Introduction To Telecom Networks: Fixed/Wireless Networks

Today's telecommunications networks are complex mixtures of legacy technologies, coupled with the latest generation of both fixed and mobile architectures. This course seeks to provide a starting point to those people who are new to the telecoms industry, providing them with a foundation of knowledge which will allow them to explore the telecommunications ecosystem in greater detail. As such, the course is all encompassing, providing technical detail on fundamental concepts, network architectures and finally, today’s services environment.

This course covers fundamental aspects of telecommunication networking. It is also designed to address the needs of those involved in various aspects of IT and wireless and mobile technologies who need to understand how networks work in slightly deeper and more detailed manner.

The course comes with 100% MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE.

This course is targeted for:

• Telecom professionals

• Telecom students

• Networking students

Section 1: Public Switched Telephone Networks

                 Introduction to Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
                 Evolution of PSTN
                 PSTN Exchanges Hierarchy
                 Block Diagram of a Local Exchange/Central Office
                 What is PSTN Local loop?
                 Signaling in Local loop:Off-hook & On-hook states
                 Signaling in Local loop:Incoming Call (Ring)
                 Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) Hierarchy Standar on Analogue Trunk Lines
                 Digital Exchanges: A-to-D Conversion using Pulse Coded Modulation (PCM)
                 E-1 and T1 standards for TIme Division Multiplexing in Digital exchange
                 Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH)
                 Signaling System 7 (SS7) in PSTN
                 Signaling Points (SP) and Point Code (PC)
                 Service Switching Point (SSP)
                 Signal Transfer Point (STP)
                 Service Control Point (SCP)

Section 2: Internet and its Architecture
                 Nuts and Bolts of Internet
                 Internet Structure: Network of Networks
                 How to Solve the Complexity of Internet/Computer Networks?
                 Layered Approach To Solve Complexity: Air Travel Example
                 Internet Protocol (IP) Stack
                 Physical Layer
                 Datalink Layer
                 Network Layer
                 Transport Layer
                 Application Layer

Section 3: Layered Architecture of Telecommunication Networks
                 Legacy Telecommunication Networks
                 Modern Telecommunication Networks

Section 4: IP NetworksEditDelete
                 Structure of an IP Network
                 IP Address Format for IPv4
                 Two Key Functions of Router: Routing and Forwarding
                 IP Range Aggregation and Longest Prefix Matching in Routing Tables
                 IP Addressing: A Data Network Example
                 IP Addressing: What is an interface?
                 IP Addressing: Subnets
                 Example: How many Subnets?
                 Internet IP Address Assignment Strategy
                 Hierarical Addressing: More Efficient RoutingEditDelete

Section 5: Voice Over IP (VOIP) Technology
                 Introduction to Voice Over IP (VOIP)
                 What is Softswitch?
                 Media Gateway (MG)
                 Signaling Gateway (S-GW)
                 Media Gateway Controller (MGC)
                 Separation Of Media and Call Control
                 Media Gateway Control (MEGACO) Protocol
                 Call Flow Using MEGACO/H.248
                 Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Inter MGC signaling
                 Class 4 and Class 5 Softswicthes
                 IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
                 What is IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
                 IMS Features
                 IMS Architecture-Different Layers
                 IMS Control Layer: CSCF, HSS, MRF, MGCF, BGCF
                 Call Session Control Functions (CSCFs): P (Proxy)-CSCF
                 Call Session Control Functions (CSCFs): I (Interrogating)-CSCF
                 Call Session Control Functions (CSCFs): S (Serving)-CSCF
                 Application Servers (ASs) in IMS
                 Protocols Used in IMS
                 Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) in IMS
                 Services Provided by SIP
                 SIP Methods
                 User Registration in IMS
                 End-to-end SIP Signalling Path for Call Setup
                 IMS Call Setup Signalling

Section 7: Mobile/Cellular Systems: 4G LTE Mobile Communication Systems
                 Evolution from 1G to 5G
                 The Cellular Concept
                 Handover Concept
                 Three Major parts of 4G LTE network
                 Evolution to an all IP system in 4G
                 Overall 4G EPS architecture
                 Evolved NodeB (eNB)
                 4G EPS Bearer
                 Mobility Management Entity
                 Serving Gateway (S-GW)
                 Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW)
                 Policy And Charging Rules Function
                 Policy And Charging Enforcement Function
                 Home Subscriber Server (HSS)
                 Introduction to VoLTE using IMS
                 IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) in 4G VoLTE

Section 8: Optical Fiber Access Networks (OFAN) using PON/FTTH
                 Whats PON in Optical Fiber Access Networks?
                 Working Principle Of PONE
                 Optical Distribution Network
                 Advantages of PON Technology
                 xDSL Vs PON (FTTC, FTTB, FTTH )
                 The Evolution of ITU-T PON standards
                 GPON Principle-Wavelength Division Multiplexing
                 GPON Principle-Downstream Data
                 GPON Principle-Upstream Data

Section 9: Optical Fiber Transmission Networks Using DWDM Systems
                Why Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Systems
                Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) Concept
                Advantage of WDM Technology
                Wavelength Spectrum For Optical Fiber Communication
                Transponder in DWDM
                Optical Supervisory channel
                Optical Add Drop Multiplexer (OADM)
                What is an Optical Amplifier and its types
                Manipulating Wavelengths
                  1). Point-to-Point DWDM
                  2) Fixed Optical Add Drop Multiplexers (FOADMs)
                  3) Reconfigurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexers (ROADMs)