Course Name : Fundamentals of Telecommunication

Course Code : TGT-200

Course Duration : 5 Day(s)

Course Objectives:

To provide trainees with a comprehensive knowledge of telecommunication, including transmission, switching, access network, signalling, telecom management and enterprise networks.

Expected Accomplishments:

• Outline the basic building blocks of a telecommunications system
• Differentiate between teleservice, bearer and supplementary services
• Explain the merits of digital over analog transmission
• Understand the principle of speech digitization
• Identify key wired access network technologies
• Outline PDH and SDH multiplexing hierarchies
• Identify SS7 signalling components
• Identify signalling methods used in the access and trunk networks lt;/li>
• Highlight the latest strides in the realm of telecom network management
• Compare and contrast X.25, Frame Relay and ATM networks
• Explore Enterprise Networks and Centrex Solutions

Who can benefit:

New entrants to the telecom industry and technical staff seeking an understanding of basic telecom concepts.

Prerequisites:

Participants with a basic engineering background.

 

Course Outline:

Introduction to Telecommunications

• Building Blocks of a Communication System
• Voice Communication and Telephone Network
• Dedicated/Dial-up Circuits
• 2 Wire/4 Wire Transmission
• Speech Digitization

Access Networks

• Analogue Local Loop
• ISDN-BRA and PRA
• DSL Technologies
• DLC Technologies – FTTC, FTTB, FTTH
• Cable Technologies – HFC
• Wireless in the Local Loop

Switching

• Switching Concepts
• Time and Space Switching
• Step-by-Step and Cross-bar
• Stored Program Control (SPC)
• Electronic Switching Systems (ESS)
• Packet Switching

Signaling

• Access and Trunk Signaling
• CAS and CCS
• SS7 signaling components
• SS7 protocol stack

Transmission Media & Technologies

• Wired and Wireless
• Copper cables, Fiber optics, RF
• Modulation and Multiplexing
• PDH, SDH and WDM

 

Data Networks

• OSI Reference Model
• X.25
• Frame Relay
• ATM
• LAN, MAN and WAN

Telecom Management

• Management Standards
• Centralized O & M
• TMN
• Traffic and Performance Management

Enterprise Networks

• Enterprise Needs
• Leased Line, VPN
• PBX, Centrex
• VoIP
• Security, Mobility
• CTI, Call Centre Solutions

 

Delivery Method:

• Lectures
• Videos
• Labs

Related Training:

• 30 Channel PCM
• Digital Transmission Fundamentals
• Fundamentals of Data Communication
• Radio Fundamentals
• IP Networks
• GSM Overview