Telephone Engineering
By Dr. Ali Allam
PROFESSOR CONTACT INFORMATION
Name: Ali Allam, Assistant Professor Phone Number: 0100-6161707 Office Location: At Third Floor Office Hours: 10:00 am 12:00 am, Tuesday Email Address:
[email protected] COURSE DESCRIPTION
The objective of this course is to introduce the student to switching and transmission as applied within the telecommunications infrastructure. The material to be discussed during this course will include the background and terminology of telecommunications, digital switching, network synchronization, control and management.
STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES
1. Ability to analyze the characteristics of the telephone systems. 2. Ability to make use of the parameters in designing telephone switches. 3. Ability to analyze the performance of a digital telephone switch. 4. Ability to analyze network synchronization and network management.
References
Mandatory Textbooks
P. Gnanasivam Telecommunications Switching and Networks , New Age International (P) Publishers, First Edition 2005, ISBN:81224-1583-0 J. R. Boucher, Traffic System Design Handbook, IEEE Press, 1993.
Reference Books
A. S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, Forth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2003.
Grading Scheme
Item
Mid-term examination Final-term examination
Score 30
90 30
150
Lab. Examination
Total
Classifications of Communication Systems
Acc. to : Comm. System Hierarchy
Core Network ( Back bone ) - Country-wide network - Gegabits Capacity - Linking switching sites
Switching Network
Access Network - Linking users to switching sites mile problem) Packet Switching Network Data Network (Last
Circuit Switching Network Telephone Network
Classifications of Communication Systems
Acc. to : Comms. Channel (Media)
Guided Ch.
Unguided Ch.
Copper Cables
- Twisted pair -Co-axial
Optical Fiber
- Single mode cable - Multi-mode cable
Radio Band (wireless)
- Mobile - Fixed (WLL)
Microwave
Terrestrial
- LOS - NLOS
Satellite
- Mobile - Fixed
Classifications of Communication Systems
Acc. to : The Information Type ( Modulation technique)
Analog Transmission Band Pass AM FM PM ASK FSK PSK
Digital Transmission
Base Band
SS
TDM (PCM) FH
WDM
DS
Classifications of Communication Systems
Communication Engineering Courses
Basic Courses
Comms. Theory
Analog Comms.
Comms. Systems/ Network Telephony & TV
Signals & systems
Digital Comms. Comm. Engineering Info & Coding Theory
Mobile Satellite
Optic Fiber Computer Comms. Network
Cryptography
Elements of Communication Switching Systems
1. End System (Instruments)
2. Transmission System
3. Switching System
4. Signaling System
Transmission System
Signals (Information) need to be transported from its source into its destination. Hence, communication links are required. The communication link between two switching sites is called a Trunk. There are different types of communication systems depending on the transmission media:
Guided Ch. Unguided Ch. Microwave
Copper Cables
Optical Fiber
Terrestrial
Satellite
Transmission System (contd)
Switching Systems
The function of a switching system is to receive the messages, calls and control information, and forward it to the required destination. The switching system sets up a communication path between any two communicating points.
In telephone networks the components of the switching system are called the central offices (CO).
In telephone networks the switching method is called Circuit Switching since a real 2 wire electrical circuit is established between the two communicating points.
Switching Systems (contd)
Circuit Switching method
CO
CO
2-wireline Auto switch
2-wireline Auto switch
Trunk
Two-wire physical path (circuit) between the 2 telephone sets
Signaling System
Basic tasks of a signaling system are :
- Supervisory signals (e.g. call set up and call monitor). - Routing signals ( how to reach the called subscriber). - Management signals (network status , billing, routing plans, traffic overload, priorities and class of service).
Signaling provides an interface between national and international switching systems.
Signaling information may share the communication links with the traffic information (In-band signaling ), or may be assigned separate links (Common Channel Signaling CCS).
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