TELE 5350 — Telecom and Network Infrastructure
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: TBostonTraditional
Provides in-depth treatment of the wireline and wireless infrastructure of the network supporting all telecommunication, internet, and enterprise applications. Covers the basics of communications—source coding, baseband and broadband modulation and transmission, channel coding, spread-spectrum, multiuser radio communications, radio link analysis, and propagation. Also covers the wireline core network—digital and optical transmission, framing, network synchronization, asynchronous and synchronous multiplexing, cross connects, SONET/SDH, DWDM, OTN, protection switching, and network availability. Addresses wireline (DSL, digital cable, FTTx, PONs) and wireless access (cellular, Wi-Fi), frequency reuse, and handoff. Also addresses support of data transport (switched Ethernet, VLAN, IP, MPLS) and application networks (PSTN, mobile core, internet, IPTV, and virtual networks).
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 13% | 35.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 8 | 40 | 20% | 32.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 48% | 12.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 13% | 35.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 18% | 33.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 8% | 37.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 100% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 0%
Common patterns: T (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Peter O'Reilly (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Peter O'Reilly (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (TELE course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All TELE courses · Plan it at numap.app