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Telecommunications and Networking
The Masters in Telecommunications and Networking
Requirements
Program of Study
Course Descriptions
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The Master program in telecommunications and networking at Matn U's addresses the increasingly complex
demands placed on current and future telecommunications managers in the private, public, and military sectors.
Courses cover a broad range of telecommunications and networking issues while reinforcing a systems approach. Since
the program takes a holistic, rather than an individualistic approach, students learn everything about telecommunication
systems from hardware and software technologies to societal and management issues.
Many different perspectives-engineering, computer and information science, systems engineering, business and policy-enrich
the program. Each perspective is essential, but the combination is the key. These multiple perspectives allow for
an exchange of ideas among a diverse group of faculty and peers, not only in the classroom, but also beyond.
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Requirements
Core Requirements
TEL5500 Networking -- Technology, Protocols, and Practice
TEL5501 Networking --Theory and Fundamentals
TEL5502 Broadband Networking
STA5503 Introduction to Probability and Stochastic Processes
Major Requirements
- a) Required course (One Course from the Business and Policy Courses)
PPM7787 Economics of Government Regulation of Business
PPM7790 Technology Policy
MKT6621 Marketing Management: Program Design
MKT6753 New Product Development
MKT6784 Marketing and Electronic Commerce
MKT6789 Marketing Tools for Business Consulting
MAN7 731 Management of Technology
b) Concentration (Three courses from Telecommunications and Networking )
TEL5503 Waves, Fibers and Antennas for Telecommunications
TEL5504 Telecommunications Lab
TEL5510 Wireless Networking
TEL5511 Wireless Systems
TEL5551 Computer and Network Security
TEL5570 Introduction to Digital Communications
TEL6670 Seminar in Telecommunications
TEL7799 Special Topics
c) Electives (Four elective courses from the list below)
Telecommunications
TEL5503 Waves, Fibers and Antennas for Telecommunications
TEL5504 Telecommunications Lab
TEL5510 Wireless Networking
TEL5511 Wireless Systems
TEL5551 (CIS 551) Computer and Network Security
TEL5570 Introduction to Digital Communications
TEL6670 Seminar in Telecommunications
TEL7799 Special Topics
TEL8899 Independent Study
Computer Science
CIS5500 Programming Languages and Techniques
CIS5501 Computer Architecture
CIS5502 Analysis of Algorithms
CIS5540 Operating Systems
CIS5550 Databases and Information Systems
Systems
SYS6600 Engineering Economics
SYS6603 Discrete Event Simulation
SYS6604 Optimization Theory
SYS6622 Queuing Theory
SYS6623 Stochastic Processes
SYS6699 Systems Integration Workshop
Business
PPM7787 Economics of Government Regulation of Business
PPM7790 Technology Policy
MKT6621 Marketing Management: Program Design
MKT7753 New Product Development
MKT7784 Marketing and Electronic Commerce
MKT7789 Marketing Tools for Business Consulting
MAN7731 Management of Technology
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Program of Study
The Master program in telecommunications and networking requires a minimum of twelve graduate level courses,
of which four at most can be transferred from relevant graduate courses at other schools or universities.
The course requirements are as follows:
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Type
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No of Courses
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| Core Course |
4
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| Concentration Courses |
4
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| Elective Courses |
4
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| Total |
12
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Matn U's Master's degree is a two year program. The first year is dedicated to completing the core requirements
curriculum, which exposes the student to a breadth of subjects and approaches, that provide fundamental business
skills, knowledge, and perspectives. Students are required to complete the core requirements before taking courses
in their specified concentration.
During the second-year students build upon the foundation of the core curriculum as they develop expertise in
their chosen fields.
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Course Descriptions
Core Courses
TEL5500: Networking -- Technology, Protocols, and Practice
This course covers the underlying technology and protocols of the Internet and of contemporary enterprise data
networks. It does not presume prior experience or knowledge of data networks. The topics of this course continually
evolve as new technologies emerge. After an overview of basic networking concepts, the course explores campus networking
in some detail, including local area networks (LANs), bridges, and routers. Students learn to internet work campus
buildings with bridges, routers, LANs and a variety of Ethernet media types. Campus networking with high-speed
LANs is also covered. The course also stresses the key concepts in TCP/IP, the protocol suite that glues the worldwide
Internet together. Specifically, TCP/IP addressing, routing, retransmission, and congestion control are examined.
Next, the course addresses the interconnection of campus networks with a variety of wide-area networking technologies.
Practitioners lead some of the lectures, presenting case studies of contemporary data networks. Students also explore
cutting-edge networking technology through selected readings in trade journals.
TEL5501: Networking -- Theory and Fundamentals (Prerequisite: TCOM 500 ).
This course examines the underlying concepts and analytical models of networks. Network congestion is studied
in-depth, including a variety of queuing models that aid engineers to design networks with high throughputs and
low delays. Classical error-control schemes, which combine error detection and retransmissions, are discussed and
analyzed. Basic concepts in routing theory are explored, including shortest-path and spanning-tree schemes, and
asynchronous algorithms. The course also covers multi-access communication, including the ALOHA and CSMA/CD protocols.
TEL5502: Networking - Broadband Networking (Prerequisites: TEL5500, TEL5501).
This course examines the design of the next generation of high speed integrated data networks, that are to succeed
today's Internet and provide support for a wide range of multimedia applications. This course builds on the basic
technologies and concepts that are taught in TEL5500, and gives an in-depth treatment of both the protocols and
the technologies used to build the new generation of networks. The course covers relevant IETF (Internet Engineering
Task Force) and ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) standards, as both provide solutions from which broadband networks
can be built, issues related to the interactions between these two standards will also be reviewed. Special emphasis
is given to aspects of performance and service guarantees, in terms of both their data path and control path requirements.
At the data path level, issues related to fast lookup, buffer management, and scheduling algorithms will be studied
in detail. Control path topics will include, in addition to routing protocols (both unicast and multicast), emerging
signaling protocol, e.g. RSVP and ATM signaling, and the new services that are being defined for deployment over
broadband networks. The design and performance evaluation of key components such as high speed switching fabrics
will also be covered. The analysis of both the systems and protocols studied in this course will rely heavily on
the tools and methods taught in TEL5501.
STA5503: Introduction to Probability and Stochastic Processes
This course covers the fundamentals of applied probability: combinatorial expectation, variance, joint probability,
and moment generating functions. It also provides an introduction to stochastic processes: Markov chains, renewal
processes, queuing models, and discrete-event simulation. Time permitting, elements of statistics are also taught.
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Required Courses
TEL5503. Waves, Fibers and Antennas for Telecommunications. (A) Faculty.
This course is designed to provide an understanding of the physical aspects telecommunications systems. This includes
an understanding of waves and wave propagation, the operation of optical fibers and fiber communication systems,
optical networks, and an understanding of simple antennas and arrays and their use in wireless communications.
TEL5504. Telecommunications Lab. (C)
TEL5510. Wireless Networking. (B) Faculty.
This course provides a basic introduction to wireless networking. The focus is on layers 2 and 3 of the OSI reference
model, design, performance analysis and protocols. The topics covered include: an introduction to wireless networking,
digital cellular, next generation PCS, wireless LANs, wireless ATM, mobile IP.
TEL5511. Wireless Systems. (A) Faculty. Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate linear systems and elementary probability
theory.
System/Network Design, cellular concepts, resource management, radio management, radio channel propagation fundamentals,
modulation, fading countermeasure, diversity, coding, spread spectrum, multiple access techniques.
TEL5551. Computer and Network Security. (B)
TEL5570. Telecommunication Network I. (A) El Zarki, Ross, Smith. Prerequisite(s): Probability
Overview of telecommunication network: network architectures, switching techniques. Brief introduction to queuing
theory. Study of the OSI model. Physical layer: transmission media, data communications. Data link layer: protocols
and performance; Network layer: X25, flow and congestion control. Transport layer: TCP/IP, TP, routing. Local area
networks: random-access, polling, ring and bus networks.
CIS6642 Telecommunications Seminar. (A) Prerequisite(s): TEL5570
Introduction to the architectures and protocols of integrated broadband communication networks. Topics include:
network services and requirements, networking and switching architectures for high-speed communication, traffic
characterization, performance evaluation techniques, protocol issues and case studies.
TEL7799. Special Topics in Telecommunications and Networking.
TEL8899. Independent Study.
Elective Courses
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