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    Telecommunications Technology, IT-O 545

    About this Course:
    This course introduces technologies underlying telecommunications and real-time communications systems and services. Topics will include: wire-line and fiber systems including those associated with the public switched telephone networks and cable service providers; wireless systems including cellular, WiFi and WiMAX. Methods and architectures for delivery of signaling, voice and video are introduced; analog telephone systems, digital telephone systems on circuit switched networks both wire-line and cellular; digital telecommunications on packet switched networks. Codecs and transformation of voice and video into digital formats are introduced. Physical and data-link layer protocols are studied with emphasis on how they carry voice and video. Channelization and multiple-access methods are introduced. Switching methods studied include circuit switching, virtual circuit switching and packet switching.

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    Prerequisites:
    IT-O 440 Network+ Certification Training or equivalent knowledge or experience required for enrollment.

    Who Should Attend:
    Professionals who are interested in learning about telecommunication technology

    Expected Outcomes:
    Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

    • Use the specialized terminology of today's communications networks, including the terms trunk, channel, local loop, SS7/C7, ISDN, T1, DS0, DS1, E1, 3G, 4G, CDMA, LTE, IMS, PBX, DSL
    • Create plans for network architectures and identify the functions provided by their components
    • Distinguish between various methods used for multiplexing, channelization, switching and error control
    • Identify the access and transport portions of different sites and the specialized equipment and facilities they contain

    Course Outline:

    • Signaling, Bearer, Control and Call State
    • Definitions and terms - data signals and data transmission
    • Converting analog data to digital data
    • Transmitting data in a digital format over analog facilities
    • Transmitting data in an analog format over analog facilities
    • Multiplexing
    • T1/E1, an important special case of a multiplex system
    • Spread Spectrum
    • Guided media: TP, coaxial, fiber
    • Unguided media: Wireless -radio, microwave, infrared
    • Error Control
    • Network access: Random, Controlled, Channelized
    • Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
    • DSL and Cable networks
    • 1G, 2G, 2.5G, 3G, 4G
    • Circuit, Packet, Virtual Circuit
    • Switch structure
    • Virtual Circuit Switching
    • Fiber optic communications

    Course Details:
    Grading/CEU award for this course includes assignments, exams and projects

    CEU:
    3.8

    Instructor:
    Carol Davids