S-38.3165 Switching Technology (5 ECTS)

Spring 2006 period III course information

General: Course in Spring 2006 is given in Finnish, but the lecture material is in English.

Status:
The course is part of the Networking Technology major and is

obligatory in the Switching and Networking Technology path and
recommended in the Computer Networks path.

The course is also optional in the Teletraffic Theory major and minor.

Objectives:
Topics covered by the course include

Switch fabric architectures and implementation alternatives
Multi-stage switch fabrics and their complexity, scalability and throughput
PDH and ATM switches, Gbit/s-routers and optical switching elements
Basics of WDM technology: static networks, wavelength and waveband routing as well as logically routed networks

Prerequisite: S-72.1130 Telecommunication Systems and S-38.2188 Computer networks.

Registration and info:
Obligatory registration is via WWW-TOPI. Possible changes in the course will be announced at lectures, lab's bulletin board and on this web page. Please, follow also information in the news group opinnot.sahko.s-38.tietoverkkotekniikka.

Lectures:
Lectures are given on Mondays in E111 at 9-12 and on Wednesdays in E110 at 11-14, starting on 16.1.2006. The last lecture is on 22.2.2006. Lecture material will be as a compendium via Edita. The material will also become available on this web page (see Preliminary schedule/material).

Exercises:
Exercises are held on Thursdays in I346 at 14-16. The first exercise is on 19.1.2006 and the last one on 23.2.2006. Active students can gain 0 - 6 exercise points, which are accounted when determining the grade of an exam. The extra points are valid in exams arranged in the year 2006. Additional information.

Exercise points.

Examination:
The first exam is on 6.3.2006 in S1 at 13-16. Two additional exams will be organised in 2006. Exams will be based on the material presented in the lectures and exercises in the spring 2006. Previous exams can be found in exam archive.

An examination includes five questions and each of them gives 0 - 6 points. The grade of an exam is based on the points yielded from the exam and extra points yielded from the exercises.

Course completion:
To complete the course, one has to pass the examination.

Lecturers:

Lectures: Pertti Raatikainen (pertti.raatikainen@vtt.fi), research prof.
Exercises: Kari Seppänen (kari.seppanen@vtt.fi), lic. tech.

Preliminary schedule: (L = lecture, E = exercise)

Day	L/E	Topic	Material	Solutions
16.1.	L	Introduction to switching	L1_slides
18.1.	L	Basics of transmission and switch fabrics	L2_slides
19.1.	E	Exercise 1	Ex_1	Answers
23.1.	L	Multistage fabric architectures 1	L3_slides
25.1.	L	Multistage fabric architectures 2	L4_slides
26.1.	E	Exercise 2	Ex_2	Answers
30.1.	L	Self-routing and sorting networks	L5_slides
1.2.	L	Switch fabric implementations	L6_slides
2.2.	E	Exercise 3	Ex_3	Answers
6.2.	L	PDH switches	L7_slides
8.2.	L	ATM switches	L8_slides
9.2.	E	Exercise 4	Ex_4	Answers
13.2.	L	Routers	L9_slides
15.2.	L	Introduction to optical networks	L10_slides
16.2.	E	Exercise 5	Ex_5	Answers
20.2.	L	Optical network architectures	L11_slides
22.2.	E	Optical switches	L12_slides
23.2.	L	Exercise 6	Ex_6	Answers

Course books:

Understanding Telecommunications 1, Ericsson & Telia, Studentlitteratur 2001, ISBN 91-44-00212-2, Chapters 2-4.
J. Hui: Switching and traffic theory for integrated broadband networks, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990, ISBN 0-7923-9061-X, Chapters 1-5.
H. J. Chao, C. H. Lam and E. Oki: Broadband Packet Switching technologies - A Practical Guide to ATM Switches and IP routers, John Wiley & Sons, 2001, ISBN 0-471-00454-5.
A. Pattavina: Switching Theory - ARchitecture and Performance in Broadband ATM Networks, John Wiley & Sons (Chichester), 1998, ISBN 0-471-96338-0, Chapters 2-4.
T. E. Stern and K. Bala: Multiwavelength Optical Networks: A Layered Approach, Addison-Wesley, 1999, ISBN 0-201-30967-X.
R. Ramaswami and K. Sivarajan: Optical Networks, A Practical Perspective, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2nd Ed. 2002 (relevant parts), ISBN 1-55860-655-6.

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