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DAY ONE: TELECOMMUNICATIONS ESSENTIALS
New rules in the communications economy are driving big changes in the telecommunications industry. Professionals in the ICT industry face challenges in developing an understanding of the forces shaping the revolutionary change in communications infrastructures worldwide, as well as relating to industry-insider jargon, and deciphering how all of the pieces of telecommunications past and present fit with emerging, evolving, and future communications technologies.
On Day One, you will learn the fundamental principles of telecommunications, as well as the idiosyncratic, insider language that pervades the communications networking industry - you will learn to speak telecom! You will leave Day One with indispensable, fundamental telecom knowledge. Armed with this knowledge, you will have the intelligence to assess new developments as they continue to emerge – you will possess the ability to “think telecom”! We’ll make sure you’re acquiring this valuable skill by engaging in some interactive quizzes and games throughout the day.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY TODAY
• Key Measurements of the Digital World – Processing, Storage, Bandwidth
• Shifting User Profiles
• Changing Traffic Trends
• 21st Century Applications – Welcome to the Zettacosm
• Mobility –Human Rights in the New Millennium
• Changing User Interfaces – The Power of the Intangible
• Transformation – Networks, Services, and Business in the 2.0 Ecosystem
TELECOM TECHNOLOGY BASICS
• Transmission Fundamentals
• The Electromagnetic Spectrum and Bandwidth
• Analog vs. Digital Transmission
• Data Transmission Basics
• Modems and Modulation
• Understanding Multiplexing
• Protocols & Protocol Stacks
• OSI Reference Model
• Regulation and Standards
TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS: CHARACTERISTICS & APPLICATIONS
• Transmission Media Definitions & Measurements
• Twisted-Pair Copper Cable
• Coaxial Cable
• Microwave
• Satellite
• Fiber Optics
UNDERSTANDING NETWORKING AND SWITCHING MODES
• Networking Modes
Connection-oriented vs connectionless
• Switching Modes
Circuit-switched vs packet switched
• What is Circuit Switching?
Definitions, Generations, Characteristics, Trends
• What is Packet Switching?
Definitions, Generations, Characteristics, Trends
• WAN Transport Alternatives
Private Line, Frame Relay, ATM, IP, MPLS, VPNs
• The PSTN vs the Internet or IP Networks
PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK
• PSTN Infrastructure
• Transport Infrastructure
T/E/J-Carrier, SDH/Sonet
• Signaling System #7 (SS7)
• Intelligent Network (IN)
• SS7 and Next-Generation Networks
• IMS and Network Transformation By attending all three days, you will receive a complete high-level overview of the full spectrum of telecommunications in the new millennium, from the essentials of telecoms principles and concepts, to the most recent strategies and trends surrounding broadband applications new-generation networks, convergence, and transformation – both wired and wireless!
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