OU Tulsa Telecommunication Systems

TCOM 5113 Telecommunications Industry Overview
This course focuses on the management of telecommunication and information technologies. It is an overview course and provides the student interested in telecommunications an introduction to technology, market and regulatory issues facing managers in a competitive, global economy. The course will explore telecommunications and current status of public and private networks (voice, data, video, wireless). Emerging technologies are explored as well as applications of these technologies and their implication for organizations. Regulation of and competition in the marketplace are discussed.

TCOM 5123 Wireless Communications
The class will cover high speed networks, performance modeling and estimation, congestion and traffic management, Internet routing and Quality of Service in IP networks. The class will use OpNet network design and analysis software to enhance the understanding of the course materials.

TCOM 5213 Network Design and Management
Fundamentals of the systems analysis and design of voice and data communications networks. Covers technical as well as managerial aspects of developing an integrated communications network.

TCOM 5223 Optical Systems and Networks
Comprehensive study of new developments and how optical technology is used in optical systems and networks; covers optical fiber applications as the best transmission medium for high capacity traffic in communications networking; also how advanced photonic technology has enable networks to transport broadband exceeding terabits/second/fiber.

TCOM 5253 Computer and Communications Security
Introduction to security problems in computing and communications, basic encryption and decryption techniques, secure encryption systems, cryptographic protocols and practices, security in networks and distributed systems, legal and ethical issues in computer security.

TCOM 5272 Telecomputing Laboratory
This laboratory course is designed to enhance the understanding of concepts and principles discussed in the computer networking text through a variety of networking exercises. It also emphasizes network performance, simulation, and the Internet protocols. There will be approximately eight laboratory modules. For each module, the students will write a short report after completing the laboratory exercises.

TCOM 5553 Telecommunications Technology
This course addresses the technology of telecommunications networking. It includes the legacy and emerging technologies of transporting voice, data, and video traffic over long distances and local areas. Data networks (Ethernet and Token Ring local area networks; FDDI and SMDS Metropolitan Area Networks; Internet, Frame Relay, and ATM wide area networks); the telephone system (POTs, network synchronization and switching, ISDN, SONET, cellular telephone); video (NTSC, switching and timing, compressed video standards such as MPEG and Px64 HDTV); and Optical networking components and systems.

TCOM 5671 Professional Project Proposal
During this enrollment the student will propose a project that will demonstrate the student's comprehensive grasp of his/her field of study. A Project Committee,appointed by the director and consisting of at least three graduate faculty members, will review the proposal and approve the scope of it.

TCOM 5682 Professional Project
During this enrollment the student must satisfactorily complete the Professional Project that was proposed and approved during enrollment in TCOM 5671. At the conclusion of the Project, the Comprehensive Project Committee will evaluate the written report of the Project and determine whether the Project has satisfactorily met the standards of the assessment plan established during the enrollment in TCOM 5671. In addition to the written report of the Project, the Committee will require an oral defense of the Comprehensive Project.

TCOM 5960 Readings in Telecommunications
1-3 hours. May be repeated with change of subject matter; maximum credit nine hours. Devoted to special topics in telecommunications not covered in the regular curriculum or to supervised individual study.

TCOM 5970 Information Theory
Review of probability theory; asymptotic equipartition property, typicality, information measures, Shannon source and channel coding theorems, error correcting codes, Gaussian channels, methods of type, large deviation theory.

TCOM 5970 Wireless Network Standards
The class Provides system approach to building wireless networks. It articulates underlying principles, commonalities, differences, and specific implementation issues associated with most wireless systems. Particular attention is paid to the principles of air-interface design, the principles of wireless network operation, wireless WANs, local broadband and ad hoc networks.

TCOM 5970 Free Space Optics
This course introduces the fundamentals, design issues, and applications of free space optical communication systems and networks in contemporary telecommunications practice.

ECE 4973/5123 Wireless Communications
The class will cover high speed networks, performance modeling and estimation, congestion and traffic management, Internet routing and Quality of Service in IP networks. The class will use OpNet network design and analysis software to enhance the understanding of the course materials.

ECE 5253 Digital Systems Interface
Provides formal background in asynchronous sequential circuit design (fundamental mode circuits, races, hazards and pulse mode design), followed by a treatment of standard interface conventions for data transmission and reception and a discussion of priority interrupt systems. Finally, the use of A/D and D/A converters is presented.

ECE 5353 Fiber Optics
Principles of optical fiber wave-guiding and losses; sources and detectors; receivers; transmission system design; fiber-based broadband networks.

ECE 5513 Communication Theory
Probability theory, stochastic processes, detection, extraction and predictions of signals in noise.

ECE 5973 Applied Electromagnetics
Selected topics of current research interest not covered by regularly scheduled coursework.

ECE 5973 Free Space Optics
This course introduces the fundamentals, design issues, and applications of free space optical communication systems and networks in contemporary telecommunications practice.

ECE 5973 Information Theory
Review of probability theory; asymptotic equipartition property, typicality, information measures, Shannon source and channel coding theorems, error correcting codes, Gaussian channels, methods of type, large deviation theory.

ECE 5973 Wireless Network Standards
The class Provides system approach to building wireless networks. It articulates underlying principles, commonalities, differences, and specific implementation issues associated with most wireless systems. Particular attention is paid to the principles of air-interface design, the principles of wireless network operation, wireless WANs, local broadband and ad hoc networks.

ECE 5980 Res. Masters Thesis
Credit required for degree, six hours.

ECE 5990 Special Studies
Devoted to special topics in electrical engineering not covered in the regular curriculum or to supervised individual study.

ECE 6213 Optical Information Processing
Application of Fourier transforms, linear systems, and diffraction theory to the analysis of optical systems. Emphasis is on the use of optical systems for information processing, including image enhancement, pattern recognition, data processing, optical switching, and computing.

ECE 6973 Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering - Sensor Engineering and Networking
Basic design of sensor systems, noise, and uncertainty analysis, techniques of multi-sensor fusion, application and design of wireless sensor networks, and current research topics are discussed in this course.

ENGR 6990 Independent Study

MATH 4163 Partial Differential Equations
Physical models, classification of equations, Fourier series and boundary value problems, integral transforms, the method of characteristics.

MATH 4733 Mathematical Theory of Probability
Probability spaces, counting techniques, random variables, moments, special distributions, limit theorems.

MATH 5383 Applied Modern Algebra
Topics from the theory of error correcting codes, including Shannon's theorem, finite fields, families of linear codes such as Hamming, Golay, BCH, and Reed-Solomon codes. Other topics such as Goppa codes, group codes, and cryptography as time permits. No student may earn credit for both 4383 and 5383. Duplicates one hour of 4323.

MATH 5763 Stochastic Processes
Stochastic processes in discrete time including random walks, recurrent events, Markov chains and branching processes. Processes in continuous time including linear and nonlinear birth-death processes and diffusions. Applications taken from economics, engineering, operations research.

MATH Topics in Mathematics (seminar)

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