T-Carrier Operations and Maintenance
Category: Network Switching and Transport
Length: 3 days
Description:
A 3-day course involving a practical approach to configuring and maintaining T-carrier networks for CPE and NOC operations.
Prerequisites:
Completion of Computer Network Operations and Maintenance course (ISS220) or equivalent experience in LAN and WAN operations
Course Outline:
Introduction to T-Carrier
Define basic T-Carrier Applications
Define T-Carrier principle operations
Associate T1 components with their principle operations
Perform T-Carrier device installation and framing, coding, timing, and channel provisioning
Identify and resolve carrier alarms and troubles using test sets
Length: 3 days
Description:
A 3-day course involving a practical approach to configuring and maintaining T-carrier networks for CPE and NOC operations.
Prerequisites:
Completion of Computer Network Operations and Maintenance course (ISS220) or equivalent experience in LAN and WAN operations
Course Outline:
Introduction to T-Carrier
Define basic T-Carrier Applications
- Evolution of Carriers (C-, N-, L-, and T-Carriers)
- Data-Voice Integration
- T-Carrier Applications
Define T-Carrier principle operations
- Multiplexing and Switching Operations
- Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)
- Transmission Rates and the Digital Hierarchy
Associate T1 components with their principle operations
- Transmission Media
- Channel Banks
- Repeaters and the DSX
- DCS, Switches, and Multiplexors
- Line Monitoring Units
Perform T-Carrier device installation and framing, coding, timing, and channel provisioning
- DSU/CSU Proivisioning
- Configuring Channel Banks
- Internal DSU Channelization and Configuration
- DSX Frame Wiring for Line and Equipment
Identify and resolve carrier alarms and troubles using test sets
- Carrier Group Alarms (Red, Yellow, and Blue Alarms)
- T-Carrier Testing Strategies
- Loopbacks and Test Pattern Injections
- Using Carrier Test Sets for Passive and Active Line Testing