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Introduction to Modern Telecoms

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  • Duration: 3 Days
  • Price: €2145* Plus Applicable Taxes
Date:
27 - 29 Oct 08LondonRegister
08 - 10 Dec 08LondonRegister

Section 1 - Introducing the Basics

  • The Evolution of Communications
  • Telecoms Fundamentals
  • Services and Applications
  • Transmission of information
  • Switching principles
  • Signalling and Control
  • Supporting Systems
  • Networking principles

Section 2 - Services and Applications

  • What are the consumer requirements?
  • Identifying Bearer Services
  • Identifying Teleservices
  • Supplementary Service provision
  • Value Added Services in modern Networks
  • Controlling access to Content
  • Service Delivery Platforms (SDP)                                                                

Section 3 - Transmission Systems

  • Definition of Transmission
  • Analogue and Digital signals
  • Transmission: Copper, Radio, and Optical
  • Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)
  • Multiplexing techniques
  • Introducing Modern Transmission Systems
  • Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH)
  • Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) / Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
  • Network Synchonisation
  • Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)

Section 4 - Switching Systems

  • Principles of switching
  • Introduction to Circuit Switching
  • Introduction to Packet Switching
    • Routers, Virtual Circuits
  • Introduction to Message Switching

Section 5 - Signalling Systems

  • Explaining the principles of signalling
  • The techniques used within signalling
  • DTMF, in-band and out-band signalling systems
  • Core Network Signalling – the Requirements
  • Signalling System No. 7 (SS7)
  • SS7 in use

Section 6 – Supporting Systems

  • The Basic Requirements
    • Operational Support
    • Business Support
  • The Role and scope of OSS and BSS
  • OSS Supported Areas
    • Service Provisioning
    • Operations and Maintenance
  • BSS Supported Areas
    • Customer Relationship Management
    • Billing Systems
    • Mediation
    • Revenue Assurance

Section 7 - Techniques used in Modern Fixed Networks

  • Access Technologies
    • Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
    • Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
    • Digital Subscriber Line Technologies (ADSL, RADSL, HDSL)
    • Fixed Radio Access
  • Core Network Technologies
    • Intelligent Networks
    • Broadband in the core network: ATM and SDH
    • Multimedia in the Fixed Network
  • The Evolution towards all-IP
    • Soft switch
    • The Future Network

Section 8 - Techniques used in Mobile Networks

  • Principles of a cellular network
  • Comparison of 1st, 2nd & 3rd generation cellular systems
  • Access techniques used: Frequency, Time and Code Division Multiple Access
  • The GSM Family
    • The GSM Network Architecture
    • General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
    • Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution (EDGE)
    • Universal Mobile Telephone Service (UMTS) and W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA)
    • High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
    • The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
  • The CDMA Family
    • CDMA Network Architecture
    • CDMA One
    • CDMA 2000 (1x and 3x)
    • CDMA Data Services (1x EV-DO)
  • Procedures and Operation
  • Messaging Technologies
    • Short Message Service (SMS)
    • Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

Section 9 - Techniques used in Data Communications

  • Defining Data Communications
  • Network Topologies
  • Local Area Networks (LANs)
  • LAN Devices (Routers, Switches and Repeaters)
  • Wide Area Networks (WANs)
  • Network Technologies
    • X.25
    • Frame Relay
  • Asynchronous transfer Mode


 

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