This 2 day, informative course is for managers, developers, engineers and architects who need to develop an understanding of how to create, design, implement and support telecom/datacom applications, systems, services and others. This course is vendor-neutral, thus maximizing the true value of this telecom educational experience for its attendees.

This course provides you with a comprehensive foundation in telecommunications systems and products, services and applications development, as well as the knowledge required to implement telecom systems that meet the needs of your business.

Topics this course will cover:

• Fundamental technologies forming today's telecommunications and communications industry
• Strategic view of emerging and future telecommunications technologies
• Voice networks and telephony fundamentals
• Backbone network technologies such as the Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) / Signaling System Number 7 (SS7), Frame Relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
• B-ISDN
• Broadband Networks
• ATM Fundamentals
• Fiber Optic Systems
• SONET/SDH
• CDPD
• Data Communications Fundamentals
• Digital Loop Carrier Technology
• Digital Networks
• Digital Telephony
• Distribution
• Exchange Access
• HFC
• Hybrid Fiber/Coax
• IDLC / GR-303
• Intelligent Networks
• Interexchange network architectures, transmission and switches
• Internet Telephony
• IS-41
• ISDN
• LNP
• Network access topics such as Hybrid Fiber/Coax (HFC), FTTL, FTTC
• Network Management
• New service capabilities such as the Internet
• Operations and Maintenance
• Packet Switching Technologies
• Security and Privacy
• Signaling System 7
• Surveillance Systems
• Switching
• Synchronization
• Transmission
• Basic Wireless and Mobile Networks
• Wireless and Wireline Integration
• Wireless Communications
• Wireless Intelligent Networks
• Similarities and differences between wireless and wireline network components.
• Identify potential wireless/wireline integration roadblocks.
• Conclude how wireless and wireline services and features work together.
• Cellular Communications
• An overview of the differences between analog, digital and optical signals
• CDMA
• GSM
• PCS
• TDMA
• Mobile Services Interconnection
• Satellite Communications

This course is designed to provide a general overview for strategic or technical managers, consultants, communications professionals, software engineers, system engineers, network professionals, marketing and sales professional, information systems engineers, and other telecommunications/data communications professionals who plan on using, evaluating or working with telecommunications and communications equipment, suppliers, and services.

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Prerequisites

This is an introductory course with no prerequisites.

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Course Outline

 Telecommunications Services, Technologies and Standards Overview

• The role of telecommunications in today’s business world
• Overview of concepts and buzzwords
• Overview of Standards
• ITU-T
• ISO
• ATM Forum
• SIF
• ETSI
• IETF
• T1
• ANSI
• TCIF
• IEC
• TIA
• TINA-C
• Bellcore

 Exchange and Interexchange Network Architecture

• Introduction to the Network
• Description of North American Numbering Plan (NANP)
• Local Access and Transport Areas (LATAs)

Introduction to Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)

• Identification of CPE
• How CPE Impacts the Network

Distribution/Local Loop/Outside Plant Facilities

• Explanation and Identification of the Elements in the "Distribution"
• Part of the Network

Traffic and Signaling

• Traffic concept
• Description of network signaling
• Switches

Transmission Technologies

• Transmission definition
• Analog signals vs. digital signals
• Methods of transmissions

Switching Fundamentals

• Basic Functions of a Telecommunications Switch (NE)
• Various Types of Switches and Switching Systems

Emerging Technologies and Services

• Intelligent Network (IN)
• TINA-C
• Definition of Common Channel Signaling (CCS) and Signaling System 7 (SS7)
• Identification of Network Elements(NE) common to the CCS network
• Identification of services that are available with the IN

Telecom Networks

• ISDN
• B-ISDN
• SONET/SDH
• ATM
• VDO
• AIN
• SMDS
• AIN

Intelligent Networks (INs)

• Signaling System Number 7 (SS7)
• Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) Architecture
• Local Number Portability (LNP)
• AIN Service Examples

Role of Internet in Telecommunications

• Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
• Internet WWW Technology
• Internet Telephony
• Emerging Applications
• IPv6 and Special High-Speed Internets
• ATM and IP

Competitive Network Technologies

• Competitive Network Architectures
• Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) / Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) and Dense Wavelength
• Division Multiplex (DWDM) Concepts
• Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) Architectures
• Cable Company Evolution
• Compression Technology Basics
• Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) Evolution
• Direct Satellite TV and Data
• Wireless Cable / Multichannel Microwave Distribution Service (MMDS)

Frame Relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), and Internet Protocol (IP)

• Wide Area Data Networking
• High-Speed Networking Basics
• Frame Relay
• ATM
• Internet Protocol Wide Area Networking

Overview of wireless communications

• Evolution of wireless technology
• Advantages and limitations of wireless solutions
• Evaluating wireless system hardware
• Services best provided by wireless means
• Vendors and providers of wireless products and services
• How to assure safety and security

Wireless systems technology overview

• Analog vs. digital wireless technology
• Principles of modulation, signal propagation & spectrum considerations
• Sharing resources via multiplexing and multiple access techniques

Wireless Communications Networks

• Cellular Network Concepts
• Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) / Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS)
• Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
• IS-136 and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
• Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) EIA-TIA IS-95
• Personal Communications Service (PCS)
• Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
• Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR)
• Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS)
• Satellite-Based Systems

Wireless applications

• Wireless LANs and WANs
• Interconnecting LANs within a building
• Building-to-building communication where wiring isn't possible

Private mobile radio

• Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) and Extended SMR (ESMR)
• Capitalizing on existing infrastructure for high-speed data transmission
• Private Mobile Radio (PMR) and Trans European Trunked Radio (TETRA)
• Transmission capacity considerations for voice and data

Cellular Technology

• How analog cellular systems 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)
• Total Access Communication System (TACS), Nordic Mobile Telephone
• (NMT)
• Changing standards

Digital cellular

• 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: Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD)

Mobile Data Services

• Short messaging, mobile modems
• Public data networks
• Paging services
• Wireless support for Personal Digital Assistants (PDA)

Instrumentation and control services

• Telemetry
• Industrial/Scientific/Medical (ISM) applications
• Tracking vehicles with the Global Positioning System (GPS)

Satellite-based mobile services

• Creating a proprietary WAN with VSAT technology
• Effective use of airborne communication services

PCS

• Implementing Personal Communications Networks (PCN) in Europe and
• Systems (PCS) in North America
• Potential systems for truly global voice and data coverage: Low Earth Orbit
• Satellites (LEOS), UPT, UMTS

Wireless ATM

• Wireless ATM Reference Models
• Fixed Wireless Components
• Mobile End Users
• Mobile Switches with Fixed End Users
• Mobile Switches with Mobile End Users
• Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
• WATM Design Issue
• WATM Protocol Architecture
• Radio Access Layer
• Physical Layer (PHY)
• Medium Access Control (MAC)
• Data Link Control (DLC)
• Radio Resource Control (RRC)
• Mobile ATM
• Handover
• Location Management
• Routing
• Addressing
• Traffic Management/QoS
• Wireless Network Management
• WATM Projects and Status

Wireless/Wireline Integration

• Introduction to Wireless/Wireline Integration
• What is Wireless/Wireline Integration?
• Business Case for Integration
• Decision Analysis Matrix Scenarios
• Companies with ownership of both wireless and wireline networks
• Companies with ownership wireless networks
• Companies with ownership of wireline networks
• Companies with neither wireless or wireline networks but still in business
• Integration process life cycle

Integrating Services

• How Services Work
• Basic Call Delivery
• Advanced Features
• Methods and Platforms to Integrate Wireline and Wireless Features
• Voice and Data Communications
• Information Management
• Messaging
• Internet Application Environment
• Other Products and Platforms
• Providing Increased Access to Telecommunications Services
• On Any Terminal, In Any Location
• Unified Method of Access
• Exercise to Plan Integrated Wireless/Wireline Services

Focus on Integrating Operations

• Importance of Presenting Customers with Unified Products and Services
• Integrating Sales
• Integrating Customer Care and Billing
• One Point of Contact
• Unifying Ordering, Billing, Service
• Integrating Network Operations
• Planning Exercise for Integrated Wireless/Wireline Operations

Focus on Architecture and Standards