Polytechnic University of the Philippines

College of Engineering
Department of Electronics Engineering
Subject: Network & Communication Engineering
SY2019 – 2020
Assignment

A. Format and Details

1. 7 Assignments hand written (Readable / not engineering letter).
2. Naming: Surname, First name Format, Sections at Right most / Top most
3. Assignment 1 in Yellow Paper ( at least 500 words)
4. Assignment 2 – 7 in short bond paper, (Not more than 3 pages each).

B. Topics;
1. Answer both.
i. Name 5 Technologies that are interdependent to the evolution of Network
and Communication Technologies?
ii. What are the Top 3 Industries that are benefiting (now) or will benefit ( in
future) with the evolution of Network and Communication Technologies?
(TIP – Answer to address the What, When, Where, & Why, consider only short term
future (in the next 2 to 5 years) - No Star Wars Fantasy Pls.

2. Overview of Customer Premise Equipment ( CPE) – Corporate Telephony System

Concepts
i. Difference of Carrier Telephony and Corporate Telephony
ii. What and Why (benefit) of Corporate Telephony System aka Enterprise
Voice System?
 PABX? Name and describe 10 features
 VOIP? Name and describe 5 features
 UC? Name and describe 3 feature
iii. What and difference of SIP / H.323 / MGCP?
iv. What is WebRTC?
v. Name at least 10 global brands (including country of origin / brief history) that
manufacture / develop Corporate Telephony/ Enterprise Voice systems.
vi. Site 5 Industries that heavily rely on corporate telephony, describe use cases
for each industry.

3. Overview of Telco Enterprise Services aka Public Switch Telephone Network (

PSTN) related to Corporate Telephony
i. What / Why ( features including major difference) of the following PSTN
 Central Office Trunk
 ISDN BRI
 ISDN PRI
 MFC-R2
 SS7
 SIP Trunk
ii. What and why ( features) of the following
 CLI
 DID
 DOD
 Vanity Numbering
 Number Portability
iii. Are there any Telco Enterprise Service offering available abroad that is/are
currently not yet available in the Philippines? If yes, then pls share / if none
the why ( in your opinion )? (Tip- Disregard any “Country Specific Standard”
related offering e.g. T1 from US / Japan. In PH, equivalent telco service
offering is E1, different on number of channels.)

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 Polytechnic University of the Philippines
College of Engineering
Department of Electronics Engineering
Subject: Network & Communication Engineering
SY2019 – 2020
Assignment

4. Overview of Corporate Telephony Applications including Call Center (CC)

Concepts
i. Answer What, Why (benefits) and who ( industry that use ) of the
following;
 Attendant Console / Operator Terminal
 Voicemail
 Auto Attendant
 Interactive Voice Response System ( IVRS)
 Annunciator
 Voice Logger
 Call Detail Recording
 Call Accounting System ( aka Call Billing System)

ii. Describe the difference of the 3 of the most commonly use CC telephony
features;
 (1) Silent Monitoring, (2) Whisper (3) Barge-in

iii. What and why (benefits) of the following CC Application.

 ACD ( include the types)
 Dialer ( Include the types)
 CRM
 CTI ( also answer difference between 1 Party and 3 Party
st rd

CTI)

iv. In your opinion, why do you think the Call Center or BPO industry is a
fast growing industry in PH? Do see any current (or future) challenges
that is impacting (or will impact) this growth?

5. Overview of Surveillance Technology

i. What ( also include history) / Why ( benefits) of CCTV
ii. Give 5 Key Features of Current CCTV Technologies
iii. Give at least 10 global brands( include history and country of origin) that
manufacture and/or develop Surveillance Technologies ( CCTV).
iv. Give 5 use cases about CCTV in any industry.

6. Assignment 4 –
i. What is Wireless Fidelity Technology?
ii. History of Wireless Fidelity Technology ?
iii. What and difference of standalone and controller base WIFI?
iv. What and difference of FAT, Thin, and FIT access Point?
v. Name at least 5 global brands (including country of origin and brief
history) that manufacture / develop Wireless Fidelity Technology.
vi. Give 3 industries where Wireless Fidelity Technology is highly needed
and describe the use case.

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 Polytechnic University of the Philippines
College of Engineering
Department of Electronics Engineering
Subject: Network & Communication Engineering
SY2019 – 2020
Assignment

7. Industry related Systems and Applications.

i. Choose 2 Topics below per student.
 Nurse Call
 Computer Aided Dispatching
 Trading Turret
 Property Management System or Hotel Operating System
 DMR/P25/Tetra System
 Paging System

ii. Answer the following Question related to the Technologies you have
chosen.
 What is this technology all about? Which industry/ies this
technology is/are useful? Site use case/s.
 Give and describe top 3 features of the technology chosen, what
are the benefits?
 Give at least 3 global brands that manufacture and develop the
chosen technology.

iii. Note for Assignment 7: Each section must cover all topics. Per each
topic missed by a section (+).5 will be given to the entire section. (Class
leaders to ensure coverage of all topics).

C. Submission Dates
a. Assignment 1 – Meeting 1
b. Assignment 2 – Meeting 2
c. Assignment 3 – Meeting 3
d. Assignment 4 – Meeting 4
e. Assignment 5 – Meeting 5
f. Assignment 6 - Meeting 6
g. Assignment 7 - Meeting 7

D. Pointing Systems.
a. Each assignment will have a Negative Point between 0.1 to 0.5.
b. Student with Complete assignment will automatically get extra minus 0.5.

E. No more further instruction.

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“If you’re good at something, never do it for free” - The Joker, Dark Knight the Movie.

Prepared By:
RDV

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