This paper addresses the teaching of the fundamentals of telecommunication networks and proposes an integrated approach that comprises the use of both analytical and simulation tools in the learning process as well as the realization of laboratory experiments to provide hands-on experience. It is claimed that life long learning of telecommunication networks has to be supported on a solid mathem...

this paper presents a dual simulation environment for simulating different type of telecommunication networks integrating intelligent agents. Agents are considered as advanced tools for resolving complex issues in networking based on intelligent and dynamic features. To test the efficiency of these proposals, new simulation environments, integrating both agents and network components, are requi...

We provide a stochastic modelling approach for multi-hierarchical fixedaccess telecommunication networks where cables are installed along the underlying road system. It constitutes an extension of network models consisting of only two hierarchy levels. We consider the effects of the introduction of an additional level of hierarchy on two functionals relevant in telecommunication networks, namel...

As long as there have been databases there has been a large interest in measuring their performance. Therefore, several different benchmarks have been proposed. However, previous proposals do not consider timely response and other telecommunication application requirements. This paper shortly reviews telecommunication requirements and previous work on real-time databases. These requirements are...

Telecommunication companies generate a tremendous amount of data. These data include call detail data, which describes the calls that traverse the telecommunication networks, network data, which describes the state of the hardware and software components in the network, and customer data, which describes the telecommunication customers. This chapter describes how data mining can be used to unco...