Course detail

Terminal Equipments

FEKT-CUKZAcad. year: 2018/2019

Terminal subscriber equipment - fundamentals, structure, signalling, types of terminals, communication phases.
Telephone sets - standard, loudspeaker, cordless telephone sets, payphones,
Facsimile terminals - operation, block structure, scanning and printing techniques, document encoding techniques, data formats, transmission modes, facsimile communication phases and procedures,
ISDN terminals - ISDN network architecture, types of ISDN access, R, S, T, U interfaces, non-ISDN terminal access, terminal power feeding, DSS1 signalling system. ISDN terminal structure, ISDN phone, facsimile and data services in ISDN network, videocommunication in ISDN,
Mobile network terminals - operational principles and architectures of mobile networks, services - voice communication, messaging, data services - CSD, HSCSD, E/GPRS. Communication security, authentication, data encryption. Architectures of mobile terminals.
Voice and videoconversation services integration into IP networks - H.323 and SIP architectures. VoIP communication procedures, QoS support. Voice and video IP terminals structures - HW and SW components.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge from the area of terminal equipments, like telephone sets - analog, system dependent digital ones, ISDN, cordless (CT1, DECT), mobile phones, pay-phones; facsimile machines and faxmodem cards; answering machines, voice mail, etc.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the secondary school education level is requested.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

- 2 tests within laboratories - 15 points each (30 points maximum)
- final written examination - 70 points max.

Course curriculum

1. Terminal subscriber equipment - fundamentals, structure, signalling, types of terminals, communication phases.
2. Telephone sets - functions and telephone block structure. Circuits for standard and loudspeaker phones,
3. DECT cordless telephone sets, payphones,
4. Facsimile terminals - operation, block structure, scanning and printing techniques, document encoding techniques, data formats,
5. Facsimile transmission modes, facsimile communication phases and procedures,
6. ISDN terminals - ISDN network architecture, types of ISDN access, R, S, T, U interfaces,
7. Non-ISDN terminal access, terminal power feeding, DSS1 signalling system.
8. ISDN terminal structure, ISDN phone, facsimile and data services in ISDN network, videocommunication in ISDN,
9. Mobile network terminals - operational principles and architectures of mobile networks,
10. Mobile network services - voice communication, messaging, data services - CSD, HSCSD, E/GPRS. Communication security, authentication, data encryption. Architectures of mobile terminals.
11. Voice and videoconversation services integration into IP networks - H.323 and SIP architectures.
12. VoIP communication procedures, QoS support. Voice and video IP terminals structures - HW and SW components.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The goal of this course is to allow students to get high level of knowledge about terminal equipment, about their structure, operation, and services provided by these terminals. During laboratory exercises student can practise working with samples of various types of telecommunication terminals

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

PROKOP,J.:Účastnická telefonní zařízení,NADAS
ŠRÁMEK,J.:Technika dokumentové telegrafie,NADAS

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EEKR-BC Bachelor's

    branch BC-TLI , 2. year of study, summer semester, optional specialized

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Terminal equipment - functions, position in communication system, structure, operation description of main blocks. Telephone set - block diagram, block operations, types of telephone sets.
Basic signalling for telephone connection establishment, supplementary signalling tones. Speech circuits - hybrid circuits, microphones and speakers, electronic speech circuits. Ringers - types, principal of electronic acoustic ringers. Diallers - types, pulse and tone dialling, mixed diallers. DTMF decoders. Loudspeaker telephones. Protection circuits.
Answering machines - connection to the line together with telephone set, types of recording, functions, TOLL-SAVER. Cordless telephones - modulations, frequency bands, security protection, advantages and disadvantages, DECT system.
Tarifikators - goal, block diagrams of tarifikation symbol transmitters and receivers, requirements, telephone announcers.
Pay-phones - types, main parts and their functions. Telkor TSA-4 - main parts, diagnostics, operation and maintenace centre. Identification cards - usage, types, features. Smart cards - types, contacts.
Facsimile transmission - principal, transmitter and receiver, main blocks description. Image scanning. CCD sensors - principal, features, characteristics, blooming effect. Image synthesis - types, their description.
Faximile machine groups, characteristics. One-dimensional and two-dimensional image encoding, data structures.
Connection phases, types of signalling. Connection phases of machines with tonal signalling. Binary encoded signalling - message format, phase description of G3 apparatuses. Polling, multipage transmission, transmission mode exchange. ECM - basic procedures, solution of erroneous transmission.
Modems - function, position in communication system, interfaces. Types of data transmission, communication protocols. AT command sets, return codes, status registers. MNP protocols, internal and external modems, connection phases description.
ISDN terminals - services, types. Basic rate access, communication channels, S and U inteerfaces, network temination. Power feeding of NT and terminals.
Terminal access to the D-channel. Link layer of DSS1 - frame fomat, SAPI, TEI. Message layer of DSS1 - message types, structure, signalling messages during connection course. ISDN terminal structure - interface circuits, telephones, facsimile machines, ISDN cards, videocommunication.
Mobile terminals - services, telephones, modems, communicators, voice and data encoding and error protection.
Computer as a terminal equipment of telecommunication network - network interfaces, drivers, OS support for communication, protocols, applications
Terminals for XoIP services - IP phones, videoterminals

Laboratory exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Analog subscriber line simulator and tester of terminal equipments - terminal equipment functional block testing
Facsimile machine - functions, procedures and phases of communication, station configuration, communication parameters set up, document transmission.
Faxmodem PC card - installation, configuration for fax transmission and reception, fax and data transmission
Answering machines - services, remote control
Cordless telephones CT1 and DECT
GSM mobile equipments - voice services, manager services, data and fax transmission
Voice-mail system Audix of PABX Definity
Computer network remote access via public analog telephone network
ISDN terminal equipments - ISDN PC card AVM with Fritz software - services of multifunctional equipment
ISDN tester Sunset - DSS1 signalling monitoring
Videocommunication over ISDN and IP/Ethernet