Winter semester

High Speed Computer Networks and Communication


lecture Prof. Dr. Prof. h.c. mult. K. Hänßgen, G.-Freytag-Str. 42A, Z124 / OSU 20617 Tel.: +49 341 3076 6610

Content

  0. Content and Introducing Remarks

1. Current situation of communication in networks

       - video-/audio-/image-/alphanumeric data

       - network characteristics

       - performance requirements for data and services

       - reasons for transition to high speed networks

       - limitations of different network types

       - high speed network possibilities and limits

       - examples

 2. Communication models and services

           - transfer, application and control services

           - Berkom reference model, OSI-Model

 3. Multimedia and communication

           - media, digitalisation,

           - compression techniques: MPEG, MJPEG, H261, fractal, wavelet, ...

           - presentation possibilities

           - computer architecture and storage media

           - quality management

           - operating systems

 4. Network technologies and communication

Conventional high speed network technologies

        - principles, Frame Relay, DQDB, Datex-M

       - applications, management

Basic principles of connection oriented technologies

       - principles and limits, basics of connection oriented comm., architectur

       - functions of different layers

Physical layer, ATM layer, adaption layer

Gigabit Ethernet – connectionless communication

       - principles and structure

       - protocols and services in the relevant layers (transport, routing)

 Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM)

       - WDM transfer technology, optical coupling elements

       - WDM optical fibre networks, development trends

 UMTS / LTE

       - principles and structure

       - application

 5. Switch architectures

 6. Evaluation of projects

       at HTWK Leipzig and Leipzig University

       construction of an AV-conferencing system for teaching and education



Impressum:
Herausgeber: HTWK Leipzig, F IMN, Informationssysteme/Multimediatechnologie
Verantwortlich: Prof. Dr. Prof. h.c. mult. Klaus Hänßgen (e-mail: klaus.haenszgenathtwk-leipzig.de)
Letzte Änderung: 9.10.2015
Status: permanent