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	Topic	Topic Title
	1	Introduction and Basic Concepts Networks - What are they about? The CAN - From Twisted Pair to Broadband Switching Types Network Structures The Internet - How are networks and the internet related? Telecommunications Traffic - What is it? Routing - From fixed to Dynamic
	2	Mux's, Switches, Traffic and Probability Multiplexing and Crosspoint Arrays Switch Representation Schemes Basic Traffic Concepts Probability Distributions and the Modelling of Traffic
	3	Switch Architectures for Circuit Mode Switching Multiplexing and TDM Bus Switches Timeslot Interchange Space and Time Switching AXE10 as an Example Switch
	4	Modelling Traffic – The Probability State Transition Diagram Probability distributions for arriving and departing calls The General Equations of State The Specific Case of Statistical Equilibrium Erlangs Loss Formula
	5	Modelling of Link Systems Link Modelling Schemes Loss Factors and State Dependent Transition Models Blocking Probabilities of Switches
	6	Protocol Modelling of Networks The OSI Reference Model and the Two Parts pf the Telecommunications Network The Elements of the OSI Reference Model Layer Detail A Comparison with Internet Models
	7	The ISDN Concept Network Segmentation Protocol Modelling Basics N-ISDN Reference Configurations The N-ISDN User-Network Interface
	8	OverView of D Channel DSS-1 Call Control The ISDN Concept Revised From N-ISDN to B-ISDN DSS1 Layer 3 and CSS7 Interaction D Channel protocol Hierarchy Setting up a N-ISDN Connection DSS1 Layer 3 message Structure
	9	DSS-1 Layer 2 (D-Channel Data Link Layer) D Channels Layer 2 Frames and Fields Aspects of the D Channel DataLink LayerN
	10	Frame Relay Overview Frame Relay Physical Architecture Frame Relay Standards DSS1 Layer 3 and CSS7 Interaction Frame Relay Protocol Architecture Setting up a N-ISDN Connection Aspects of Frame Relay Operation CIR SVC’s and PVC’s LAPF and DL-Core
	11	Frame Relay Design and Basic Queues Frame Relay Transmissin and Switching Aspects Introduction to Queues
	12	State Transition Modelling of Queues Local and Global Balance Equations Use of the Balance Equations in Analysing a Basic Queue Little’s Law The State Dependent Queueing System and its Application to Finite Buffer Size Queues
	13	Asynchronous Transfer Mode Introduction Layered Communications Revised PDU’s and SDU’s Segmentation and Re-Assembly B-ISDN Network Structures ATM Cell Structure VPI’s and VCI’s
	14	ATM Virtual Paths and Virtual Channels ATM Network Network Connections VPI’s, VCI’s and Switch Tables ATM UNI Protocol Architecture Cell Boundary Identification Traffic Types – CBR, VBR and ABR
	15	ATM Cell Switching VPI’s and VCI’s Examples of Cell Switching Architectures
	16	An Introduction to CCSS7 Signalling Networks and their evolution Signalling System Requirements SP, STP, Link Sets, Link Groups adn other Elements SS7 Design Principles Control and User Plane Introduced SS7 Protocol Architecture Detail of the UNI to SS7 Interaction Circuit Related and Non Circuit Related Signalling
	17	CCSS7 – The Message Transfer Part (MTP) Overview of MTP Functionality General MTP Message Structure Detailed View of the MSU Example Use of the SIF (Carriage of ISUP Message) MTP Error Correction MTP Level 3 Functional Model Example - The Role of the MTP in N-ISDN Signalling
	18	CCSS7 – The Signalling Connection and Control Part (SCCP) SS7 Evolution to Non Circuit Related Data Transfers Architecture of SS7 with SCCP Functions of the SCCP The Four Connection Types of the SCCP SCCP Message Structure SCCP Addressing and Global Title Translation The Mechanics of an Intelligent Network (IN) Transaction The Mobile Network as an IN
	19	CCSS7 – The ISDN User Part (ISUP)
	20	The Intelligent Network