Course Overview
This course explains about data transmission systems, primarily those used by service providers. Topics include: wired subscriber access technologies including PSTN, ADSL, cable modem, PON; multiplexing protocols including T1, T3, SS7 signaling systems, SONET/SDH, FTTx, PPP, FR and ATM, SNMP, TCP/IP, IP MPLS, distance vector and link state routing protocols (RIP, OSPF); network QoS, and VOIP in wide area networks.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
6.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Evaluate PSTN telephony system in terms of PCM voice coding, switching centers and SS7 signaling, local loop, and multiplexing protocols including T1, T3.
- Describe various switching schemes including circuit switching, datagram packet switching and virtual circuit switching.
- Compare virtual circuit switching based networks (frame relay and ATM) with IP based systems.
- Evaluate the capabilities, services and operational mechanisms of advanced wide area networking methods.
- Analyze the operation of the TCP/IP protocol suite.
- Discuss the advantages of IP MPLS.
- Explain DMT-based ADSL networks in terms of high data rate capacity on the local loop.
- Describe various PON technologies.
- Discuss SONET technology in terms of bits rates, devices used, SONET topology (linear, ring), the concept of justification, protection and offsetting in SONET, and virtual tributaries.
- Describe the difference between distance vector and link state strategies used in routing protocols.
- Explain the difference between multicast routing and unicast routing.
- Explain uni-cast routing protocols (RIP, OSPF and BGP).
- Explain VOIP network in terms of system design, voice coding and signalling.
- Explain the concept of QoS, its parameters and implementation in a network.
- Configure routers to build and update routing tables, statically and dynamically.
- Explain VOIP technology in terms of system, design and signaling.
Effective as of Winter 2017
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Wide Area Networks (ELEX 4550) is offered as a part of the following programs:
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