Wireless Communications Data & Voice
ABOUT COURSE
Comscentre works with our partners to deliver comprehensive secure wireless data and voice solutions that provide connectivity both within and between buildings, and to the outside world. Comscentre’s wireless communications products save you time and money by already incorporating the building blocks of a Cisco Unified Wireless Network within our bundled, complete communication solutions.
Objectives:
By attending this course you will learn to:
- Evaluate, specify, plan and utilize wireless services for voice, data and images
- Exploit the capabilities of the digital cellular networks, including PCS and PCN
- Make use of the rapidly expanding selection of mobile services
- Select among competing wireless technologies and standards
- Identify the specific wireless products, networks, services and service providers needed to implement your application
- Through a series on in-class workshops, you identify solutions to match specific applications needs and budget constraints. Exercise includes:
- Performing a fixed-link power budget to access link reliability
- Comparing wired vs. wireless PABXs and LANs
- Deciding whether and when to use wireless technologies
- Establishing remote office connections with VSATs
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This course is valuable for anyone involved in evaluating, planning, designing or implementing wireless networks. Users of cellular, pager and other private and public wireless networks who want to gain an in-depth understanding of network operations also benefit.
Outline:
Introduction and Overview
- Overview of wireless communications
- Evolution of wireless technology
- Advantages and limitations of wireless solutions
Key decisions to be made
- Evaluating wireless system hardware
- Services best provided by wireless means
- Vendors and providers of wireless products and services
- How to assure safety and security
The technical basics of wireless system
- Analog vs. digital wireless propagation and spectrum considerations
- Sharing resources via multiplexing and multiple access technique
Overview of wireless services
- Fixed
- Mobile
- Portable
EXTENDING NETWORK CAPABILITIES WITH FIXED WIRELESS SERVICES
Applications appropriate for fixed wireless solutions
- Wireless LANs and WANs
- Interconnecting LANs with building
- Building – to – building communication where wiring isn’t possible
Evaluating alternative technologies
- Using unlicensed applications
- Infrared connections
- Microwave links
- Providing remote telephone service with wireless local loops
ACHIEVING FLEXIBILITY WITH WIRELESS LANs
Wireless LAN Technology
- How conventional LANs operate
- Wireless LAN connection types
- Operational challenges of wireless LANs
- Regulations and standards
Wireless LAN decision factors
- Choosing the wireless LAN connection: radio frequency (RF) vs. Infra red (IR)
- Limitations due to signal loss and other factors
- Comparing wireless to conventional LANs: advantages, disadvantages, costs
PRIVATE WIRELESS SERVICES
Switching to wireless PABXs
- The pros and cons of operating your own wireless PABX
- Wireless PABX technology based on CT2, DECT, etc.
Private Mobile Radio
- Specialised Mobile Radio (SMR) and extended SMR (ESMR)
- Capitalising on existing infrastructure for high-speed data transmission
- Transmission capacity considerations for voice and data
CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY – THE BASIS OF WIRELESS WANS
How analog cellular system work
- The building blocks of a cellular system
- Frequency allocations and reuse
- Call setup, hand-off / hand-over
- Cellular planning and capacity
- Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS) / Narrow Band AMPS (N-AMPS)
How digital cellular works
- Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA/Enhanced TDMA (ETDMA)
- Global System for Mobile Communications ( GSM ) PCS1900
- Digital AMPS (DAMPS)
- Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
- Transmitting data via cellular/PCS: Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
Wide Area Mobile Data Service
- Emerging technologies: GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE and WCDMA
- Migrating to high-speed access
MOBILE DATA SERVICES FOR SPECIALISED APPLICATIONS
- The technologies that support mobile data services
- Short messaging, mobile modems
- Public data networks
- Paging Services
- Low cost wireless access: Bluetooth
Instrumentation and Control Services
- Telemetry
- Industrial/Scientific/ medical (ISM) application
GLOBAL SERVICES
- Satellite-based mobile services
- Creating a proprietary WAN with VSAT technology
- Effective use of airborne communication services
- Tracking vehicles with the Global Positioning System (GPS)
PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES
- Affordable limited-range cellular
- Implementing Personal Communications Networks (PCN) in Europe and Systems (PCS) in North America\
- Systems for global voice and data coverage: Low Earth Orbit Satellites (LEOS), UPT, UMTS
Certificates
A Certificate of Completion will be issued to those who attend & successfully complete the programme.
Schedule
08:30 – 10:15 First Session
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:15 Second Session
12:15 – 12:30 Coffee Break
12:30 – 14:00 Third Session
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
Fees
The Fee for the seminar, including instruction materials, documentation, lunch, coffee/tea breaks & snack is:
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