Course Theme: "Telecommunication
Networks"
With the rapid growth of digital
telecommunication services, proper design and operation of highly
efficient communication networks is becoming more and more
important. The goal of this course is to provide a comprehensive
coverage of the subject matter by offering a balanced mix of
descriptive material and performance analysis techniques. The
descriptive aspects will cover the main concepts and structure of
packet and circuit networking technologies (e.g. TCP/IP, Ethernet,
ATM, Wireless LANs, 3G mobile cellular, etc.). On the other hand,
the theoretical analysis will focus on the performance of networks
(using Queuing Theory results).
Course Theme: "Wireless and Mobile
Communications"
Wireless Communication is the fastest
growing segment of the communication industry. In the ages of the
first- and second-generation mobile cellular systems, technical
interest was mainly in increasing system capacity for voice
services. However, these days, it has surely turned toward achieving
future high-speed reliable wireless multimedia systems rather than
voice systems because of the rapid growth of people's needs for
multimedia communications services, including voice, data, and
image. The goal of this course is to provide a fundamental
understanding of the design, performance and state of the art of
wireless communication systems. The course concentrates on cellular
system design and planning, wireless channel modeling, mobility
management, and current and future wireless communications
standards.