announcements

Presentation on network modeling (using simulation tools) will be given on Monday at 3:00pm in Room 208, S&T II. Demonstration will follow the presentation in the SUN lab (room 18, S&T II). Make sure you have your account set up and have accessed OpNet by then.

Prerequisite: ECE 528 and 542 or POI

Spring semester 1995
Thursday 16:30 - 19:10 pm, Robinson B102

Professor: Bijan Jabbari
Office: S&T-II Room 219
Telephone: 703 993 1618
Email: bjabbari@gmu.edu

Office Hours:
Mondays 14:00 - 15:00
Thursdays 14:00 - 15:00

Course Description

Basic concepts of switching with application to digital telecommunication networks. Topics include circuit switched networks, space-division and time-division switching digital switching system architecture, stored-program control, traffic theory, numbering concepts, signaling networks, intelligent networks, cellular and PCS networks, and ATM.

Note: This class will cover switching and teletraffic aspects of fixed (ISDN, B-ISDN, ATM) and wireless (cellular, PCS) networks.

Textbooks and References:

1. M. Schwartz, Mischa, Telecommunication Networks: Protocols, Modeling and Analysis, Addison Wesley, 1987.
2. B. Jabbari, Worldwide Advances in Communication Networks, Plenum, 1994.
3. J. Hui, Switching and Traffic Theory for Integrated Broadband Network, Kluwer 1990.
4. J. McDonald, Fundamentals of Digital Switching, Plenum Press, 2nd edition.
5. J. Bellamy, Digital Telephony, J. Wiley, 2nd edition.
6. Class Hand-outs.

In addition as a recommended reference: A. Mehrotra, Cellular Radio Performance Engineering.

Grading:

Reading Assignment Before Coming To Class

For those who would like to have a head-start, please read Chapter 2 of M. Schwartz's book. You don't need to completely understand everything in this chapter, but it provides a good measure of what you need in stochastic processes.

Homework Assignments