Course Objectives

• Establish a solid base in the fundamental of today’s telecom, Datacom and networking.
• Fill in the gaps. Understand jargon and buzzwords.
• Understand mainstream technologies and solutions.
• Put a structure in place that project-specific
• Knowledge can be built on in the future.
• Understand how it all fits together.
• Develop career-enhancing knowledge skills.

Part 1: The Fundamentals

• Today’s broadband converged IP telecom network
• Telecom fundamentals: pulses, modems, multiplexing
• Network fundamentals: IP packets and MAC frames
• The Internet, ISPs and Net neutrality
• Web Services, Cloud Computing, Data Centers
• Residential, Business and Wholesale Services
• Digital Media: digital voice, video, images, data, text

Part 2: Telecom Technologies

• Wireless: Cellular, 4G, 5G, Mobile Internet
• Wi-Fi, Satellite, 3.5 GHz Broadband Home Internet
• Fiber: fundamentals, WDM, Optical Ethernet, PONs
• Copper: POTS, DSL, Cable Modems, T1, LAN cables

Part 3: Equipment, Carriers and Interconnect

• Core Routers and Layer 2 Switches
• CO Switches & PBXs vs. Softswitches, Gateways
• Internet Exchanges, Switched Access, POPs, CLECs

Part 4: Networking

• OSI Layers and Protocol Stacks
• Ethernet LANs, LAN switches and VLANs
• Routers, IP addresses, DHCP, public-private NAT
• IPv6 address types and allocation
• Carrier networks, SLAs, Class of Service
• MPLS for CoS, VPNs, integration and aggregation
• Practical solutions and project methodology