TKK | Tietoverkkolaboratorio | Opetus S-38.115 Signaling Protocols (3 cr)
Spring 2004


General, Content, Prerequisities, Language, Enrolling, Lectures, Exercises, Course Schedule, Grading Principles, Info, Material, Personel

General

The course is one of the core courses in the Networking Technology major and is also part of the Master's program in Telecommunications.
The objective of the course is to give students strong background in signaling systems used in different networks. After successful completion of the course students will understand:
  • how networks inter-work,
  • how calls or sessions can be set up, managed and released in different networks using different alternative methods that are typically found in networks,
  • what are the auxiliary functions related to signaling and how do they work,
  • the technology trend in signaling and call/session control,
  • how switching system functionality is inherited into a packet network environment.
    • Content
    Signaling in telecommunications and data networks, e.g. Internet, PSTN, GSM, UMTS.  The course focuses on signaling and related mechanisms on a functional level, as well as describes the systems and the contexts where the signaling systems are used.
    Prerequisites
    S-72.423 Telecommunication Systems or corresponding knowledge (e.g. T-110.300 for CS students), S38.188 Computer networks or T-110.350 (mainly for CS students).
    Language
    Lectures and exercises are given in English.
    Enrolling
    You must enroll to the course by using WWW-TOPI. If you do not have access to WWWTopi, please contact the HUT computing centre.
    Lectures
    Lectures will be held on Wed. 14-16 and Fri. 9-11 in the hall S4. The first lecture is on January 14th.
    Lecture slides are in English.
    Exercises
    Exercises will be held in the hall S4 according to the schedule.
    Specific information about exercises can be found on the exercise pages.
    Course Schedule
    The detailed schedule and lecture slides can be found on the schedule web page.
    Grading Principles
    The successful passing of the course requires the application of theoretical and practical skills presented in the lectures. Student can get maximum +4 additional points to the examination by solving exercise problems. Student has to get at least +2 additional points in order to be allowed to take the exam.
    Info
    Most information concerning the course is given on the info web page and in the newsgroup:
    news://news.tky.hut.fi/opinnot.sahko.s-38.tietoverkkotekniikka
    Material
    When learing the course material, you are warned about relying solely onto the slides that are used during lectures (I have seen this happen too often in the past). The slides are meant to accompany the speach during the lecture. Later you can recall the lecture by looking at the slides if you happenend to be present and not too much time has passed. Otherwise, you can just count on being able to deduce the scope of the course based on the slides. Ok, I admit that people who have product development and system design experience in the area of Networking Technology may find that the slides have enough clues for them to guess the rest. For a regular student, the real content have to be found in any other sources that you can lay your hands on. Some of the them are referenced in the slides. Some other sources may be needed also, if something stays unclear. Even if you listenend to the lecture, you may find that you did not understand some cruisal point and were too shy to ask, so you will again need to look for the real sources!

    Usually, the most precise sources on signaling are the original sources, i.e. the specifications. You should not be afraid to pull them from the Internet (3G or IETF) or from elsewhere. As a rule, you do not need to read the fine print in the specifications, reading just the general sections and scanning the rest will be enough to gain the level of understanding expected on this course. Somemay find that the books are easier to read. Fine, you can use them also. Nevertheless, a networking specialist (I hope you intend to be one at some point) is able to work with specifications, so you might as well start getting used to reading them on this course.

    In addition to the course lecture material, other material required is covered in: Other recommended readings: Specifications and Recommendations:
    Personel

    Teachers

    The lectures are given by Raimo Kantola (raimo.kantola@hut.fi).
    Exercises work will be handled by:
    Course assistant
    Marcin Matuszewski is responsible for web pages and other practical issues.
    Reception
    Raimo Kantola: SE323 Wednesday at 10-12.
    Course assistant will not arrange a weekly reception hour. You can contact him in the following ways:
  • During the exercise class.
  • Ask general questions in the course newsgroup.
  • Ask more specific questions e.g. questions that require answers that can only be of interest to you, by sending e-mail to course assistant.

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