Credits: 4. Grading scale: TH. Compulsory for: D3. Course coordinator: Lars Reneby, Inst f telekommunikationssystem. Recommended prerequisites: Mathematical Statistics, Basic Course (FMS011) or (FMS021). Assessment: The written examination combines questions of a descriptive character and problem solving.

Aim
The purpose of the course is to give a basic principle for building telephone- and computercommunication systems. In particular the performance aspects are studied by using analytical tools.

Contents
Fundamenatls in data and telecommunications systems, digital switching ang transmission. Basic tools for performance analysis, i.e. the Poisson process, Markov chains, queueing theory

Literature
Körner, U.: Köteori och tillförlitlighetsteori