Category: Network Switching and Transport
Length: 1 day

Description:
This 1-day course removes the mystic of telecommunications and provides a solid foundation of concepts, technologies, and practical operations.

Prerequisites:
None

Course Outline:
Telecommunication Principles
Define the major principles of telecommunications

• Telecommunications Network: A Panoramic View
• Transmission Principles
• Analog and Digital Techniques
• Transmission Media Selections
• Transmission Impairments
• Modulation and Multiplexing

Carrier Services and Offerings
List common carrier offerings, characteristics, and their application

• Digital Hierarchies: NADH, SONET/SDH
• Common Carrier Offerings

Voice Operations in Telecommuncations
Identify key components and operations in a typical call flow

• Network Access and Local Loop Operations
• POTs (Plain Old Telephone Set) Operations
• Telecommuncation Switch Operations (Lines, Trunks, Switch Matrix)
• Numbering Plans
• Voice Call Processing Flow

Signaling Operations in Telecommunications
Associate various signaling technique with their associated characteristics

• Concepts of Signaling
• Channel Associated Signaling
• Common Channel Signaling
• SS7 Signaling

Data and Voice Telecommunications Convergence
Distinguish among voice and data telecommunication requirements; identify practical solutions for data and voice convergence

• Data Communications (LAN/WAN) Basics
• Networking Standards and Prominent Protocols
• TCP/IP Primer
• Converging Voice and Data at Transmission and Network Levels
• Using xDSL and ATM for Convergence