ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEMS
UNIT -I:
Introduction: Evolution of Telecommunications, Simple Telephone Communication, Basics of Switching
System,Manual Switching System, Major Telecommunication Networks.
Crossbar Switching: Principles of Common Control, Touch Tone Dial Telephone, Principles of Crossbar
Switching, Crossbar Switch Configurations, Cross point Technology, Crossbar Exchange Organization.
UNIT -II:
Electronic Space Division Switching: Stored Program Control, Centralized SPC: Stand by mode,
Synchronous duplex mode, Distributed SPC, Software Architecture, Application Software, Enhanced
Services, Two-Stage Networks, Three-Stage Networks, n- Stage Networks.
UNIT -III
Time Division Switching: Basic Time Division Space Switching, Basic Time Division Time Switching,
Generalised time division Space switch, Basic Time division time switching: modes of operation, simple
problems,Time Multiplexed Space Switching, Time Multiplexed Time division space Switch, Time
Multiplexed Time Switching, Combination Switching: Time Space (TS) Switching, Space-time (ST)
Switching, Three-Stage Combination Switching, n- Stage Combination Switching.
UNIT IV
Telephone Networks: Subscriber Loop System, Switching Hierarchy and Routing, Transmission Plan,
Transmission Systems, Numbering Plan, Charging Plan, Signaling Techniques, In-channel Signaling,
Common Channel Signaling, CCITT Signaling System no.6, CCITT Signaling System no.7, Packet
Switching: Statistical Multiplexing, Local- Area and Wide- Area Networks, Large-scale Networks,
Broadband Networks.
UNIT -V:
Switching Networks: Single- Stage Networks, Grading, Link Systems, Grades of service of link systems,
Application of Graph Theory to link Systems, Use of Expansion, Call Packing, Rearrange-able Networks,
Strict- Sense non-blocking Networks, Sectionalized Switching Networks
Telecommunications Traffic: The Unit of Traffic, Congestion, Traffic Measurement, A Mathematical
Model, Lost-call Systems, Queuing Systems. Problems
UNIT -VI:
Integrated Services Digital Network: Motivation for ISDN, New Services, Network and Protocol
Architecture, Transmission Channels, User- Network Interfaces, Signaling, Numbering and Addressing,
Service Characterization, Interworking, ISDN Standards, Expert Systems in ISDN, Broadband ISDN,
Voice Data Integration.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Telecommunication Switching Systems and Networks- Thiagarajan Viswanathan, 2000, PHI.
2. Telecommunications Switching, Traffic and Networks- J. E. Flood, 2006, Pearson Education.
REFERENCES:
1. Digital Telephony- J. Bellamy, 2nd Edition, 2001, John Wiley.
2. Data Communications and Networks- Achyut S. Godbole, 2004, TMH.
3. Principles of Communication Ststems- H. Taub & D. Schilling, 2nd Edition, 2003, TMH.
4. Data Communication & Networking- B. A. Forouzan, 3rd Edition, 2004, TMH.
5. Telecommunication System Engineering – Roger L. Freeman, 4th Ed., Wiley-Inter Science,John Wiley
& Sons,
2004.