Mastering Telecomm
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Course Overview
Telecommunications are completely integrated into our 21st century life. Telephones, mobile handsets, computers, are today connected and interconnected via wired and wireless media, utilizing protocols to convey bits and bytes of multimedia and applications. Sounds confusing? – In order to cope with modern business environment and even daily life, grasping the essentials of telecommunications systems is a must. Mastering Telecomm is a broad seminar in which modern telecommunications technologies are unfolded and illustrated. From telephony systems and transmission media through the meaning of bytes and mega bits, to Internet, cellular, current wireless techniques and more, this seminar will guide you through the modern world of telecom. This seminar is intended for anyone who wishes to learn the fundamentals as well as broaden the knowledge and get a comprehensive understanding of modern telecommunications systems.
Who should attend?
Technical and nontechnical professionals looking for a clear understanding of the foundations of modern communications technologyPrerequisite:
None
Course Outline:
1. Introduction
- Network Evolution
- Network Definitions and Topology
- LAN, WAN, MAN
- Wireline and Wireless Networks
2. Telephony
- The Public Switched Telephone Network
- Switching and Signaling
- Signaling System No7
- IN – Intelligent Network
- Telephone Services
3. The World of Data
- Standards
- The OSI 7 layer Model
- The Internet TCP/IP Model
- Basic Concepts
- Synchronization
- Media Types
- Error Handling
4. The Carrier Infrastructure
- Infrastructure Evolution
- E1/T1, PDH
- SDH/SoNET
- WDM – Wave Division Multiplexing
5. Access Networks
- Broadband Access Evolution
- xDSL
- Cable
- Fibre to the Home
- Circuit and Packet Switching
- Frame Relay, ATM
7. Local Area Networks
- LAN Definitions and Topology
- IEEE 802 Standards
- Ethernet technology
- Wireless Networking
- Wireless LANs and Wifi
- WiMAX – Wireless Broadband
8. Internetworking
- Bridging, Switching and Routing
- Routing techniques and Algorithms
- VLANs
9. TCP/IP
- The TCP/IP Stack
- The IP Protocol
- IP Addressing – issues and solutions
- ARP, DHCP, NAT
- The Transport layer
- TCP and UDP
- Ports and Sockets
- The Internet Topology
10. Applications Evolution
- Basic Applications
- Voice over IP
- Convergence
11. Networking Issues
- Network Security
- Quality of Service
- IP Evolution
- IPv6, Multicast
- Ethernet Evolution
- Carrier Ethernet Services
- VPN – L2 and L3 VPN
12. Cellular Networking
- Basic concepts
- The Cellular Concept
- Transmission – FDMA, TDMA, CDMA
- Network Topology
- GSM and 2G technologies
- Topology
- Data bases – HLR, VLR
- Handover and Roaming
- Cellular Data
- 2.5G, GPRS
- 3G Technologies
- UMTS
- 3.5G – HSPA
- Evolution to 4G
13. Market Trends
- Internet Trends
- Cloud Computing
- NGN-IMS
14. Summary
