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Orion Consultancy

Telecommunications

Overview

Telecommunications today covers both data and voice systems and to have a broad knowledge of all the system is becoming more and more important with this ever expanding subject area. This two-day course is designed to keep the telecommunication professional up to date with the topic and to maximise the potential of new techniques and facilities. It incorporates overviews of the cutting-edge technologies, describing their evolution and implementation

Potential delegates

Anyone associated with the Telecommunications Industry, who requires a good understanding of the technology involved.

 

Prerequisites

none

Duration

2 days

Course Objectives

 By the end of the course delegates will be able to:
bullet Describe both Analogue and Digital Transmission Techniques
bullet Describe the methods for local loop access
bullet Describe the problems associated with Echo
bullet Identify the purpose of the ITU within Telecommunications
bullet Describe the functionality of the various Transmission Mediums available
bullet Describe the various techniques that can be deployed as Network access
bullet Identify the various types of Network that are currently available
bullet Identify the features and functionality of the PABX
bullet Describe the functionality of Exchanges
bullet Identify the features commonly associated with Computer Telephony Integration
bullet Describe the functionality of both N-ISDN and ISDN
bullet Describe the main technologies deployed within Wireless Communications

 

Course Content

introduction

Transmission Types, Analogue Signals, Digital Signals. Analogue vs Digital, Bandwidth.

Local Loop Access

Local Loop, Local Loop Distribution. Modems. Analogue voice into Digital voice, Encoding methods of Analogue speech, PCM, ADPCM.

Echo

Introduction to 2-Wire and 4-Wire Systems, Hybrid, and Echo Suppression and Cancellation.

ITU Recommendations and Numbering Plans

ITU-T Standards, ITU-T Recommendations. Numbering Plan, E.164, E.212,X.121, IP

Transmission Mediums

2-wire Cables, Coaxial Cables, Fibre Optic Cables, Multi Mode, Mono Mode. Dense Wave Division Multiplexing. Microwave Radio, Satellite Systems, VSAT.

Network Access

Network Access. PCM E1 Frame. Channel Associated Signalling (CAS), Common Channel Signalling (CCS). 64Kbit/s Kilostream, Inverse Multiplexing. DACS. XDSL

Networks

Circuit switching, Packet switching, Types of packet switching, Cell switching. Time Division Multiplexing (TDM). Switching plane, Network Architecture. PDH, SDH, X25, Frame relay, ATM and E-Mail.

Private Automatic Branch Exchange (PABX)

Telephone exchanges. Key telephone systems. PABX features. PABX operational requirements. Networking PABX’s. E and M signalling, Tone on idle. Connection methods, Common Channel Signalling (CCS) Protocols.

Exchanges

Local Exchanges, Introduction to Central Exchanges, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Call Conferencing.

Computer Telephony Integration (CTI)

Call Distribution Systems, Uniformed Call Distribution (UCD), Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Voice Mail. Automatic Call Distribution (ACD), ACD Integration with LAN’s, ACD Integration with PABX’s.

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)

Non-integrated circuits, Integrated circuits, Basic Rate Access, BRI Reference Points & Equipment Connections, Primary Rate Access. H Channels, Nx64Kbit/s Channels. ISDN Services.

Wireless Communications

Mobile Telephone, High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), Bluetooth Technology, Universal Mobile Telecommunication Service (UMTS)