13E034KS - Switching Systems

Course specification
Course title		Switching Systems
Acronym		13E034KS
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module		Information and Communication Technologies - Audio and Video Technologies, Information and Communication Technologies - Internet and Mobile Communications, Information and Communication Technologies - Microwave Technology, Telecommunications and Information Technologies - Audio and Video Communications, Telecommunications and Information Technologies - Audio and Video Technologies, Telecommunications and Information Technologies - Information and Communication Technologies, Telecommunications and Information Technologies - Microwave Technology, Telecommunications and Information Technologies - Radio Communications, Telecommunications and Information Technologies - System Engineering
Type of study		bachelor academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Zoran Čiča asst. professor PhD Mladen Koprivica
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		professor PhD Zoran Čiča asst. professor PhD Mladen Koprivica Aleksa Stoimenov, electrical and computer engineer
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)		professor PhD Zoran Čiča asst. professor PhD Mladen Koprivica MA Kristina Jovičić, electrical and computer engineer
ESPB		6.0	Status	mandatory
Condition		None
The goal		Explaining principles and existing technologies for circuit and packet switches, as well as the interoperability between circuit switched and packet switched networks. Special attention is given to the management and configuration of switching devices, and to the signalization and synchronization aspects.
The outcome		After finishing the course, students will have adequate theoretical and practical knowledge of switching systems that will enable them to accomplish tasks in the area of communication networks.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Introduction to switching systems. Fundamentals of circuit and packet switching. Circuit switches. Packet switches. Management and configuration of switching and routing devices. Synchronization. Signaling. Interoperability between circuit switched and packet switched networks.
Contents of exercises		Solving the practical problems in the area of switching systems through precepts. Configurations of switching systems, routers and gateways in the lab.
Literature
J.H.Green: The Irwin Handbook of Telecommunications, McGraw-Hill, 2006. H.G.Perros: Connection-Oriented Networks: SONET/SDH, ATM, MPLS and Optical Networks, Wiley, 2005. H.J.Chao, B.Liu: High Performance Switches and Routers, Wiley, 2007. B. Edgeworth, R. G. Rios, J. Gooley, D. Hucaby: CCNP and CCIE Enterprise Core ENCOR 350-401 Official Cert Guide, Cisco Press. 2023 M. Koprivica: Practicum for laboratory exercises "Practical implementation of network topologies for basic routing protocols", Academic Mind, 2025
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
3	1	1
Methods of teaching		Teaching methods comprise lectures and precepts. During precepts, students solve practical problems. Students learn to operate and configure switching equipment in the lab.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		0	Test paper	50
Practical lessons		10	Oral examination	0
Projects
Colloquia		40
Seminars		0