How a Local Exchange Works

Serebra Learning Corporation
This WestNet e-Learning module focuses on telephone central offices (COs), the telephone numbering system, and the physical connections that transmit signals between customers and COs.
This is primarily online training
on-line e-learning cbt (computer based)This is an online eLearning or CBT training program
Training Presented in:English
Training Provided by Serebra Learning Corporation
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How a Local Exchange Works
Audience
Topics

Local Exchange Components

Central Office Switching

Trunks, Lines, and Loops

Outside Wire Plant

Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Describe the telephone system hierarchy
  • Explain what a CO switch is and what it does
  • Describe the purpose of a tandem CO switch
  • Explain the relationship of the customer premise to the public telephone network
  • Describe the type of switching that has been and is being used
  • Explain how a call is made
  • Describe the difference between switching and routing
  • Explain the difference between a trunk and a line
  • Describe the most common types of local loops
  • Explain the difference between analog and digital signals
  • Name the three main types of transmission media, and compare their relative advantages and disadvantages
  • Identify the standard telephony twisted pair cable color codes, and identify the wire combinations on each pair of a punch down connector
  • Describe why fiber optic cable is becoming increasingly popular
  • Explain the dif
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