Description
This is the first course in a three-part series on Basic Data Communications for the Certified in Convergent Network Technologies (CCNT) curriculum. This course will introduce learners to data networks, signals and to data transmission.
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. In addition, anyone taking advanced vendor-neutral or product-specific certification programs would benefit from this course. This course will help prepare candidates for the Basic Data Communications module of the CCNT exam.
Prerequisites
(Currently no course prerequisite information)
Objective
- Identify features of data communications.
- Identify features of analog and digital transmission.
- Identify features of DTE to DTE communication.
- Identify features of transmission service providers.
- Identify characteristics of transmission modes.
- Identify features of circuit types.
Topics Include
Unit 1: Networks and Signals - Identify features of data communications.
- Identify features of analog and digital transmission.
- Identify features of DTE-to-DTE communication.
- Match standards organizations with their features.
- Identify features of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model.
- Identify features of analog signals.
- Identify characteristics of analog data transmission.
- Identify features of digital signals.
- Identify the characteristics of digitizing analog data.
Unit 2: Data Transmission - Identify features of transmission service providers.
- Identify features of circuit types.
- Distinguish between dedicated and switched circuits.
- Identify features of analog dedicated circuits.
- Identify features of digital dedicated circuits.
- Identify the features of circuit switching.
- Identify features of packet switching.
- Identify characteristics of transmission modes.
- Identify functions of Packet Assembler/Disassembler (PAD).
- Identify features of the Switched 56 digital service.
- Identify capabilities of the T-Carrier system.
- Identify features of Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS).
- Identify characteristics of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).
- Identify features of X.25.
- Identify features of Frame Relay.
- Identify capabilities of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).
- Identify features of host computers.
- Differentiate between types of display and nondisplay terminals.
- Identify features of a dumb terminal.
- Identify features of a smart terminal.
- Identify differences between a smart and a dumb terminal.
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).
The network 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 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
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