| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Master's Degree With Thesis |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 10 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Learn communication networks
- Learn digital, IP-based networks
- Learn routing algorithms, Markov chains and queuing theory.
- Learn local area networks analysis.
- Learn demand and fixed -assignment protocols.
- Learn the networks of queues, traffic rate equations, traffic matrices, network planning.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | None |
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| Course Description | Cross-layer performance in cellular WCDMA/3G networks. Intelligent networks, cognitive networks, smart antennas and relay for the next generation wireless systems. Wireless LANs and adhoc networks. Voice capacity in IEEE 802.11, 802.15, 802.16 backbones, vertex-linked infrastructure for adhoc networks, probability methods for location estimation in wireless networks, mobile wireless internet and satellite applications, roaming in the global wireless internet, role of satellite in mobile/wireless systems, encoding, algorithms and performance in wireless networks. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
|
1st Week |
Introduction to communication networks.. |
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2nd Week |
Digital networks. |
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3rd Week |
IP-based networks. |
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4th Week |
Routing algorithms. |
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5th Week |
Quality of service. |
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6th Week |
Queuing theory and applications. |
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7th Week |
Markov chains and queuing theory. |
|
8th Week |
Midterm Exam |
|
9th Week |
Queue analysis, queuing delays, blocking probability. |
|
10th Week |
Local area networks analysis. |
|
11th Week |
Demand-assignment protocols. |
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12th Week |
Fixed assignment protocols. Networks of queues. |
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13th Week |
Traffic rate equations, traffic matrices. |
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14th Week |
Network planning. |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | G. Giambene (2005), Queuing Theory and Telecommunication Networks and Applications, Springer. |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Questions/Answers
- Presentation
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
|
Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
35 |
| Assignment |
1 |
12 |
| Quiz |
2 |
13 |
| Total(%) |
|
60 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
60 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
40 |
| Total(%) |
|
100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Individual or group work |
14 |
8 |
112 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
40 |
40 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
30 |
30 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Final exam |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Homework |
2 |
35 |
70 |
| Total Work Load | 300 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 10 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 10 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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