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Aims :

The new telecommunications standards are important for the comprehension of the actual technology and of the future tendencies. The theoretical background will be used in the realization of lab projects to strengthen the learned concepts.

Requirement :
This course requires the knowledge of the basic concepts of signal and telecommunications theory.

Topics :

Protocols and architectures. OSI. TCP/IP. Data communications interfaces. Asynchronous and synchronous transmission. Line configurations. Interfacing. Mechanical, electrical, functional and procedural characteristics of some typical interfaces. Transport of the information. PDH. SDH. Data Link protocols. Line control. Flow control. Error detection and control. ARQ techniques. HDLC protocol (LAP-B, LAP-D, LAP-F). Circuit switching networks. Circuit switching concepts. Routing in circuit-switching networks. Control signalling. Packet switching principles. Routing. Datagram and virtual circuit. X.25. ISDN and B-ISDN. Frame Relay. ATM. ATM protocol architecture. Congestion control in data networks. Traffic Management. LAN architecture. Hub and switch. Wireless LAN. Bridge. IEEE 802.x (ISO 8802). Internetworking protocols. Internet Protocol. IPv4 vs Ipv6. IP over ATM. Transport protocols. TCP. UDP. Distributed applications. Network security. Conventional cryptography. Public-key encryption. QoS.
Laboratory: Introduction to the programming of PIC microcontrollers. Assembly language. PIC16F84. Realization of standard data transmission interfaces using PIC16F84. Asynchronous and synchronous transmission. Line configurations. EIA-232. Visualization on LCD of the data from GPS using serial interface. Fibonacci´s and Galois´ LFS: theory and signals generation. Line encoding. Realization of NRZ and RZ coders by means of PIC. Realization of a Tx-Rx system for the alignment word management


Textbooks :

William Stallings, Network Security Essential, 2/E, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2003.
William Stallings, Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice, 3/E, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2003.
William Stallings, ISDN and Broadband ISDN with Frame Relay and ATM, 4/E, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1999.
William Stallings, High-speed networks and Internets: Performance and Quality of Services, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2003.

Exam :

The final exam is a colloquium. In the course of such examination is optional the presentation of individual laboratory plans

Tutorial Session :

Monday: 9.30-13.30, 15.00-18.00