Integrated Curriculum And Laboratory Development Of An Undergraduate Telecommunications And Computer Networking Program

This paper describes the ongoing development of the integrated telecom curriculum and laboratories. The current laboratory includes a general networking lab and a network security lab. Eventually, we want to offer an enriched curriculum supported by an integrated network environment where traditional telephone network, VOIP, data network and backbone fiber optic network coexist with data, voice and video traffic. Our goal for the lab is to allow students to see an integrated telecommunication system, rather than many isolated parts. We will discuss the current curriculum and laboratory approach and present a prototype of an integrated advanced undergraduate telecommunications and computer networking laboratory.