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Introduction to Telecommunications

Voice/Data/Video Convergence
 
Course: 373   Type: Course Workshop   Duration: 3 Days
 
 

You Will Learn How To

  • Apply multiple communications technologies for voice, data and video convergence
  • Choose the correct wired or wireless transmission solution for network access
  • Specify the most cost-effective telephony network technologies for your enterprise
  • Benefit from the evolution of voice traffic from traditional telephony solutions to VoIP
  • Take advantage of the Internet, MPLS and VPN technology to handle your data and voice communications
  • Evaluate current data network alternatives for cost-effective technical support

Course Benefits

Today's organizations face the challenge of applying the ever-expanding options for modern technologies. Meeting the requirements for wide-area telecommunications networks that handle voice, data and video is critical to remain competitive. This comprehensive course demystifies the principal components and standards of telecommunications options. You learn how to evaluate choices and develop a strategy that achieves the best balance between cost, security and performance for each type of traffic.

Who Should Attend

Those involved in projects requiring the transmission of voice, data and video over wide area networks.

Course Workshop

Participants perform the critical tasks of selecting WAN and telecom technologies, including:
  • Calculating break-even costs for fractional services
  • Choosing the best Internet access technology
  • Sizing and selecting a PBX
  • Costing an IP PBX

Live demonstrations emphasize the concepts taught in class, including:

  • SIP call setup
  • Comparing audio compression methods for voice and music

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Introduction to Telecommunications

Voice/Data/Video Convergence
 
Course: 373   Type: Course Workshop   Duration: 3 Days
 
 
Course 373 Content
 

Introduction and Overview

Convergence fundamentals

  • Why convergence matters
  • The importance of Quality of Service (QoS)

Key components of a complete network

  • Leased and switched networks
  • Public and private networks
  • Circuit- and packet-switching

Comparing Transmission Media

Selecting the medium

  • Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cables
  • Fiber optics
  • Applying wireless solutions: VHF, UHF, microwave

Applying analog and digital techniques

  • Bandwidth, frequency response, loss and dB
  • Pulse code modulation (PCM)

T1/E1 circuits and equipment

  • Time division multiplexing for efficiency
  • Employing leased lines and fractional services

Comparing SONET, SDH and PDH

  • Exploiting capacity of copper and fiber
  • Manageability and scalability
  • SONET/SDH rings

Mastering Basic Telephony

The local loop

  • Wired pair: tip and ring
  • Bandwidth and electrical power

Telephone switches: LXs and PBXs

  • Lines and trunks
  • Switch matrices and controllers
  • Comparing PBX and Centrex

Designing a telephone network

  • Calculating blocking probability
  • Measuring traffic in Erlangs
  • Sizing PBX trunk groups

Modern Telephony and Video Conferencing

Basic and primary rate ISDN

  • Making use of B-channels and D-channels
  • Voice and data conferencing applications

Comparing cellular techniques

  • GSM vs. CDMA
  • Data services: GPRS, EDGE, EV-DO
  • Evolution to 3G and UMTS

Voice over IP (VoIP)

Choosing a digital method

  • Mean opinion score for voice quality
  • ADPCM, LPC, CELP
  • G.711, G.72x
  • Video codecs: H.264, MPEG

Transmission-level convergence

  • Motivations for VoIP
  • The five architectures
  • Following a VoIP call

Elements of VoIP

  • IP telecasts and softphones
  • RTP for voice and video
  • Competing standards: H.323 and SIP

VoIP challenges

  • Quality and reliability
  • Migration strategies
  • SLAs and outsourcing

Signaling

Channel-associated signaling

  • DTMF on lines
  • E&M on trunks
  • Slot-16 and robbed-bit signaling

Applying common-channel signaling

  • Benefits of common-channel signaling
  • Q.931 ISDN call control
  • SS7 trunk signaling

Deploying Data Communications Networks

A TCP/IP primer

  • The TCP/IP protocol suite
  • IP datagram service & addressing
  • Routers, internets and intranets
  • Adding QoS using RSVP and DiffServ

Applying Virtual Private Network (VPN) Technology

  • Tunneling and encryption for security
  • Performance challenges

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

  • Adding connections to IP internets
  • Leveraging labels and switching for speed
  • Label-switched paths (LSP)
  • Label-switched routers (LSR)

Planning Voice/Data/Video Convergence

Transmission-level convergence

  • xDSL and cable modems
  • Cellular vs. WiMAX vs. Wi-Fi

Network-level convergence

  • Challenges of QoS
  • ATM vs. MPLS
 
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Introduction to Telecommunications Tuition

Voice/Data/Video Convergence
 
Course: 373   Type: Course Workshop   Duration: 3 Days
 
 

Course Tuition
$ 2,250 Standard Tuition
Tuition with a Savings Plan
$ 1,245 10-Day Pass
$ 1,665 Training Passport
$ 1,830 Flex-Pass
$ 2,095 Voucher 10-Pack
$ 2,025 Alumni Gold Discount
$ 2,000 Government Discount
 

 

Your Course Tuition Entitles You To...

  • Class participation
  • Team workshops
  • Use of in-class hands-on equipment
  • Comprehensive course materials
  • Morning and afternoon refreshments
  • Course Completion Certificate awarding Continuing Education Units
  • FREE participation in Professional Certification
  • FREE participation in College Credit programs (including related exams)
  
 

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