Introduction to Telecommunications
Duration 3 Days (10 am to 5 pm with one hour lunch break)
Cost: $ 1499 + HST
Course Content
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
Convergence fundamentals
- Why convergence matters
- The structure of convergence
The complete network
- Components
- Leased and switched networks
- Public and private networks
COMPARING TRANSMISSION MEDIA
Selecting the medium
- Copper and fiber
- Terrestrial radio
- Geosynchronous and LEO satellites
Applying analog and digital techniques
- Bandwidth, loss, frequency response
- Modulation methods
T1/E1 equipment
- DS-1 and E1 rates and formats
- Fractional services
Differences between PDH and SDH
- Scalable capacity
- Manageability
- SONET/SDH rings
MASTERING BASIC TELEPHONY
The local loop
- Tip and ring
- Bandwidth and DC power
How a telephone works
- 3.1-kHz signals
- Hybrids and two-wire loops
- Loop signaling
Components of LXs and PBXs
- Switch matrices and controllers
- Circuit and packet switching
- Lines and trunks
- Remote multiplexors
Calculating blocking probability
- ABSBH
- Erlang B and C
- Trunk group efficiency
- Sizing PBX trunk groups
MODERN TELEPHONY AND VIDEO CONFERENCING
Basic and primary rate ISDN
- NT1s, TAs, TE1s, TE2s
- Voice/data applications
Comparing cellular techniques
- Frequency reuse, handoff, roaming
- Planning for 3G evolution
- TDMA versus CDMA
- GSM, PCS, UMTS
Choosing a voice coding method
- A-Law, µ-law, ADPCM
- Low bit-rate coding: LPC, CELP
Voice and video conferencing
- Video coding: H.261
- H.320/H.323 terminals, SIP
- Following a VoIP call
SIGNALING
Channel-associated signaling
- Dial pulse and DTMF
- E&M interfaces
- Robbed-bit and E1 slot-16 signaling
Applying common-channel signaling
- Q.931 ISDN call control
- SS7 signaling network
- QSIG for PBXs
DEPLOYING DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
A TCP/IP primer
- The TCP/IP suite
- IP addressing
- Routers
- Internet and intranets
Exploiting PSTN and narrow-band ISDN
- V.90 and V.92 56-kbit/s modems
- ISDN telecommuting and Internet access
- BONDING, PPP-MP
Specifying frame relay options
- LAN-to-LAN interconnection
- Data rate and latency
- Risk, CIR and EIR
Applying VPN technology
- Leased line replacement
- Remote access
- Performance
- Tunneling for security
PLANNING VOICE/DATA/VIDEO CONVERGENCE
Transmission-level convergence
- ADSL, cable modems
- 802.16 WiMAX wireless local loops
- WiMAX vs. Wi-Fi vs. cellular
Network-level convergence
- Challenges of VoIP
- ATM cell relay
- QoS
Application-level convergence
- PBX versus Centrex
- CTI architectures
- The five VoIP architectures
- VoIP migration strategies
- IP-based PBXs
- SLAs and outsourcing
Dealing with evolving WANs
- Passive optical networks
- Ethernet WANs
- IP over ATM/SONET/SDH/glass
- RTP, DiffServ, RSVP, MPLS
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