Systems and Computer Engineering (SYSC)
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
SYSC 4700 [0.5 credit]
Telecommunications Engineering
Telecommunications as a national and international infrastructure. Systems view of network architecture: transmission, access, switching, multiplexing, signalling, and teletraffic. Network planning, management, security and control. Role of government, regulation and competition. Current telecommunications network evolution.
Prerequisites: fourth-year status in Electrical, Computer Systems or Communications Engineering, and (
SYSC 3501 or
SYSC 3503).
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory/problem analysis three hours alternate weeks.