Modern Telecommunications Training Overview
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Modern Telecommunications Training Overview Hands-on (Online, Onsite, and Classroom Live)
| Commitment | 4 Days, 7-8 hours a day. |
| Language | English |
| User Ratings | Average User Rating 4.8 See what learners said |
| Price | REQUEST |
| Delivery Options | Instructor-Led Onsite, Online, and Classroom Live |
COURSE OVERVIEW
This Modern Telecommunications Training Overview course will help you acquire a solid, high-level understanding of modern telecom systems, the technologies behind them, their performance goals and limitations, and the purchase/pricing and assembly of such systems. Covered are the major wireline and wireless technologies and trends including Ethernet, SONET, ISDN, IP, the Internet, IMS, MPLS, VPN, VoIP, Land Mobile Radio (LMR), Satellite, WiFi, 2G/3G/4G wireless, LTE, Cloud Computing, Software Defined Networks (SDN), Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), Machine-to-Machine Communications, and more.
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
- 4 days of Modern Telecommunications Training with an expert instructor
- Modern Telecommunications Electronic Course Guide
- Certificate of Completion
- 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
RESOURCES
- Modern Telecommunications – https://www.wiley.com/
- Modern Telecommunications Training – https://www.packtpub.com/
- Modern Telecommunications – https://store.logicaloperations.com/
- Modern Telecommunications Training – https://us.artechhouse.com/
- Modern Telecommunications Training – https://www.amazon.com/
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completing this WiMAX Traffic and Capacity Engineering Training course, learners will be able to meet these objectives:
- Describe the major components of the mobile network architecture, including signaling, and how they work together
- Describe how different services place different demands on the network and affect the utilization of resources
- Model and predict the impact of network capacity requirements on varying applications and diffusion curves
- List all the packet models relevant to WiMAX and Mobile WiMAX services
CUSTOMIZE IT
- We can tailor this Modern Telecommunications course to your team’s needs by adjusting its ‘tech level’ up or down and by including or excluding topics. Depending on the desired coverage and technical depth, the Modern Telecommunications course can be taught in two to five days.
- If your background is nontechnical, we can exclude the more technical topics, include the topics that may be of special interest to you (e.g., as a manager or policy-maker), and present the Modern Telecommunications Overview course in a manner understandable to lay audiences.
AUDIENCE/TARGET GROUP
The target audience for this Modern Telecommunications course:
- Corporate and government decision-makers and professionals involved in the acquisition of equipment or services, technical consultation, liaison, or support, and others whose work requires a broad foundation in telecommunications.
CLASS PREREQUISITES
The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this Modern Telecommunications Overview course are:
- Those wishing to take this course should have some prior on-the-job exposure to telecom or information technologies.
COURSE SYLLABUS
PART 1: TELECOMMUNICATIONS OVERVIEW, MAJOR TELECOM SYSTEMS, PROTOCOLS, AND STANDARDS
What is telecom?
- Overview diagram and explanation
- Basic components of any telecom system
- How they relate to end-user needs
- Goals of telecom and how pieces fit together at the highest level
How telecom technologies work: the basics (partial list)
- Wired and wireless systems
- The electromagnetic spectrum
- Analog vs digital
- Conversion of analog to digital
- Connection-oriented vs connectionless
- Dedicated vs. switched
- Synchronous vs asynchronous
- Protocols
- Packets
- Bandwidth
- Carriers and modulation
- MPEG, JPEG, etc.
- BRI, PRI
Major telecom systems (partial list)
- Wired systems: Copper/twisted pair, coax, optical fiber
- RF/SATCOM: Land Mobile Radio (LMR), satellite
- Cellular: Evolution of 2G to 3G, 4G LTE, and 5G
- Other wireless: WiFi, CDMA2000, WiMAX
- Optical: SONET/SDH, DWDM
- Ethernet
- IP
- MPLS/VPN
- ISDN
- Free space optics
- Radio/TV
Modern Telecommunications Training – Protocols and standards
- Purpose of and need for protocols and standards
- OSI stack and how it relates to various systems and technologies
- Understanding telecom in terms of layers
- How layers relate to technologies
- OSI stack and end-end telecommunications
- Standards bodies and some typical standards
Internet Protocol (IP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
- What they are
- How they work
- How modern networks utilize them
- How they are implemented across technologies and systems
- Quality of Service (QoS) and IP networks
- IP and common applications
The Internet and how it works
- Overview
- Addressing
- Infrastructure
- End users and access
- Regulation and the future of the Internet
IP Multimedia System (IMS)
- What it is, goals
- How it is envisioned to work
- Relationship with other technologies
- Fixed/mobile convergence
PART 2: IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION OF SELECT TECHNOLOGIES, PUTTING TOGETHER WHOLE SYSTEMS, THE CLOUD, MAJOR EVOLVING TRENDS, HOW TO BUY TELECOM
Telephony and VoIP
- How it works
- Supporting protocols
- H.323 and SIP
- IP PBX and other equipment
Endpoint (access) technologies
- Equipment (hardware/software)
- Service delivery points (SDPs)
- Purchase and pricing
Transport (link) technologies
- Equipment
- Modulation techniques
- SONET/MPLS/VPNs
- Performance/capabilities
- Limitations to performance (speed, error rates, Shannon’s law, etc.)
- Impairments and their effect (noise, jitter, etc.)
- Purchase and pricing
Modern Telecommunications Training – Putting it all together
- Building an end-end system
- Components
- How they work together
- End-end performance specs
- Examples of end-end systems
The Cloud and modern usage of telecom
- What the Cloud is
- Brief history
- What it can do and what it is expected to do in future
- How Cloud relates to telecom
Evolving technologies and trends
- Future trends in telecom equipment, services, usage, prices, and regulation
- Software Defined Networks (SDN)
- Virtualization: Communications side, equipment side
- Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
- Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications
How to buy telecom equipment and services
- Turnkey services vs. do-it-yourself
- Pricing
- Design and implementation considerations
