Telephone Engineering

By Dr. Ali Allam

PROFESSOR CONTACT INFORMATION

Name: Ali Allam, Assistant Professor Phone Number: 0100-6161707 Office Location: At Third Floor Office Hours: 10:00 am 12:00 am, Tuesday Email Address: eng_allam@yahoo.com

COURSE DESCRIPTION
The objective of this course is to introduce the student to switching and transmission as applied within the telecommunications infrastructure. The material to be discussed during this course will include the background and terminology of telecommunications, digital switching, network synchronization, control and management.

STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES

1. Ability to analyze the characteristics of the telephone systems. 2. Ability to make use of the parameters in designing telephone switches. 3. Ability to analyze the performance of a digital telephone switch. 4. Ability to analyze network synchronization and network management.

References
Mandatory Textbooks
P. Gnanasivam Telecommunications Switching and Networks , New Age International (P) Publishers, First Edition 2005, ISBN:81224-1583-0 J. R. Boucher, Traffic System Design Handbook, IEEE Press, 1993.

Reference Books
A. S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, Forth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2003.

Grading Scheme
Item
Mid-term examination Final-term examination

Score 30

90 30
150

Lab. Examination
Total

Classifications of Communication Systems

Acc. to : Comm. System Hierarchy

Core Network ( Back bone ) - Country-wide network - Gegabits Capacity - Linking switching sites

Switching Network

Access Network - Linking users to switching sites mile problem) Packet Switching Network Data Network (Last

Circuit Switching Network Telephone Network

Classifications of Communication Systems

Acc. to : Comms. Channel (Media)

Guided Ch.

Unguided Ch.

Copper Cables
- Twisted pair -Co-axial

Optical Fiber
- Single mode cable - Multi-mode cable

Radio Band (wireless)

- Mobile - Fixed (WLL)

Microwave

Terrestrial
- LOS - NLOS

Satellite
- Mobile - Fixed

Classifications of Communication Systems

Acc. to : The Information Type ( Modulation technique)

Analog Transmission Band Pass AM FM PM ASK FSK PSK

Digital Transmission

Base Band

SS

TDM (PCM) FH

WDM

DS

Classifications of Communication Systems

Communication Engineering Courses

Basic Courses

Comms. Theory
Analog Comms.

Comms. Systems/ Network Telephony & TV

Signals & systems

Digital Comms. Comm. Engineering Info & Coding Theory

Mobile Satellite
Optic Fiber Computer Comms. Network

Cryptography

Elements of Communication Switching Systems

1. End System (Instruments)

2. Transmission System
3. Switching System

4. Signaling System

Transmission System
Signals (Information) need to be transported from its source into its destination. Hence, communication links are required. The communication link between two switching sites is called a Trunk. There are different types of communication systems depending on the transmission media:
Guided Ch. Unguided Ch. Microwave

Copper Cables

Optical Fiber

Terrestrial

Satellite

Transmission System (contd)

Switching Systems
The function of a switching system is to receive the messages, calls and control information, and forward it to the required destination. The switching system sets up a communication path between any two communicating points.

In telephone networks the components of the switching system are called the central offices (CO).
In telephone networks the switching method is called Circuit Switching since a real 2 wire electrical circuit is established between the two communicating points.

Switching Systems (contd)

Circuit Switching method
CO

CO
2-wireline Auto switch

2-wireline Auto switch

Trunk

Two-wire physical path (circuit) between the 2 telephone sets

Signaling System
Basic tasks of a signaling system are :
- Supervisory signals (e.g. call set up and call monitor). - Routing signals ( how to reach the called subscriber). - Management signals (network status , billing, routing plans, traffic overload, priorities and class of service).

Signaling provides an interface between national and international switching systems.

Signaling information may share the communication links with the traffic information (In-band signaling ), or may be assigned separate links (Common Channel Signaling CCS).

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