Telecommunications Network Management

Објавено: October 12, 2018
  1.    Course Title Telecommunications Network Management
  2.    Code 3ФЕИТ10Л041
  3.    Study program 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 IV/8   7.    Number of ECTS credits 6.00
  8.    Lecturer Dr Marko Porjazoski
  9.    Course Prerequisites
10.    Course Goals (acquired competencies):  Students will be introduced to the principles of management in telecommunication networks, management of multimedia services and applications.

11.    Course Syllabus: Principles of telecommunication network management. Standards and standardization bodies. Models of communication networks: OSI model, TMN, TCP/IP model of network management. Network Management Functions. FCAPS model. Fault management. Configuration management. Accounting. Performance management. Security Management. Management protocols: SMTP, NetConf, NetFlow. Managing elements in the network, services and applications (web, AAA). Policy-based management. WEB services and their management. Managing IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) services. Commercial  and open source tools for management of communication networks.

12.    Learning methods:  Lectures, auditory and laboratory exercises, individual work, project work and preparation of seminar papers
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 15
17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) 15
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 attendance at lectures, auditory and laboratory exercises
20.    Forms of assessment Two partial exams during the semester lasting 120 minutes each or one written exam in an appropriate exam session lasting 120 minutes and preparation of a practical project task.
The final grade includes exam points, project assignment points, homework points and laboratory exercise points.
It is not allowed to use books, scripts, manuscripts or notes of any kind during the exam, as well as a calculator, mobile phone, tablet or any other electronic device
21.    Language Macedonian and English
22.    Method of monitoring of teaching quality Internal evaluations and surveys
23.    Literature
23.1. Required Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Amani Omer Telecommunication Management Networks (TMN) Implementation: Design tool for monitoring the traffic of ISP’s by using MRTG data LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing 2011
2 Alexander Clemm Network Management Fundamentals Cisco Press 2007