Course Name: TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS II (DATA AND
VOICE 1)
Course Code: ELE4105
Course Level: 4
Credit Units: 4 CU
Course Description
The course introduces the concepts of high level data and voice communication systems as well
as communication media
Course objectives
To teach students different communication standards and regulations for both national
and regional.
To teach students different skills on error control, data transmission and reception which
help to meet communication standards and regulations.
To introduce students to the knowledge of optical fiber communication and how it’s
achieved.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, should be able to
Understand the theory of data and voice communications as well as the different
transmission techniques.
Understand types of losses and error control in the transmission and reception of the
telecommunication signals.
Understand communication channels, signal encoding and decoding.
Course Content
1. Communication standards (6 hours)
Introduction to communication standards
The international communications union ( ITU)
Committees of ITU e.g. CCITT , CCIR, PATU, ATU, COMSAT, PANAFTEL
Regional and country regulation bodies e.g. UCC
2. Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) (10 hours)
Elements of the PSTN
Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)
Subscriber loop
Signalling /Resistance Limit
Attenuation / Loss limits
Extending the Subscriber Loop
Transmission Plan
Transmission Systems
3. Tele-traffic Engineering (10 hours)
Busy Hour
Grade of Service and Blocking Probability
Blocking Models and Loss Estimates
4. Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and
xDSL (10 hours)
ISDN Network Architecture
ISDN Protocol Architecture
ISDN Transmission Channels
ISDN User Network Interfaces
Digital Subscriber Line
5. Intelligent Networks (IN) and Value Added Services (VAS) (10 hours)
Characteristics of Intelligent Networks.
Basic Architecture of Intelligent Networks.
Component Functions in Intelligent Networks.
Operation of Intelligent Networks.
Intelligent Network Application Part
Relationships between the four IN Planes
6. Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
(10 hours)
Benefits of VoIP.
VoIP Concerns.
VoIP Protocols
H.323 Protocol
Session Initialization Protocol (SIP)
SIP Operation
7. Data communication (18 hours)
Intergraded voice and data communication systems
Data transmission and reception
Communication modes
Transmission techniques : serial and parallel
Transmission rates , codes and impairments
Data, digital transmission channel and source encoding
Error control
Transmission facilities
8. Optical fiber communication (6 hours)
Base band and band pass systems
Broad band communication: SONET, SDH, ATM
Mode of delivery
The course will be taught by using lectures, tutorials and assignments.
Assessment
Assessments, tests, and final examination. Their relative contributions to the final grade are as
shown below:
Requirement Percentage Contribution
Course work (Assignments, tests) 40%
Final examination 60%
Total 100%
Reference Books
1. Bellam John C. Digital Telephony, 3rd Edition. ISN 0-471-3457
2. Dunlop, J. & Smith, D.G. Telecommunications Engineering, 3 rd Edition. ISBN 0-412-
56270-7
3. Freeman, R.L. (2005). Fundamentals of Telecommunications, Second Edition. ISBN: 0-
471-71045-8 (cloth).
4. Indulska J. (2004). Panko’s Business Data Networks and Telecommunications, Fifth
Edition.
5. Regis J. (Bud) Bates Jr. Broadband Telecommunications Handbook. ISBN
0−07−139851−1
6. Sklar Bernard. Digital Communications Fundamentals and Applications, 2 nd Edition.
ISBN 0-13-084783-7
7. Viswanathan, T. (1998, Nov). Telecommunication Switching Systems and Networks.
ISBN: 978-81-203-0713-1.
8. Broadband Network Architecture by Chris Hellberg, Dylan Greene and Truman Boyes,
Prentice Hall, 2007.
9. Signaling in Telecommunication Network by John G.Van Bosse, Wiley-Interscience
publication, 2002.
10. ATM Networks-Principles and Use by Martin P.Clark, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1996.
11. Handbook on “TELETRAFFIC ENGINEERING”, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.
12. Telecommunication Transmission Handbook by Roger L. Freeman, Wiley –Interscience
publication, 1998.
