Telecommunication Switching Systems and Networks

✍ Scribed by Thiagarajan Viswanathan

• Publisher: Phi Learning Pvt Ltd
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 725
• Edition: Second
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

TELECOMMUNICATION SWITCHING SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS, Second Edition
T. Viswanathan and Manav Bhatnagar

✦ Table of Contents

Telecommunication Switching Systems and Networks
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
1.1 Evolution of Telecommunications
1.2 Simple Telephone Communication
1.3 Basics of a Switching System
1.4 Switching System Parameters
1.5 Components of a Switching System
1.6 Manual Switching System
1.7 Trends in Telecommunications
1.8 Standardisation in Telecommunications
APPENDIX The Decibel
A.1 Power Ratio with Elements in Series
A.2 Power Ratio in Terms of Voltage and Current
A.3 Signal Power at a Given Point
A.4 Noise Power
2. Strowger Switching Systems
2.1 Rotary Dial Telephone
2.2 Signalling Tones
2.3 Strowger Switching Components
2.4 Step-by-Step Switching
2.5 Control in Strowger Switch
2.6 100-line Folded Switch
2.7 1000-line Folded Switch
2.8 10,000-line Exchange
3. Crossbar Switching
3.1 Principles of Common Control
3.2 Touch Tone Dial Telephone
3.2.1 Design Considerations
3.3 Principles of Crossbar Switching
3.4 Crossbar Switch Configurations
3.5 Crosspoint Technology
3.6 Crossbar Exchange Organisation
4. Electronic Space Division Switching
4.1 Stored Program Control
4.2 Centralised SPC
4.2.1 Modes of Operation
4.2.2 Availability of SPC Systems
4.2.3 Control in Centralised SPC
4.3 Distributed SPC
4.3.1 Level 3 Processing
4.3.2 Level 2 Processing
4.3.3 Level 1 Processing
4.4 Software Architecture
4.4.1 Operating System Aspects
4.4.2 Software Production
4.4.3 Language Aspects
4.4.4 Modular Design
4.5 Application Software
4.5.1 Parameterised Design
4.5.2 Exchange Environment Parameters
4.5.3 Subscriber Line and Trunk Parameters
4.5.4 Call Processing Parameters
4.5.5 Processing Functions
4.6 Enhanced Services
4.7 Multi-Stage Switches
4.7.1 Two-stage Switches
4.7.2 Three-stage Switches
4.7.3 n-stage Switches
5. Speech Digitisation and Transmission
5.1 Sampling
5.2 Quantisation and Binary Coding
5.3 Quantisation Noise
5.4 Companding
5.5 Differential Coding
5.6 Vocoders
5.7 Pulse Transmission
5.8 Line Coding
5.9 Time Division Multiplexing
6. Time Division Switching
6.1 Basic Time Division Space Switching
6.2 Basic Time Division Time Switching
6.3 Time Multiplexed Space Switching
6.4 Time Multiplexed Time Switching
6.5 Combination Switching
6.6 Three-Stage Combination Switching
6.7 n-Stage Combination Switching
7. Optical Fibre Systems
7.1 Types of Optical Fibres
7.2 Fibre Optic Transmission
7.3 Optical Sources
7.3.1 Light Emitting Diodes
7.3.2 Laser Diodes
7.4 Optical Detectors
7.4.1 p-i-n Photodiode
7.4.2 Avalanche Photodiode
7.5 Power Budget Analysis
7.6 Telecommunication Applications
7.7 Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
7.7.1 SONET Signalling and Devices
Section Overhead
Line Overhead
Path Overhead
Virtual Tributaries
7.7.2 Payload Encapsulation and Frequency Justification
7.7.3 STS Multiplexing
7.7.4 SONET Networks
7.8 Wavelength Division Multiplexing
7.8.1 Dense WDM
8. Traffic Engineering
8.1 Network Traffic Load and Parameters
8.2 Grade of Service and Blocking Probability
8.3 Modelling Switching Systems
8.3.1 Markov Processes
8.3.2 Birth-death Processes
8.4 Incoming Traffic and Service Time Characterisation
8.5 Blocking Models and Loss Estimates
8.5.1 Lost Calls Cleared System with Infinite Sources
8.5.2 Lost Calls Cleared System with Finite Subscribers
8.5.3 Lost Calls Returned System
8.5.4 Lost Calls Held System
8.6 Delay Systems
9. Telephone Networks
9.1 Subscriber Loop Systems
9.2 Switching Hierarchy and Routing
9.3 Transmission Plan
9.4 Transmission Systems
9.4.1 Ionospheric Communication
9.4.2 Microwave Communication
9.4.3 Tropospheric Scatter Communication
9.4.4 Coaxial Cable Transmission
9.5 Numbering Plan
9.6 Charging Plan
9.7 Signalling Techniques
9.8 Inchannel Signalling
9.9 Common Channel Signalling
10. Data Networks
10.1 Data Transmission in PSTNs
10.1.1 Data Rates in PSTNs
10.1.2 Modems
10.2 Switching Techniques for Data Transmission
10.2.1 Circuit Switching
10.2.2 Store and Forward Switching
10.3 Data Communication Architecture
10.3.1 ISO-OSI Reference Model
10.4 Link-to-link Layers
10.4.1 Physical Layer
10.4.2 Data Link Layer
10.4.3 Network Layer
10.5 End-to-End Layers
10.5.1 Transport Layer
10.5.2 Session Layer
10.5.3 Presentation Layer
10.5.4 Application Layer
10.6 Satellite Based Data Networks
10.7 Local Area Networks
10.7.1 LAN Technologies
10.7.2 Multiple Access Bus LAN
10.7.3 Token Passing Ring LAN
10.7.4 Token Passing Bus LAN
10.8 Metropolitan Area Networks
10.9 Fibre Optic Networks
10.10 Data Network Standards
10.11 Protocol Stacks
10.11.1 Manufacturing Automation Protocol (MAP)
10.11.2 Technical and Office Protocol (TOP)
10.11.3 Library Automation Protocol (LAP)
10.12 Internetworking
11. Integrated Services Digital Network
11.1 Motivation for ISDN
11.2 ISDN Services
11.2.1 Videotex
11.2.2 Electronic Mail
11.2.3 Digital Facsimile
11.2.4 Teletex
11.2.5 Database Access
11.3 Network and Protocol Architecture
11.4 Transmission Channels
11.5 User-Network Interfaces
11.5.1 Functional Grouping and Reference Points
11.6 Signalling
11.6.1 User Level Signalling
11.6.2 Network Level Signalling
11.7 Numbering and Addressing
11.7.1 Address Structure
11.8 Service Characterisation
11.9 Interworking
11.9.1 Numbering Interworking
11.10 ISDN Standards
11.11 Expert Systems in ISDN
11.11.1 Components of an Expert System
11.11.2 Example of an Expert System
11.12 Broadband ISDN
11.13 BISDN Architecture
11.14 Voice Data Integration
12. Mobile Communication
12.1 Wireless Channel
12.2 Two-Ray Model
12.3 Path Loss Model
12.4 Fading
12.5 Multiple Access Techniques
12.6 Cellular Communications
12.6.1 Frequency Reuse
12.6.2 Handoff
12.7 CO-channel reuse ratio and signal to interference ratio
12.7.1 Cell Splitting
12.7.2 Cell Sectoring
12.7.3 Microcell Zone Concept
12.8 Trunking and Grade of Service
12.9 Fade Margin Analysis
12.10 Review of Generations of Mobile Communication
12.11 Global System for Mobile (GSM)
13. Satellite Communication
13.1 Orbital theory
13.2 Inclination and Elevation Angles
13.3 Satellite Antennas
13.4 Microwave Bands
13.5 Satellite Link Design
13.5.1 Link Budget
13.6 Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Networks
Answers to Selected Exercises
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Index