High Speed Technologies Part 2 - B-ISDN

Audience

The audience for this course includes IT professionals and managers who may or may not have a networking background. As a prerequisite students should have taken the first part of this series (12901).

Objective

• Identify the principles of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).


• Identify features of the continuing development of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).


• Identify services provided by Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).


• Identify benefits of Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (BISDN).


• Identify the key Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (BISDN) standards.


• Identify the capabilities of conversational services.

Topics Include

Unit 1: ISDN

• Identify the principles of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).
• Identify features of the continuing development of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).
• Identify services provided by Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).
• Identify the benefits of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).
• Identify the features of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) transmission channels.
• Identify the characteristics of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) basic rate interface.
• Identify the features of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) primary rate interface.
• Identify the features of aggregated channels.
• Identify the definition of a functional group.
• Identify Network Termination 1 (NT1) functions.
• Identify Network Termination 2 (NT2) functions.
• Identify characteristics of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Terminal Equipment.
• Identify the functions of reference points.
• Identify the features of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) protocol architecture.
• Identify the elements of an address structure.
• Identify the features of the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) physical layer.
• Identify the characteristics of framing.
• Identify the features of Link Access Protocol Layer-D (LAPD).
• Identify the functions of terminal adaptation.
• Match Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) layer specifications with their functions.

Unit 2: B-ISDN

• Identify benefits of Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN).
• Identify the key Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN) standards.
• Identify the capabilities of conversational services.
• Identify features of messaging services.
• Identify the capabilities of retrieval services.
• Identify features of distribution services.
• Identify considerations for determining B-ISDN service requirements.
• Identify the key features of the B-ISDN Protocol Reference Model.
• Identify the functions of the Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN) Physical Layer.
• Identify the functions of the ATM layer and the ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL).

Duration

7

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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