COURSE OUTLINE

1. Telecommunications Basics - Voice & Data

A. Basic Network Structure  

B. Transmission details

1. Digital Hierarchy, i.e. T1 ñ T4

2. Migration to SONET

3. Fiber Optic Basics

4. Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM)

5. Flavors of WDM, e.g. DWDM, CWDM

6. Structures, e.g. point-to-point, ring, mesh

C. Transmission media

1. twisted pair / coax / fiber / satellite / wireless

D. Switching

1. Switching concepts

2. Circuit / packet / frame / cell / photonic

E. Signalling

1. Voice signalling

2. MEGACO

3. Advanced Intelligent Networking (AIN)

2. WAN / LAN Data Solutions

A. Network Architectures

1.Why has OSI failed in the marketplace, but value as a reference point

2. Brief overview of the seven layers

B. Data Link Protocols

1. HDLC based, e.g. PPP

2. X.25 / Frame Relay

3. Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs)

C. TCP/IP

1. Architecture and layers

2. overview of the internet, statistics, world networks, etc.

3. IP Version 4 and 6

4. Details of the TCP and IP headers

5. Flow diagram of a web browser session from initial URL request to home page display

D. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

1. Types of VPN, issues, and operation

2. VPN Protocols, e.g. IPSec, L2F, PPTP, L2TP

3. What is a tunnel?

E. Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)

1. Structure and how it works

3. Local Area Networking (LAN)

A. Management perspective

B. Environment, what constitutes a LAN

C. Why LANs, compared to Mainframe / Minis

D. LAN Concepts and Terminology

E. Topology (Star / Bus / Ring)

F. Media (Twisted pair / coax / fiber), and other issues

G. Transmission (Baseband / Broadband)

H. Access Protocols (CSMA/CD / Token Passing)

I. Standards (IEEE 802.3, 4, 5, 6, FDDI)

J.100 Mbps LANs, e.g. 100BaseX, 100Base-VG

K. Ethernet switching

L. Gigabit Ethernet LANs

M. Wireless LANs

4. Voice over IP

     A. VoIP - two competing standards

1. ITU-T (H.323)

          2. IETF (SIP)

     B. Advantages

          1. integration with Internet/Intranet applications

          2. alternative to PSTN

          3. potential cost savings

     C. Disadvantages

1. quality of service

2. scalability over the Internet

     D. H.323 Architecture

          1. terminal function

          2. multipoint control unit

          3. gateway function

          4. gatekeeper function

     E. H.225

          1. packet format

          2. connection control signaling

     F. H.245

          1. configuration control

     G. VoIP Interworking with

          1. PSTN

          2. ISDN

     H. SIP Architecture

          1. Message structure

          2. Proxy and redirect servers

          3. Roaming

          4. SDP (Session Description Protocol)

     I. SGCP, MGCP, Megaco

     J. Audio and Video Digitalization

          1. Audio codecs

              a. G.711, G.722, G.723, G.728, G.729

          2. Video Codecs

              a. H.261, H.263

     K. Other Applications (e.g. Whiteboard)

          1. T.120

     L.Transport and Control Protocols

          1. Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP)

          2. Real Time Control Protocol (RTCP)

     M.Performance and QoS

          1. Packet Delay Components

          2. Differentiated Service

          3. Quality of Service

N.VoIP Applications

          1. PC based, e.g. Netmeeting

2. Network based, e.g. IP Centrex

3. Billing and directory issues

5. Convergence of Voice, Data, and Video

     A. Traditional PBX systems for voice

B. IP based PBXs

C. Computer Telephony Integration (CTI)

D. Video Conferencing systems

     E. IntelÆ Converged Communications Platform

F. IntelÆ NetStructureô PBX-IP media gateway

6. Immediate - Future: Where are we going?

A. Where do we go from here?

B. Voice, data, Video convergence

C. Some statistics

D. View of the network by 2010