IT 4323 - Modern Telecommunications (3) SP

Comprehensive overview, including current status and future directions. Topics include review of evolution of telecommunications; voice and data services; basics of signaling, digital transmission, network architecture, and protocols; local area, metropolitan, and wide area networks and narrow band ISDN; asynchronous transfer mode and broadband ISDN; and satellite systems, optical communications, cellular radio, personal communication systems, and multimedia services. Provides examples of real-life networks to illustrate basic concepts and gain further insight.

Prerequisite: IT 3313 with a grade of “C” or higher.