Description
This is the first course in a three-part series Broadband Technologies for the Certified in Convergent Network Technologies (CCNT) curriculum. This course introduces broadband technologies and categories, and it teaches multiplexing and switching. It also covers network interconnections and SONET.
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 Broadband Technologies module of the CCNT exam. There are no formal prerequisites for this course. However, the CCNT Basic Data Communications, CCNT Basic Telecommunications, CCNT Computer-Telephony Integration (CTI) Essentials, and CCNT Local Area Networks curricula are recommended.
Prerequisites
(Currently no course prerequisite information)
Objective
- Identify features of broadband.
- Identify characteristics of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).
- Identify features of analog signals.
- Identify functions of Synchronous Optical Network (SONET).
- Identify features of SONET signaling.
- Identify features of the SONET transport structure.
Topics Include
Unit 1: Broadband Fundamentals - Identify features of broadband.
- Identify characteristics of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).
- Identify features of analog signals.
- Identify features of digital signals.
- Match broadband technologies with their descriptions.
- Identify features of satellite communication.
- Identify features of Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL) communication.
- Identify features of cable modems.
- Identify features of wireless local area network (LAN) communication.
- Identify characteristics of Time Division Multiplexing (TDM).
- Identify characteristics of Frequency Division multiplexing (FDM).
- Identify characteristics of dense wave-division multiplexing (DWDM).
- Identify features of the digital hierarchy.
- Identify features of circuit switching.
- Identify features of packet switching.
- Identify functions of a Packet Assembler/Disassembler (PAD).
- Identify characteristics of LANs and wide area networks (WANs).
- Identify features of Token Ring.
- Identify features of Ethernet.
- Identify features of the Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI).
- Identify features of interconnecting networks.
- Identify features of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
Unit 2: SONET and SDH - Identify functions of SONET.
- Identify features of SONET signaling.
- Identify features of the SONET transport structure.
- Match SONET mappings with their descriptions.
- Match SONET elements with their descriptions.
- Identify features of SONET switching.
- Identify the characteristics of SONET topologies.
- Identify key characteristics of Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH).
- Identify characteristics of SDH standards.
- Identify features of SDH.
- Match types of SDH equipment with their features.
- Identify features of SDH network topologies.
- Identify structural characteristics of a SDH frame.
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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