The University of Jordan
School of Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
1st Semester – A.Y. 2014/2015
Course:
Telephone Communication Systems (EE 0903523) (3 Cr. – Elective Course)
Instructor:
Dr.Raed AL-Zubi
Office: E303, Telephone: 5355000 ext 22780, Email: r.alzubi@ju.edu.jo
Course Website:
http://www2.ju.edu.jo/sites/academic/R.Alzubi/default.aspx
Catalog Data:
Introduction. Telephone circuits. Round trip attenuation and delay time effects. Echo
canceling. Signaling systems. Private Automatic Branch Exchanges (PABX).
Transmission planning. PCM, A-law, Mu-law companding. PCM hierarchy. TDM
transmission systems and their hierarchy. Traffic Theory: Erlang B and C formulas,
traffic and resources calculations. Digital exchanges. Switching techniques. Network
synchronization, control and hierarchy. Synchronization. System controllers and CPU.
Common channel control and distributed control. Data Networks and ISDN and packet
switching. Open systems interconnection and ISDN networks. Data and control
interface to other systems. Signaling systems.
Prerequisites by
Course:
EE 0903422 Communications (2) (Prerequisite)
Prerequisites
By Topic:
Students are assumed to have a background of the following topics:
 Computer networks.
 Telecommunications.
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Schedule &
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Course Objectives:
The Essential Guide to Telecommunications by Annabel Z. Dodd ; 5th Edition
(2012)
Telecosmos The Next Great Telecom Revolution by John Edwards; 2005.
Fundamentals of Telecommunications by Roger L. Freeman, Wiley-IEEE Press,
2nd Edition, April 2005.
Telecommunications: A Beginner's Guide by Hill Associates Inc, McGraw-Hill
Osborne Media, 1st Edition, December 2001.
Data Communications Networking by Behrouz A. Forouzan, McGraw-Hill, 4th
Edition, Feb 2006.
Routing, Flow, and Capacity Design in Communication and Computer Networks
by Michal Pióro and Deepankar Medhi, Morgan Kaufmann, 1st Edition, July 2004.
Computer Networks by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall, 4th Edition, August
2002.
16 Weeks, 42 contact hours (50 minutes each) including exams.
Text book, class handouts, scientific calculator, and an access to a personal computer.
Classroom with whiteboard, library, and computational facilities.
The following are the main objectives of this course:
 Presenting the basic concepts of telecommunication systems and techniques at the
undergraduate level.
 Analyzing the telecommunication traffic using Queuing theory tools.
 Discussing “On the Menu Telecom Services”.
Course Learning Outcomes and Relation to ABET Student Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, a student should:
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Understand the fundamental and some advanced techniques used in telecommunication systems.
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Use queuing theory in analyzing and evaluating telecommunication networks.
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Realize the ongoing and expected services and technologies in telecommunications.
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Topic Description
Introduction: Regulation, Standards, Network Classification, PSTN, and OSI, TCP/IP models
Key underlying technologies
Multiplexing, PCM, Telephone Hierarchy: Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH) and Synchronous
Digital Hierarchy/ Synchronous Optical Networking (SDH/SONET).
Circuit and Packet Switching (VoIP)
Signaling
Speech coding and compression
Assessing Network Quality
Traffic analysis
On the Menu- Telecom services
Hrs
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Ground Rules:
Attendance is required and highly encouraged. To that end, attendance will be taken
every lecture. All exams (including the final exam) should be considered cumulative.
Exams are closed book. No scratch paper is allowed. You will be held responsible for all
reading material assigned, even if it is not explicitly covered in lecture notes.
Assessments:
Grading policy:
Exams, Quizzes, Projects, and Assignments.
First Exam
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
Total
Last Updated:
September 2014
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