S Telecommunication Systems Course content relevant for exam (fall 2002) (*) asterisk after book source means that this material has been copied (max. 20 pages / book) and has been distributed to students (via the course material distribution service) “Reference” means that this material may provide to be useful in understanding a bigger picture When reading the course material, please keep in mind that such items that are mentioned both in the lecture slides (powerpoint slides) and in the books/web sources are of prime importance. Regarding acronyms, the meaning is important (not the words which they stand for). Lecture slides usually do not include complete descriptions of the relevant subjects to the exam - you need to have a look on references to get a deeper understanding -especially if you have not followed the lectures or tutorials.

Introduction: Understanding Telecommunications: -section A: General review PTSN 1 & 2: Understanding Telecommunications: -section B: PSTN SS7/IN/ISDN: Understanding Telecommunications 2: Part C: 1 - 2, , 6.1, 7.3 Part E: Sections 1 - 7, (in other words all except Section 8) Engineering Networks... (P.K. Bhatnagar)*: Chapter 4 (CCS 7: General Description, excluding MTP)

ATM: Understanding Telecommunications 2: Part G: , 2 (excluding AAL3/4; the part on AAL 2 is wrong in the printed book, but better in the web site of the book), 3 - 6, 8.2, 9 Web link: (for AAL 2) ADSL: T. Starr, J.M. Cioffi, P.J. Silverman: Understanding Digital Subscriber Line Technology, Prentice-Hall* pp 2-22 C.K. Summers: ADSL - Standards, Implementation and Architecture, CRC Press* pp reference: ANSI T1.413, issue 2 standard

GSM/GPRS: Understanding Telecommunications 2: Part D (GSM relevant material only): 1, 2.3, 3, 5, 6, 7.4 Web link: bettstetter.html (for GPRS: System Architecture, SM, MM and Routing; other parts of the paper are not required) Signaling in Telecommunication Networks (J.G. van Bosse)*: (GSM MAP signalling basics; this material is intended to show MM and CC in action, do not try to remember the details but rather the general idea how signalling works in practice) GPRS and 3G Wireless Applications (C. Andersson)*: Parts of Chapter 3 (GPRS Network Architecture, Attaching to the Network, Communicating with a GPRS User; the material complements the paper by Bettstetter et al.) Note: GSM radio interface details are not required in this course!

TETRA: Web link: (to provide the answers to why and how TETRA is used) DECT: Understanding Telecommunications 2: Part B: 2.3, 5.4 WLANs: Computer Networking (Kurose, Ross)*: Chapter 5.7 J. Geier: Wireless LANs, SAMS publishing*. pp69-89 reference: IEEE 802 Standards: reference:

UMTS, 2G&3G Services: Web course (Introduction to 3G): (note: only accessible from HUT campus area) UMTS Networks (Kaaranen et al.)*: Chapter 2 (Evolution from GSM to UMTS; this material supports also the GSM part of this course...) Note: Radio interface (WCDMA) details are not required in this course! 4G: reference: Book of Visions: BoV1.0 /BoV/BoV2001v1.1B.pdf

Internet: Understanding Telecommunications 2: Part H: (especially , , ) Computer Networking (Kurose, Ross)*: , 4.5 (Routing in Internet). This book is highly recommended also otherwise (IP/TCP basics, IPv6, QoS aspects...) Web links (required reading): ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3261.txt (SIP; Section 3: Overview of Operation) (Mobile IP) rgallaher1.htm (MPLS) Web links (recommended reading): (IPv6) (TCP)