COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

Instructor: Dinh Quoc Hung

Telecommunications Department
Email: hung.dinh@hcmut.edu.vn
Learning Objectives
◼ Understanding signaling in
telecommunication networks (PSTN)
◼ Understanding Synchronous Digital
Hierarchy (SDH) concepts and networks
◼ Understanding WDM concepts and networks
◼ Understanding Optical Transport Unit (OTN)
concepts and networks
◼ Understanding Passive Optical Network
(xPON) concepts and networks
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Learning Outcomes
◼ Able to explain and analyze R2/MFC or
SS7 signaling in PSTN
◼ Able to apply tele-traffic to do capacity
design of PBX system
◼ Able to describe operation of SDH and
design a SDH network
◼ Able to describe operation of OTN
networks
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Learning Outcomes
◼ Able to explain concepts and
techologies of xPON networks

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Pre-requisites
◼ Telecommunication systems:
◼ Understanding of concepts
◼ A/D, D/A
◼ Multiplexing
◼ Circuit switching
◼ Data communication and networks
◼ Computer networks

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Outlines
1. Chapter 1 Review
✓ Multiplexing concepts
✓ Digital telephony
✓ Circuit switching
✓ Practical topic: PBX (Private Branch
Exchange)

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Course Outlines
2. Chapter 2: Signaling in
Telecommunication Networks
✓ Introduction
✓ Signaling concepts
✓ Subscriber Signaling
✓ Signaling between Exchange
✓ Channel-Associated Signaling (CAS)
✓ Common-Channel Signaling (SS7/C7)

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Course Outlines
3. Chapter 3: Tele-traffic
✓ Introduction
✓ Tele-traffic engineering

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Course Outlines
4. Chapter 4: SDH
✓ PDH overview
✓ SDH concepts
✓ SDH Networks
✓ Elements
✓ Topologies
✓ Protection schemes

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Course Outlines
5. Chapter 5: OTN
✓ OTN concepts
✓ OTN Networks
✓ Elements
✓ Protection schemes
✓ Networks design

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Course Outlines
6. Chapter 6: xPON
✓ xPON concepts
✓ xPON Networks
✓ Elements
✓ GPON structor
✓ GPON Networks design

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Course Outlines
7. Computer network overview (self-
study)
✓ Application layer
✓ Transport Layer (TCP, UDP)
✓ Network Layer (IP)
✓ IP address
✓ IP Routing and protocols
✓ LAN (MAC, LLC)
✓ Network equipment
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Course Outlines
8. WAN technologies (self-study)
✓ WAN concepts
✓ Circuit switch vs. packet switch
✓ ATM
✓ MPLs

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Course Outlines
9. Telecommunication networks (if time
available)
✓ Access network concepts Transport
network concepts
✓ Core network concepts

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Course Outlines
10. NGN (if time available)
✓ Services and Applications
✓ VoIP
✓ IPTV
✓ NGN
✓ Concepts
✓ Architecture and services

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Reference Books
1. John G. Van Bosse and Fabrizio U. Devetak
Signaling in Telecommunication Networks, 2nd
edition
2. Harry G. Peross, Connection-Oriented Network:
SONET/SDH, ATM, MPLS and Optical Networks
3. Rajiv Ramaswami et. Al, Optical Network: A
Practical Perspective, 3rd edition
4. Stamatios V. Kartalopoulos, Next Generation
Intellegent Optical Networks: From Access to
Backbone
5. J. F. Kurose and K. W. Ross, Computer Networking:
A Top Down Approach, 5th edition
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Reference Books
6. Gilbert Held, Data Communications Networking
Devices: Operation, Utilization and LAN and WAN
Networking, 4th edition
7. Jonathan Davision et. Al., Voice Over IP
Fundamental, 2nd edition
8. Neill Wilkinson, Next Generation Services
9. Francisco J. Hens, José M. Cabalerro, Triple Play:
Building the Converged Network for IP, VoIP and
IPTV

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Reference Documents
1. Arne Myskja, An Introduction to Teletraffic
2. Villy B. Iversen, Teletraffic Engineering and Network
Planning
3. P. Micheal Henderson, Fundamentals of SONET/SDH
4. SDH Telecommunication Standard Primer, Tektronix
5. José M. Caballero, SDH Next Generation, Trend
Communication

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Course Information
◼ Information: BK e-learning

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Số tín chỉ 3 ECTS 4.5 MSMH EE3085 Học Kỳ áp dụng HK191
Số tiết/Giờ Tổng tiết Tổng giờ học LT BT/TH TNg TQ BTL/TL/ TTNT DC/TLTN/ SVTH
TKB tập/làm việc DA LVTN
33 135 33 0 0 0 36 0 0 102
Phân bổ tín chỉ 2.2 0 0.8
Môn không xếp
TKB
Tỉ lệ đánh giá BT: TN: 0% TH: 0% KT: BTL/TL: 40% Thi: 60%

Hình thức đánh Thời gian Kiểm Tra

- Bài tập lớn, tiểu luận
giá - Thi: tự luận Thời gian Thi 90 phút
Môn tiên quyết

Môn học trước - Kỹ Thuật Hệ thống viễn thông

Môn song hành

CTĐT ngành Điện Tử – Viễn Thông
Trình độ đào tạo Đại học
Cấp độ môn học 3
Ghi chú khác

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 Grading
◼ Projects: 40%,
◼ Reports & presentation
◼ 4 students/group
◼ Final exam: 60%

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