Course: Teletraffic Engineering and Network Planning

Code: 3ФЕИТ10034

ECTS points: 6 ЕКТС

Number of classes per week: 3+0+0+3

Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vladimir Atanasovski

Course Goals (acquired competencies): Understanding advanced traffic concepts for next generation telecommunications networks. Dimensioning and planning telecommunications networks from a traffic viewpoint.

Course Syllabus: Necessary concepts from probability theory. Markov models. Regenerative processes. M/G/1 queue. Analysis of M/G/1-FIFO queue. Analysis with nested Markov model. Analysis of M/G/1-PS queue. Phase method. Analysis of M/G/1-LIFO queue. Priorities. Ideal serving discipline for M/G/1 queues. Application of queueing theory for performance analysis of telecommunications networks. Traffic matrices. Topologies. Routing principles. Approximative and exact methods for calculation. Load control and service protection. Moe’s principle. Multiservice queueing systems. Types. Networks of queues. Open networks. Jackson’s theorem. Closed networks. Traffic measurements. Continual and discrete measurements. Application of probability theory models and stochastic processes for analysis of measured traffic. Modelling Internet traffic. Standards and regulations for network planning. ITU recommendations for teletraffic engineering. Traffic predictions in real networks. Economy of telecommunications networks. Research challenges in the area.

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