Notes for Digital Switching and Telecommunication Networks - DSTN by Ramya Ranjan Choudhury

Introduction: Fundamentals of switching system, telecommunication networks

Electronic space division switching, Stored program control, centralized and distributed SPC, application software architecture, enhanced services, two and three stage & n stage networks

Time Division Switching, Basic time division space switching, time division time switching, time multiplexed space and time switching, combination switching, three-stage & n stge combination switching

Traffic Engineering,Network traffic load and parameters, Grade of services & blocking probability, modeling of switching systems, incoming traffic & service time characterization, blocking models and loss estimates, Delay systems

Telephone Networks, Subscriber loop systems, switching hierarchy and routing, transmission plan, transmission systems, Signaling techniques : in channel & common channel signaling

Data Networks, Data transmission in PSTN, switching techniques, Data communication architecture, link-to-link layers, end-to-end layers, satellite based data networks, an overview of data network standards

Integrated Service Digital Network, Motivation, new services, transmission channels, signalling, service characterization, ISDN standards, broad band ISDN, voice data integration