I&C SCI 11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Telephone Exchange, Local Loop, Nynex
12 Jan 2017
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ICS 11 – Lecture 1 (Intro)
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• Relationships between
o Standards
o Technology
o Market
o Regulation
• Internet Technology
o Telephone networks
o Internet architecture and topology
o Applications
o TCP/IP, IP addresses
o Ethernet & wifi
o Cellular networks
o Cable networks
o Multimedia
• Economics
o Demand
o Supply
o Price
o Public goods
o Externalities
o Monopolies
• Telecommunications Policy
o Telecommunications law (congress)
o Communications regulation (FCC)
o Anti-trust law
• Case Studies
o Wil be doing many case studies in class
o Privacy
o Copyright infringement
o Net neutrality
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Topology
• Before telephone networks, how did lines connect?
o A) lines strung directly between all receivers
▪ Costly and tedious
o B) lines connected to one telephone switch
o C) lines connected to local switches connecting to each other
o AT&T’s network topology
▪ 200 million lines connected to central offices
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