Objectives:

At the end of the course, participants will be able to know about:  

• The fundamentals of telecommunications
• The “jargon” used in telecommunications
• The “nuts and bolts” about selecting and installing telecommunications systems
• How to increase the bandwidth by exploiting your existing copper wire more effectively
• How to make “best practice” decisions on the best and most cost effective access options for your company
• How to apply the latest technologies such as wireless communications
• To understand and apply high speed access systems such as ADSL and beyond
• switching systems, related peripherals & intercom systems

 WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Electrical Engineers
• Project Engineers
• Technicians Telephones
• Senior Technicians Telephones
• Systems Engineers
• Managers
• Process Engineers
• Maintenance Engineers
• Network Administrators
• Sales Engineers
• Software Engineers
• Engineering Managers
• Field Technical Support Staff
• Instrumentation Engineers & Technicians
• Process Control Engineers & Technicians

Outline:

INTRODUCTION

• Introduction
• Standards Organizations

 TELECOMMUNICATION BASICS

• Bandwidth, Channel Capacity
• Full vs. Half Duplex
• Baseband, Broadband, Narrowband and Wideband
• Analogue vs. Digital transmission
• Multiplexing techniques: FDM, TDM, PCM,WDM
• Connection Oriented vs. Connectionless Communication
• Circuit Switching vs. Packet Switching
• Switching vs. Routing
• Local Area vs. Wide Area Networks
• The "Communications Cloud"
• The PSTN vs. the Internet
• The OSI Model

 THE PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK

• PSTN Infrastructure
• Local Networks
• Switching
• Line Circuit Functions
• Signaling System #7

 TRANSMISSION MEDIA COMPARISON

• Twisted Pair
• Coaxial cables
• Fiber Optic
• Power System Carrier

 PRIVATE SWITCHED SYSTEMS

• PBX
• Centrex
• Key Systems

 PUBLIC NETWORK TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES

• Analogue Switched (dial-up)
• Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
• Analogue Dedicated (leased) Alternatives: Unconditioned leased lines; Conditioned (C/D Type) leased lines
• Digital Switched (dial-up) Alternatives: Switched 56, Integrated Services Data Network (ISDN-BRI); Frame Relay (SVC); Switched Multi-megabit Data Services (SMDS); Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
• Digital Dedicated (leased) Alternatives: Digital Data Services (DDS); T-1 and Fractional T-1; T-3 and Fractional T-3; E-1; Integrated Services Data Network (ISDNPRI); Broadband ISDN (B-ISDN); X.25; Frame Relay (PVC); Synchronous Data Hierarchy (SDH/SONET)

 TRANSMISSION MEDIA COMPARISON

• Microwave Radio
• Satellite Systems
• Infra-Red

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:

 CUSTOMER ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES (BROADBAND)

• Digital Subscriber Lines (xDSL): Asymmetric DSL(ADSL); High-data-rate DSL (HDSL); Symmetric DSL (SDSL);Very High Speed
• DSL (VDSL); G.Lite (ITU G.992.2)
• Etherloop ("next generation DSL")
• Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC)
• Multipoint Microwave Distribution System (MMDS)
• Local Multipoint Distribution Services (LMDS) Bluetooth
• IEEE 802.16 WirelessHUMAN™

 LOCAL AND WIDE AREA NETWORKING

• LAN Topologies
• LAN Media Access Control techniques
• LAN Standards
• LAN Extension and Interconnection (Bridging, Switching, Routing)
• Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs)
• Wide Area Networks (WANs)
• Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

CONVERGED NETWORKS

• Applications: VoIP, FoIP, etc
• Protocols: Packet Transport: IPv4, Ipv6,ICMP; Packet Routing: RIP, OSPF, BGP; End-to End Reliability:TCP, UDP; Additional Supporting VoIP: Multicast IP, RTP, RTCP,RSVP, RTSP
• WAN Transport Considerations: IP over Serial Lines; IP over Frame Relay;Voice/ Fax over Frame Relay; IP over ATM;Voice over ATM
• Hardware: H.323 Terminals; H.323 Gateways; Gatekeepers; Multipoint Control
• Units; Audio/ Video Codec’s
• Implementation Considerations: Quality of Service (QoS): Definition; Influencing
• Factors; Implementation; Integrated Services (int-serv) and RSVP; Differentiated Services (diff-serv); Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS); Queuing and Congestion Avoidance Mechanisms

WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

• Radio/Cellular Concepts and Definitions
• Wireless local Area networking: IEEE 802.11
• Wireless Local Loop Applications
• Wireless Data Networks: Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD); General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
• Cellular Voice Systems: Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM); Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA); Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
• Personal Communications Service (PCS)
• Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
• Third Generation (3G) Mobile Communications Technologies: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)