Replaced by course 87601

Course Code NGE87501

Contents

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Objectives
6. Topics Include
7. Duration
8. Minimum Requirements
9. Media

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Description

This is the first course in a two part series that presents the learner with the fundamentals of telecommunications and gives a comprehensive introduction to analog and digital concepts. The course covers the history of telecommunications and looks at the structure of business systems (including station sets, PBX, key and hybrid systems, ISDN and broadband), Consumer Premises Equipment (CPE), and services (dedicated and switched). The course then covers analog signals, its history and associated variables. Additionally, digital systems, its advantages over analog, and including such aspects as Pulse Code Modulation, Time Division Multiplexing, optical standards and loop carriers are covered.

Audience

The intended audience for this course includes anyone who wants to remain current in the data and telecommunications industries, including Network Engineers, Network Administrators, Telecommunications Technicians, Data/Internet/Telecommunications Sales Professionals, Telecom Sales Engineers, IT/Data Product Managers, and Telecom Account Managers. This course would also benefit anyone taking advanced vendor-neutral or product-specific certification programs. This course will prepare candidates for the Basic Telecommunications module of the CCNT exam. The CCNT Basic Data Communications curriculum is recommended, but not required, as a prerequisite for this course.

Prerequisites

(Currently no course prerequisite information)

Objective

• Identify stages in the historical evolution of telecommunications.
• Identify stages in the technical evolution of telecommunications.
• Match telecommunications standards organizations with their functions.
• Identify features of analog voice signals.
• Match analog transmission impairments with their descriptions.
• Identify features and functions of analog multiplexing.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Telecommunications Fundamentals

• Identify stages in the historical evolution of telecommunications.
• Identify stages in the technical evolution of telecommunications.
• Match telecommunications standards organizations with their functions.
• Match telecommunications types with their definitions.
• Match network structure components with their features.
• Match network provider types with their services.
• Identify features of switching and transmission.
• Identify basic features of station sets.
• Identify additional features of station sets.
• Identify features of Centrex.
• Identify features and functions of a private branch exchange (PBX).
• Identify functions of key and hybrid systems.
• Identify features of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) types.
• Identify features of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL).
• Match broadband technologies with their features.
• Identify CPE building blocks.
• Identify typical features of CPE.
• Identify features of components of Consumer Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) enterprise networks.
• Identify features and functions of telecommunications services.
• Identify features of dedicated services.
• Match switched services types with their features.

Unit 2: Analog and Digital Concepts

• Identify features of analog voice signals.
• Match analog transmission impairments with their descriptions.
• Identify features and functions of analog multiplexing.
• Identify features of analog frequency division multiplexing (FDM).
• Identify features of digital signals.
• Identify features of digital bits and bytes.
• Identify advantages of using digital technology.
• Identify features and functions of digital transmission.
• Sequence the steps in the digital Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) process.
• Match digital transmission facilities with their characteristics.
• Identify features and functions of digital time division multiplexing (TDM).
• Identify characteristics of digital standards.
• Identify features of optical transmission technology.
• Identify features and functions of digital loop carriers (DLCs).

Duration

8

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).

Media

CDROM