Instructor: Thomas Kunz, ME 4474, 520-3573,
tkunz@sce.carleton.ca
Office Hours: Tuesdays
Course Objectives:
This course is intended to
provide students in the Technology Innovation Management Program (formerly know
as Telecommunications Technology Management Program) with a broad, integrated
understanding of communications technology.
The course is a comprehensive
review of the fundamentals of telecommunication technology, including computer
communications. It has the overall
objective of providing students with a mature perspective of telecommunications
science and technology from which the salient properties of new and competing
systems and technologies may be analyzed and understood, to act as the basis
for effective management of new and emerging telecommunications
technology.
Specific objectives of the
course are to assist students to develop a structured perspective of
telecommunications technology, based on an understanding of the underlying
theory, the common aspects of all telecommunication systems, and the basic
limitations on telecommunications; and, from this perspective, to examine,
analyze, and understand current developments and future trends in
telecommunications technology.
The course covers the basic processes,
components, services and applications of telecommunication systems, including:
models of telecommunication systems; information sources and the coding of
their outputs; channels and their characteristics; signals: their generation,
transport and reception; networks: access, interconnection, signaling, and
switching; standards; the characteristics of major world systems; and the
thrust of emerging and future technology.
Completion of the course will
provide participants with a basis for the analysis of new systems and services,
to better manage their development and application.
Calendar
Description:
Fundamentals of
telecommunications technology with emphasis on importance of bandwidth,
communications reliability and networks. Topics include: information sources
and coding of outputs; channel characteristics; signals; networks, signalling
and switching; standards and regulation; major world systems and operators; and
the thrust of new and future technology. The official graduate
calendar description can also be found at:
http://www.gs.carleton.ca/profiles/show_schedule.php?cdi=TTMG+5002.
Text:
There is no single textbook. Slides will be published on a course website
at http://kunz-pc.sce.carleton.ca/ttmg5002/.
A few textbooks you may want to consult are:
·
Lillian Goleniewski, Telecommunications
Essentials, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley 2007, ISBN 0-321-42761-0
·
William Stallings, Data
and Computer Communications, 7th edition, Pearson 2004, ISBN
0-13-100681-9
Grading Scheme and Schedule:
Course evaluation will be
based on the assignments and essay, with the following weights:
Assignments 60%
Essay 40%
You should be aware that
Carleton “letter-grades” on a 12-point scale.
In a graduate course a grade of B- or better is required for graduate
credit. An average of B+, or better, is
the expected performance from a Master’s student, while doctoral students are
expected to have most grades in the A's.
In other words, a C is below standard, B- is marginal, a B is
acceptable, a B+ is good, an A- is very good, A is excellent and
an A+ is outstanding. Both
assignments and the essay will be graded with these standards in mind. The equivalence of letter grades and
percentages are defined in the Calendar.
I
am currently planning on the following due dates for assignments and the essay:
|
|
Assign. 1 |
Assign. 2 |
Assign. 3 |
Assign. 4 |
Assign. 5 |
Assign. 6 |
Essay |
|
Weight |
10% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
40% |
|
Handed Out |
Sept. 13 |
Sept. 20 |
Sept. 27 |
Oct. 11 |
Oct. 18 |
Oct.25 |
|
|
Due |
Sept. 20 (in class) |
Sept. 27 (in
class) |
Oct. 11 (in class) |
Oct. 18 (in class) |
Oct. 25 (in class) |
Nov. 8 (in class) |
Dec. 10 ( |
Information about assignment and essay formats can
be found on the course website. Each assignment is limited
in length to 300 words (everything included),
which can easily be verified with Word (under Properties, there is a
“Statistics” tab). The final essay is similarly
limited to 1800 words. Formatting and length
limitations will be enforced, and you will end up loosing marks for failing to
adhere to them.
Assignment topics will be announced throughout the
course. For the essay, research and
report on the current state, impact and importance of any one of the following
areas (or any other that you consider of equal importance and relevance):
High
Speed Internet Access to the Premise
Voice
over IP
The
Competition Between Telco’s and Cable Operators.
Digital
Audio and Video Broadcasting
All
IP Networks
Service
Oriented Architectures
Personal
Information Devices: Blackberry/TREO, iPODs, etc.
Intelligent
Transportation Systems
Students with
Disabilities:
Students with disabilities requiring academic
accommodations in this course are encouraged to contact a coordinator at the
Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities to complete the necessary letters
of accommodation. After registering
with the PMC, make an appointment to meet and discuss your needs with me. This
is necessary in order to ensure sufficient time to make the necessary
arrangements. Please note the following
deadlines for submitting completed forms to the Paul Menton Centre:
Plagiarism (copying and handing in for credit someone
else's work) is a serious instructional offense that will not be tolerated.
Please refer to the section on instructional offenses in the Undergraduate
Calendar for additional information.
Course Outline (tentative):
Lectures will be given once a
week in a three-hour period. The
subjects covered will be more-or-less as follows:
Introduction
to the Course
The
Telecommunications Environment
Definitions,
Taxonomy, and Models
Analog
vs. Digital
Classification
of Telecommunication Systems and Services
Network
Characteristics, Attributes, and Parameters
Fundamental
Concepts
Sources
Channels
The
Signal Domain
Modulation,
Transmission and Reception
Multiplexing
The
Logical Domain
Error Control in the Binary Channel
The
Network Domain
Tradition
Telecommunications
Introduction
The
ISO/OSI Reference Model
The
Lower Layers and X.25
ISDN
- Integrated Services Digital Network
Signaling
- CCS7 and the Intelligent Network.
Fast
Packet Switching - Frame Relay, ATM
Local
Area Networks
The
Internet Domain
Internetworking and Router Connected
Networks
The
TCP/IP Protocol Suite
Internet
Structure and the Domain Name Service
The
Access Domain
Digital
Subscriber Access
DSL
Cable modems
Wireless
Communications
Cellular
Telephony
Wireless
LAN’s
Broadband
Wireless Access
Special
Topics
Summary: Promises and
Future Trends