S-38.1145 Introduction to Teletraffic Theory (III) 3 ECTS

General:

The course is given in period III both in English and in Finnish [S-38.1145 (Liikenneteorian perusteet)]. Joint examination.

Objective:

The course deals with traffic issues in telecommunications. The purpose is to familiarize the participants with mathematical modelling of various telecommunication networks and their traffic, together with the performance analysis and dimensioning of such systems.

Prerequisites:

• Mat-1.2600 [Mat-2.090] (Applied Probability A) or corresponding knowledge on basic probability theory required
• S-72.1130 [S-72.423] (Telecommunication Systems) recommended

Status:

This course belongs to the O-module of the programme Communications Engineering, and it acts as an introduction to courses

• S-38.3143 [S-38.143] (Queueing Theory),
• S-38.3141 [S-38.141] (Teletraffic Theory), and
• S-38.3148 [S-38.148] (Simulation of Data Networks).

Entry:

Obligatory enrolling through WWW-TOPI. Use the course code S-38.146 in WWW-TOPI to get the English version of the compendium.

Lectures:

Twice a week, totally 12 lectures, starting on Thursday 17.1.2008:

• On Thursdays at 14-16 in lecture hall S3
• On Fridays at 14-16 in lecture hall S1

Exercise classes:

Once a week, totally 6 exercise classes, starting on Tuesday 22.1.2008:

• On Tuesdays at 16-18 in lecture hall S2

Schedule:

Week	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Lectures	1,2	3,4	5,6	7,8	9,11	--	10,12	--
Exercise class	--	1	2	3	4	--	5	6

Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Traffic
3. Examples
4. Basic probability theory recap
5. Stochastic processes (1)
6. Stochastic processes (2)
7. Loss systems
8. Queueing systems
9. Sharing systems
10. Network models
11. Simulation
12. Traffic engineering

Examination:

The first examination will be held on Tuesday 11.3.2008. There will be two retrial examinations for those who do not pass the first examination. Examinations will be based both on the lectures and the exercises. No other material is required and, hence, there is no course book either. By doing homework exercises one gets extra points for the examination.

Completion:

To get the credits (3 ECTS), one has to pass the examination.

Teachers:

• Samuli Aalto, lectures (4-10, 12), responsible teacher, samuli.aalto@tkk.fi
• Pasi Lassila, lectures (1-3, 11), pasi.lassila@tkk.fi
• Tuomas Tirronen, exercises, tuomas.tirronen@tkk.fi

Enquiries:

If you need further information, you may ask the questions at the lectures or exercises, or by email. If you consider your request to be of interest of other students, use the news group opinnot.sahko.s-38.tietoverkkotekniikka for your enquiry.

Feedback:

Give course feedback by Sunday, 9.3.2008. It will add your homework points, see page Exercises.