Telecommunication Software

Последна измена: May 19, 2022
  1.    Course Title Telecommunication Software
  2.    Code 3ФЕИТ10З038
  3.    Study program KTI, TKII
  4.    Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
  5.    Degree (first, second, third cycle) First cycle
  6.    Academic year/semester III/5, IV/7   7.    Number of ECTS credits 6.00
  8.    Lecturer Dr Pero Latkoski
  9.    Course Prerequisites

10.    Course Goals (acquired competencies):  The students will learn the principles of telecommunication system engineering, and will gain deepen knowledge about analysis and design of telecommunication systems and protocols. The students will be able to perform formal-based modeling and description of telecommunication systems and protocols using SDL. The student will be capable to conduct performance analysis.

11.    Course Syllabus: Basics of telecommunications system engineering. Phases of telecommunication engineering. Аnalysis and design of telecommunication systems and protocols. Modeling of the dynamic behavior of communication systems using discrete state automata. Specification and Description Language (SDL). Data types in SDL. SDL modularity. Complementary languages (MSC and TTCN). Creating performance models of ICT systems and protocols.
12.    Learning methods:  Lectures, tutorial and laboratory classes, independent students work on project tasks and seminar works
13.    Total number of course hours 3 + 1 + 1 + 0
14.    Distribution of course hours 180
15.    Forms of teaching 15.1. Lectures-theoretical teaching 45
15.2. Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork 30
16.    Other course activities 16.1. Projects, seminar papers 30
16.2. Individual tasks 30
16.3. Homework and self-learning 45
17.    Grading 17.1. Exams 0
17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) 30
17.3. Activity and participation 0
17.4. Final exam 70
18.    Grading criteria (points) up to 50 points     5 (five) (F)
from 51 to 60 points     6 (six) (E)
from 61 to 70 points     7 (seven) (D)
from 71 to 80 points     8 (eight) (C)
from 81 to 90 points     9 (nine) (B)
from 91 to 100 points   10 (ten) (A)
19.    Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam Regular participation to lectures and tutorial classes and completion of all laboratory exercises
20.    Forms of assessment Two partial exams during the semester with a duration of 60 minutes each, or one full exam in a corresponding exam session with a duration of 120 minutes
21.    Language Macedonian and English
22.    Method of monitoring of teaching quality Internal evaluation and polls
23.    Literature
23.1. Required Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Andreas Mitschele-Thiel Systems Engineering with SDL: Developing Performance-Critical Communication Systems John Wiley & Sons 2010
2 J. Ellsberger, D. Hogrefe, A. Sarma, SDL   Formal   Object-Oriented Language   for   Communication   Systems Prentice Hall 2007
23.2. Additional Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Laurent Doldi  Validation of Communications Systems with SDL: The Art of SDL Simulation and Reachability Analysis  Wiley  2003
2  Pero Latkoski, Borislav Popovski  Communication Protocol Engineering of Wireless Networks: Modeling and Optimization  VDM Verlag  2009