Fall 2009 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
OSU Course Number: ECEN 5553
Instructor: Dr. George Scheets
FAX: (405) 744-9198
E-Mail: george.scheets@okstate.edu
Contact Information: ES303, Stillwater Campus, Phone: (405)744-6553
Office Hours: 1430 -1530, Monday, Wednesday - Friday; 1500 - 1600 Tuesday
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Grading:
Two exams @ 90 points, one comprehensive final @ 150 points, and one term paper @ 125 points, 455 points total.
Late papers are accepted at a cost of 1 point per working day past the due date. ALL GRADED TESTS, PAPERS, ETC.SHOULD BE YOUR OWN WORK. Students missing an exam or the final without notifying the instructor in advance can expect to get a zero. Students needing to miss an exam for business reasons will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, but typically will end up taking the original exam upon returning. At the instructor's option, make-ups will be available for other cases, but will be harder. These latter make-ups will be given on Friday, December 11th, at 1600 hours.
Grade Scale: 90/80/70 % = A/B/C etc. (initially). Final break points will be curved.
Cheating: Don't do it! Expect to get an 'F' for the course if you are caught cheating on a test, or falsifying documentation or plagiarizing on the term paper. All students should insure they are familiar with OSU's Academic Integrity Policy. Note especially the (incomplete) list of violations.
Text: The articles listed below under the "Reading" heading are required. The following books are recommended for those of you that want to probe further:
For the technically minded...
Leon-Garcia, L., Widjaja, I., Communication Networks, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, 2004, ISBN 0-07-246352-X.
Stallings, W., Data and Computer Communications, 8th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2007, ISBN0-13-243310-9.
Pahlavan, K., Krishnamurthy, P., Networking Fundamentals, John Wiley & Sons, 2009, ISBN 978-0-470-99290-6.
If you have a non-technical background...
FitzGerald, J., Dennis, A., Business Data Communications and Networking, 10th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2009, ISBN 978-0-470-05575-5.
Panko, R., Business Data Communications and Networking, 7th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2009, ISBN 0-13-615340-2.
Forouzan, B., Data Communications and Networking, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2007, ISBN 0-07-325032-5.
Computer Espionage Spy Thriller...
Stoll, C., The Cuckoo's Egg, Pocket Books, 2000, ISBN 0-74-341146-3.
Course Objectives: To increase the student's awareness as to what are the current (and future) means by which voice,
data, and video are moved over long distances. To be more specific, by the end of the semester...
*All students should have a better technical understanding as to how the parts of the massive telecommunications
infrastructure work and tie together, how data or video traffic can be moved over the telephone system, how voice or
video traffic can be moved over data networks, how cellular networks are tied into the telephone system, etc.
*Additionally, students new to the telecommunications arena ought to be better able to "speak the lingo", so if
someone is talking about ATM or MPEG they will have a more than cursory understanding of what is being said.
Prerequisites: Graduate or Senior standing, or consent of the instructor. Previous courses in communications systems
would be helpful, but are not mandatory.
General Information: Academic Affairs Addendum
TENTATIVE REQUIRED READINGS (28) (Subject to change until assigned!)
LAN'S (4)
[1] Joel, A., "Telecommunications and the IEEE Communications Society", IEEE Communications Magazine, May
2002. Read through page 164, inclusive.
[2] Baran, P., "The Beginnings of Packet Switching: Some Underlying Concepts", IEEE Communications
Magazine, July 2002.
[3a] Schneider, D., "Is This the Moment for Broadband Over Power Lines?", IEEE Spectrum, July 2009.
[3b] Hochmuth, P., "IEEE Sets Sights on 100G Ethernet", Network World, 11 December 2006.
[3c] Duffy, J. "100 Gigabit Ethernet: Bridge to Terabit Ethernet", Network World, 20 April 2009.
[3d] Cox, J., "Is it Time to Cut the Ethernet Access Cable?", Network World, 1 May 2009.
[4] Benner, A., et al, "A Roadmap to 100G Ethernet at the Enterprise Data Center", IEEE Communications
Magazine, November 2007.
INTERNET (8)
[5] Dutta-Roy, A., "The cost of quality in Internet-style networks", IEEE Spectrum, September 2000.
[6a] Johnson, J., "About Those "Net Capacity Issues", Network World, December 2008.
[6b] Johnson, J. "Internet Architecture: Not Logical, Captain!", Network World, December 2008.
[6c] Johnson, J., "The Internet Sky Really is Falling", Network World, 6 May 2009.
[6d] Goth, G., "Traffic Management Becoming High-Priority Problem", IEEE Internet Computing, December 2008.
[7a] Reed, B., "FutureNet 2009: IPv6 is Coming", Network World, 7 May 2009.
[7b] Zhang, L., "A Retrospective View of Network Address Translation", IEEE Network October 2008.
[8a] Briscoe, B. "A Fairer, Faster Internet", IEEE Spectrum, December 2008.
[8b] Roberts, L., "A Radical New Router", IEEE Spectrum, July 2009.
[9] Katz, R., "Tech Titans Building Boom", IEEE Spectrum, February 2009.
[10a] Andersson, L., Bryant, S. "The IETF Multiprotocol Label Switching Standard", IEEE Internet Computing, August 2008.
[10b] Seery, M., "Packet Transport Trends: IP/MPLS Success Challenged as Deployment Footprint Expands",IEEE Communications Magazine, July 2008.
[11a] "Protect Yourself Online", Consumer Reports, September 2008. Best copies available via EBSCO Databases.
Click on "Academic Search Elite", then search.
[11b] "7 Online Blunders", Consumer Reports, September 2008.
[11c] "ID Leaks", Consumer Reports, September 2008.
[11d] Reed, B., "Malware madness and spammers in the slammer: The year in cybercrime ", Network World, December 2008.
[12] Scheets, G., Parperis, M., Singh, R. "Voice over the Internet: A Tutorial discussing Problems and Solutions associated with Alternative Transport", IEEE Communications Surveys, June 2004.
ISSUES IN DIGITAL TRANSMISSION (4)
[13] Goth, G., "More Online Video Rekindles Network Capacity Debate", IEEE Internet Computing, June 2007.
[14a] Melle, S., et al, "Market drivers and implementation options for 100-GBE transport over the WAN", IEEE Communications Magazine, November 2007.
[14b] Buckley, S., "Connecting the Ethernet Island Dots", Telecommunications Magazine, August 2007.
[14c] Lum, M., "Satisfying a taste for Carrier Ethernet", Telecommunications Magazine, September 2007.
[15a] Fedyk, D., Allan, D., "Ethernet Data Plane Evolution for Provider Networks" IEEE Communications
Magazine, March 2008.
[15b] Noll, M., "Move over SONET, here comes Ethernet transport", Telecommunications Magazine, November
2008.
[16a] Pappalardo, D., "Sprint Nextel ready to pull plug on legacy nets", Network World, 15 May 2007.
[16b] Fritz, J., "Network Upgrade Horror Story", Network World, 19 July 2007.
[16c] Ramaswami, R., "Optical Networking Technologies: What Worked and What Didn't", IEEE Communications Magazine, September 2006.
WIRELESS (6)
[17a] Rubenstein, R., "Radios Get Smart", IEEE Spectrum, February 2007.
[17b] Cox, D., "Fundamental Limitations on Increasing Data Rate in Wireless Systems", IEEE Communications Magazine, December 2008.
[18a] Halepovic, E., et al, "Wireless Data Traffic: A Decade of Change", IEEE Communications Magazine, April 2009.
[18b] Wells, J., "Faster than Fiber: The Future of Multi-Gb/s Wireless", IEEE Microwave Magazine, May 2009.
[19a] Perahia, E., "IEEE 802.11n Development: History, Process, and Technology", IEEE Communications Magazine, July 2008.
[19b] Bulk, F., "802.11n is Here. Get Ready for a Wire Free Enterprise", Information Week, 24 May 2008.
[19c] Cox, J., "University's wireless 11n net quickly becomes a high-bandwidth way of life", Network World, 10 March 2008.
[19d] Cox, J., "Wireless LANs Face Huge Scaling Challenges", Network World, 28 August 2008.
[20a] Cox, J., "Municipal Wi-Fi 2.0", Network World, 21 April 2008.
[20b] Barthold, J., "Munis play it safe with wireless", Telecommunications Magazine, February 2008
[20c] Cherry, S., "Sprint's Broadband Gamble", IEEE Spectrum, January 2008.
[20d] Reed, B., "Can Clearwire save WiMax?", Network World, 8 May 2008.
[21a] Engel, J., "The Early History of Cellular Telephone", IEEE Communications Magazine, August 2008.
[21b] Lin, J., " The Multinational Study of Brain Tumors in Cell Phone Users’ Heads", IEEE Microwave Magazine,
June 2009.
[22] Kedar, D., Arnon, S., "Urban Optical Wireless Communication Networks: The Main Challenges and Possible Solutions", IEEE Communications Magazine, May 2004.
LAST MILE & VIDEO (6)
[23a] Vanhastel, S., Hernandez, R., "Enabling IPTV: What’s Needed in the Access Network", IEEE
Communications Magazine, August 2008.
[23b] Barthold, J., "IPTV: The Time has Come, Ready or Not", Telecommunications Magazine, July 2008.
[24] Greengrass, J., et al, "Not All Packets Are Equal, Part I: Streaming Video Coding and SLA Requirements", IEEE Internet Computing, February 2009.
[25] Begen, A., et al, "Reducing Channel-Change Times with the Real-Time Transport Protocol", IEEE Internet Computing, June 2009.
[26a] Breznick, A., "A Switch in Time: The Role of Switched Digital Video in Easing the Looming Bandwidth Crisis in Cable", IEEE Communications Magazine, July 2008.
[26b] Schneider, R., Ross, J., "Antennas for the New Airwaves", IEEE Spectrum, February 2009.
[27a] Hutcheson, L., "FTTx: Current Status and the Future", IEEE Communications Magazine, July 2008.
[27b] Buckley, S., "There's Still Gold in that Copper", Telecommunications Magazine, January 2007.
[27c] Morris, I., "Conflicting IPTV Visions", Telecommunications Magazine, November 2007.
[28a] Farmer, J., Bourg, K., "Practical Deployment of Passive Optical Networks", IEEE Communications Magazine, July 2008.
[28b] Buckley, S., "IPTV strives for quality", Telecommunications Magazine, February 2008.
[28c] Buckley, S., "Breaking the backhaul bottleneck", Telecommunications Magazine, March 2008
NEW & IMPROVED COURSE OUTLINE:
*The OSI 7 layer model
Basic Terminology
*No-Math-Version of Fourier Theory
-Constructing arbitrary waveforms with sinusoids
-The concept of Bandwidth
*Modulation
-Binary vs. M-Ary
-Bits per second vs. Baud rate
-Detection
*Channel Capacity
-Bits per second vs. Bandwidth
LAN's
*Ethernet
-Characteristics
-Explanation of CSMA/CD
-Packet Structure
-How a file is transmitted
-Efficiency
-Normalized Propagation Delay
-Shared versus Switched
-Current Status
SOME DEFINITIONS
*Multiplexing: Frequency, Time Division, & Statistical
*Switching: Packet, Circuit, & Cell
*Bridges, Routers, and Mutants
WAN's
*Internet
-Characteristics
-Virtual Circuits versus Datagrams
-Challenges & (maybe) Fixes
-Example Hook-Up from the End User's point of view
-Example Hook-Up from the Carrier's point of view
*Frame Relay
-Characteristics
-Example Hook-Up from the End User's point of view
-Example Hook-Up from the Carrier's point of view
-Congestion Control
-Current Status
*ATM
-Characteristics
-Pros & Cons
-Example Hook-Up
-Classes of Service
-Current Status
Switched Network Carrying Capacities- Fixed Rate vs. Bursty
-Circuit Switching & TDM
-Packet Switching & StatMuxing (Internet Model)
-Cell Switching & StatMuxing (ATM Model)
Voice Over IP
-Block diagrams of Circuit & Packet Switched Voice Systems
-Voice Coders
-Estimating call capacity
The Telephone System
*How Voice Traffic is moved.
-Ye Plaine Olde Telephone System (POTS) & Signaling
-4 wire vs. 2 wire
-Analog vs. Digital
-Echoes & Singing
*The North American Digital Hierarchy
*Switching
-Space Division Switches & Crosspoints
-Cross Connects
-Time Division Switches
-Multi-Dimensional Switches
-What's in a POP?
*Signaling & the Intelligent Network
*Optical Networking
-Components of Optical Networks
-Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
-Wavelength Division Multiplexing
-Current Status
*Integrated Services Digital Network
-Characteristics
-Current Status
Wireless
*Wireless Fundamentals
-Wavelengths
-Modulation
-Error Correction/Detection
*Cellular Telephone Networks
-Advantages
-How Cellular Works
-Personal Communication Systems
-Current Flavors
*802.11 Wireless LANs
Video
*Compressed Video
-MPEG & H.26x video coding
-Advanced Television Standards Committee TV
Last Mile Delivery Systems
*Over-the-Air
*Cable
*Direct Broadcast Satellite
*Digital Subscriber Lines (xDSL)
*Cable Modems
*Passive Optical Networks (PON's)
last major update June 2009