Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Woldia, Faculty of Technology

Course Code ECEg4282
Course Title Telecommunication Networks
Degree Program BSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Module Name Data and Telecom Networks
Course Instractor Mr.Dagnachew M.
ECTS Credits 5
Students’ workload Lecture Tutorial Practice or Laboratory Home study
32 48 - 48
 To inspect and summarize the major features of today's
most popular telecommunication networks as well as
the forthcoming ones
 To get oneself familiar to the related standardization
Course Objectives &
work stablished by ITU
Competences to be (International Telecommunications Union), ETSI
Acquired (European Telecommunications Standards Institute)
and various other worldwide standardization bodies.
 To understand digital signaling techniques
 To understand sensor and adhoc networks
The main aim of this course is exploring historical
evolution of telecommunication networks and today’s
telecommunication networks and standards. The course also
introduces different types of telecommunication core network
technologies used previously and in today’s
Course Description telecommunication technology. The advantage and
disadvantage of different channel sharing technologies
that are SDH, PDH, SONET and ATM will be explored. In
addition to these multiplexing techniques the access
technologies used in telecommunication, starting with the old
public switched telephone networks up to the modern
Week Course Contents technologies i.e. ISDN and DSL will be
telecommunication
1
dealt. And1. finally
Historythe
andaccess
Evolution of Telecommunication
technologies used in wireless
networks
mobile communication i.e CDMA and GSM will be
considered.

1
1 2. Basics of Telecom Networks: Telephone, computer, cable
television and wireless networks, networking
principles, and digitization: service integration,
network services and layered architecture, traffic
characterization and QOS, network services:
network elements and network mechanisms.
2 3. Introduction to digital telecom signaling and
applications; overview of SDH, PDH, SONET and
ATM
3 4. Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and Public
Land Mobile Networks
4 5. Introduction to Digital Subscriber Line
Technologies; DSL, ADSL. HDSL,
SDSL.VDSL.Overview of packet-switched networks,
local loops and its access mechanisms.
5 6. Packet Switched Networks: OSI and IP models:
Ethernet (IEEE 802.3); token ring (IEEE 802.5),
FDDI, DQDB, frame relay: SMDS: Internet working
with SMDS, Internet protocol; TCP and VDP,
performance of TCP / IP networks circuit -switched
networks: SONET; DWDM, Fiber to home, DSL.
Intelligent networks, CATV.

6 7. Emerging telecom networks : wireless sensor

networks, adhoc networks
Pre-requisites Communication Systems
Semester Year IV, Semester II
Status of Course Compulsory
Teaching & Learning Lecturers, Tutorials, paper work and Assignments
Methods
Assessment/Evaluation & Exams, Quiz’s, Assignments and simulation and laboratory
Grading System evaluation
All students are expected to abide by the code of conduct of
Course policy students Senate Legislation of our University

2
 throughout this course.

Academic dishonesty, including cheating, fabrication,

and plagiarism will not be tolerated.

Class activities will vary day to day, ranging from

lectures to discussions. Students will be active
participants in the course.
You are required to submit and present the
assignments provided according to the time table

indicated.

80 % of class attendance is mandatory! Please try to

be on time for class. I will not allow you enter if you are
late more than five minutes.
Active participation in class is essential and it will have
its own value in your grade
Cell phones MUST be turned off before entering the
[1]class.T Aattalainen: "Introduction toTelecommunications
Network Engineering'.'Artech House
[2] T. Saadawi: "Fundamentals ofTelecommunication
References Networks" JohnWiley & Sons (1994)
[3] M. P. Clark: "Networks and Telecommunications';
JohnWiley & Sons ‘1991'
[4] R. L. Freeman: "Telecommunication System
Approved by: Engineering" John Wiley & Sons (199'I I
________________ ______________ _________________
[5] A. Leon-Garcia and IndraWidjaja: "Communication
School Head signature
Networks: Fundamental Concepts date
________________ ______________ _________________
Stream Chair signature date
________________ ______________ _________________
Quality Assurance signature date
________________ ______________ _________________
Course Instructor signature date