Replaced by course 87605

Course Code NGE87508

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 final course in a three-part series on Basic Data Communications for the Certified in Convergent Network Technologies (CCNT) curriculum. This course teaches students about data communications equipment and media. In addition, it covers the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE), analog and digital communication, modulation, multiplexers, and the Synchronous Optical Networks (SONET) protocol. Finally, transmission media cables and wireless transmission media 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. 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. There are no formal prerequisites for this course. Learners should have taken the first two courses in this series 87506 - 87507.

Prerequisites

(Currently no course prerequisite information)

Objective

• Match IEEE 802 working groups with their areas of interest.
• Identify specifications supported by the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard.
• Identify specifications of the IEEE 802.5 Token Ring standard.
• Identify considerations for choosing transmission media.
• Identify features of twisted pair cable.
• Match the coaxial cable types with their specifications.

Topics Include

Unit 1: LANs and Communications Equipment

• Match IEEE 802 working groups with their areas of interest.
• Identify specifications supported by the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard.
• Identify specifications of the IEEE 802.5 Token Ring standard.
• Identify features of modems.
• Identify features of modem standards.
• Identify functions of proprietary modem features.
• Identify features of modulation.
• Identify features of FSK, DPSK, and QAM modulation techniques.
• Identify the features of a Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit (CSU/DSU).
• Identify features of line coding.
• Identify key features of multiplexing.
• Identify features of Frequency-division multiplexing (FDM).
• Identify the features of Time-division multiplexing (TDM).
• Identify features of statistical multiplexing.
• Identify features of Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM).
• Identify advantages of a Synchronous Optical Network (SONET).
• Identify features of SONET signals.
• Identify advantages of synchronous transmission signals.
• Identify features of Synchronous Transport Signal (STS)-1.
• Identify functions of SONET multiplexing.
• Identify functions of SONET elements.

Unit 2: Transmission Media

• Identify considerations for choosing transmission media.
• Identify features of twisted pair cable.
• Match the coaxial cable types with their specifications.
• Identify features of fiber optic cables.
• Identify features of radio transmission media.
• Identify features of infrared transmission.
• Identify features of microwave transmission.
• Identify features of satellite transmission.
• Identify features of cellular telephony transmission.

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