Course Title: Advanced Telecommunications Networks
Code: ФЕИТ10015
ECTS points: 6 ЕКТС
Number of classes per week:3+0+0+3
Lecturer: Prof. Dr Liljana Gavrilovska
Course Goals (acquired competencies): Upon finishing the course it is expected that the student will understand the advanced concepts of telecommunications networks, demonstrate deep understanding of the functioning and designing telecommunications networks (fixed and mobile) and demonstrate the ability to perform scientific work in the area.
Subject of the course content: Overview of transmission techniques (circuit and packet) and transmission infrastructures in modern telecommunications networks. Overview of broadband access technologies. Advanced access telecommunications networks. xDSL, cable access, PLC, wireless access. Basics of MPLS and GMPLS. Concept of Carrier Ethernet. Routing algorithms (classification and characteristics). Advanced management solutions. IMS. Integration. Development towards NGN. Service examples. Teletraffic engineering of NGN. All-IP architectures. Performance analysis of all-IP networks (throughput, delay). Overview of technologies for wireless networking. Regulation and standardization in telecommunications networks. Case study. Short overview of advanced wireless and mobile network solutions. Development trends in telecommunications networks.
Literature:
| Required Literature | ||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year |
| 1. | J. L. Salina, P. Salina | Next Generation Networks: Perspectives and Potentials | John Wiley and Sons | 2008 |
| 2. | H. Hanrahan | Network Convergence: Services, Applications, Transport and Operations Support | John Wiley and Sons | 2007 |
| 3. | T. A. Wysocki,A. Dadej,B. A. Wysocki | Advanced Wired and Wireless Networks (Multimedia Systems and Applications) | Springer | 2004 |
| Additional Literature | ||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year |
| 1. | Savo G. Glisic | Advanced Wireless Networks: 4G Technologies | John Wiley and Sons | 2006 |
| 2. | Publications in international journals and conference proceedings and standards |
