CISC 452: Telecommunications Systems

Catalog Description:
Presents basic concepts in telecommunications, emphasizing topics such as
SONET, Cell and Frame Relay and multimedia switching. Concepts of the
operation and maintenance of large communications networks are discussed.

Current Texts:
Data and Computer Communications, Sixth Edition.
Stallings, William
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2000.

Goals:
The student completing this course should have a general knowledge of the
structure of the North American telecommunications network. Design and
operation of public data networks are emphasized.

Content:

• Telephony
• Local Access Technologies
• Residential Broadband - DSL and Cable Modems
• Digital Transport
• Traffic Engineering
• Switching, Signaling and Intelligent Networks - SS7 and the AIN
• Frame and Cell-based Public Networks
  

Required Background: Completion of CISC450/650 Computer Networks or CPEG419 Computer Communications Networks.