13M031PTM - Telecommunication Network Design

Course specification
Course title		Telecommunication Network Design
Acronym		13M031PTM
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module
Type of study		master academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Aleksandar Nešković
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		professor PhD Aleksandar Nešković
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)		professor PhD Aleksandar Nešković
ESPB		6.0	Status	elective
Condition		none
The goal		Introduction students with process of analysis of Investor requests and network design solutions. Development of analytical capabilities of students for correlation of requests and possibilities of different technologies. Introduction students with legislation relevant for creating high level and low level network design.
The outcome		Students should be proficient to: - analyze requests for network design; - do low level and high level network design in accordance with legislation and technical standards.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Legislation. Data characteristics. Communication networks and systems. Characteristics of communication services. Structured cabling systems. IP/MPLS, WDM technology. LAN, MAN, WAN, metro network design. Network management. Making technical documentation. Analysis of real world projects.
Contents of exercises		Students will familiarize with legislation of network design and technical issues of network design. Analysis of real world projects with working out of new technologies as potential solutions.
Literature
Cabling: The Complete Giude to Network Wiring, David Barnett, David Groth, Jim McBee, SYBEX, 2004. Broadband Telecommunications Handbook, Second edition, Regis J. (Bud) Bates, McGraw-Hill, 2002. Fiber-optic Communication Systems, Third edition, Govind P. Agrawal, Wiley-Interscience, 2002. Computer Networks, Fourth edition, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall, 2003.
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
3	1	1
Methods of teaching		Teaching, exercises and practical demonstration of some elements relevant for the process of network design. At the end of semester, students are doing by themselves low level and high level design of complex telecommunication network.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		0	Test paper	60
Practical lessons		0	Oral examination	0
Projects
Colloquia		40
Seminars		0