Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Sessions begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m.

The Telecom Industry Overview

  • History and Evolution of the Industry
  • Regulatory Issues
  • Structure of the Public Switched Telephone Network

Network Components, Terms and Concepts

  • Transmission Fundamentals: Bandwidth vs. Capacity
  • Types of Network Components and Circuits
  • LAN Switches and Routers
  • Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)

Voice Telephony

  • Basic Voice Characteristics
  • Analog Transmission Concepts (Bandwidth, Modulation)
  • Digital Voice Transmission
  • Digital Transmission Concepts (Capacity, Bits per Second)

Backbone and Access Circuits

  • Cabling: Category 1, 3, 5, 6…
  • Radio (Satellite, Microwave, Cellular) and Infrared
  • Fiber Optics
  • Digital Circuits (DS-0, DS-1/T1, DS-3/T-3)
  • Wireless Services (Cellular, Wi-Fi, WiMAX)

The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)

  • Public Network Structure
  • Local and Long Distance Providers
  • Migration from the PSTN Network to IP-Based networks

Private Voice Networks

  • Private Network Structures
  • PBXs (Analog, Digital and IP)
  • Centrex (CO-Centrex, IP-Centrex)
  • Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

Introduction to Data Networking

  • Voice vs. Data Communications Requirements
  • Standards and Protocols: The OSI 7-Layer Reference Model
  • Data Communications Using the PSTN
  • Wireless Data Access

Virtual Circuit-Based Wide Area Networks

  • Real vs. Virtual Circuits
  • Standards and Protocols: IP, Frame Relay and ATM
  • Quality of Service (QoS) with MPLS and VPNs

Local Area Networks (LAN)

  • Basic LAN Concepts and Terminology
  • LAN Equipment: CPE, Switches, Network Interface Card (NIC)
  • Ethernet LAN Fundamentals

WANs: Routers and The Internet

  • Routers and WAN Networking
  • TCP/IP Protocols
  • IP-Based Networks (Internets, Intranets)
  • Digital Subscriber Lines vs. Cable Modems

Voice and Data Convergence

  • VoIP/IP Telephony Concepts & Justification
  • Voice Performance Issues
  • Voice Over Cable/DSL
  • IP-Enabled PBXs, IP PBXs, IP Phones and Media Access Gateways
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Services

 

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