This unique course provides an essential and authoritative coverage of modern networks and telecommunications systems, including voice, data, mobile, wireless and IP networks, like no other course.
Gain a solid foundation in the broad spectrum of current networking technologies that are becoming essential knowledge for today's network and IT professionals.
Learn Telecoms, Networking, Mobile and Wireless technologies through focussed lecture sessions, lab exercises and in-class demonstrations.
Comprehensive reference materials reinforce subjects covered during the course.
Gain hands-on practical experience with high-speed LANs, TCP/IP protocols, DHCP, DNS, IP routers, voice over IP products, IPv6 software, protocol analysers, security firewalls, Wi-Fi Wireless LANs and more.
Get Lifetime Post-Course support from LEVER*
Who should attend this Telecoms course
All Network support staff, regardless of the types of networks they support.
All Telecommunications engineers - as a foundation for follow-on training, and also to "fill the gaps" in their areas of expertise.
Systems support staff wanting a comprehensive grounding in modern telecommunications and networking technologies.
Anyone needing a comprehensive introduction to modern telecommunications and data network technologies.
Telecoms Course Pre-requisites
None.
Hands-on Practicals
Delegates gain hands-on practical experience with:
High-speed LANs
TCP/IP protocols
Wireshark Protocol Analysis
DHCP
DNS
IP routers
Voice over IP products
IPv6 software
Protocol analysers
Security firewalls
Wi-Fi Wireless LANs
and much more.
A new series of in-class demos and hands-on practical exercises allow delegates to experience a wide range of modern network technologies first-hand.
Lifetime Post-Course Support
After completing this
Telecoms training course, delegates receive lifetime post-training support from LEVER Technology Group PLC, to help them apply the technologies and skills they have learned with us, to provide career-long support, and to ensure they are better equipped for their future roles in IT and networking.
TelecomsTraining Course Content
The evolution of telecommunications
The PSTN, modems, digital links, ISDN, X.25
Advent of computing, IP, Frame Relay, SDH
PABXs, voice mail, ACD and other voice technologies
LANs, intranets, LAN components, cabling
Network Unification
Essential communications principles
Network topologies
Circuit-switched networks
Packet-switched networks
Bps versus Baud
Data rate, bandwidth, throughput, latency, jitter
Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)
Inverse multiplexing, bonding
Statistical Time Division (STDM)
Protocol architectures
The OSI 7-layer model
Common protocol architectures
Function of protocols and layered architectures
IEEE 802 standards model
Public telephony services
Public telephone network
ISDN: PRI, BRI
Cellular mobile networks
Cable networks
Using modems
Modem functions
Asynchronous and synchronous modems
EIA-232, V.24, V.35
Modem standards
ISDN networks
ISDN Basic Rate, Primary Rate and Broad Band services
ISDN structure and terminology
ISDN and the OSI Model
I.430/I.431, layer 1 frames
I.441 ISDN layer 2 LAPD
The ISDN signalling interface
Q.931 signalling operation
ISDN trunk signalling
ITU SS7 / C7 defined
Where C7 is used
C7 Layer 2 (MTP2)
C7 Layer 3 (MTP3)
C7 MTP3 operation
Level 4 messages
What is Computer Networking?
Essentials concepts
Peer-to-peer
File transfer & sharing
Client-server, Thin client
Network Data Transmission
Network packets, frame types
Data transmission
Packet-switching concepts
Packets versus cells
Local Area Networks
IEEE 802 series standards
Ethernet characteristics
CSMA/CD
Frame formats (DIX, 802.3)
MAC addresseses: unicast, multicast, broadcast
10BASET, 100BASETx, Gigabit Ethernet, Metro Ethernet
Network Adapter Cards
Role of the network adapter
Configuration options
Network Drivers
Testing adapters & drivers
Creating Larger Networks
LAN Repeaters, Bridges
Spanning Tree (STAP)
Layer 2 switches
The role of Routers
Layer 3 switches
Introduction to TCP/IP
The DARPA model
Role of IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, ARP
Application protocols
IP address, subnet mask
Default gateway
Installing and testing TCP/IP
IP Addressing
Class A, B, C, D, E
Multihomed systems
IP multicasting
Common problems
IP Address Resolution
Resolving local and remote addresses
ARP protocol & cache
The arp command
Common problems
Subnet Addressing
What is a subnet?
Subnet addressing
Choosing the mask
Defining subnet IDs
Supernetting
IP Routing
Routing fundamentals
Local vs remote routing
System routing tables
Static vs dynamic routing
D-V protocols: RIP II, IGRP
Link State: OSPF, EIGRP
DHCP
DHCP Lease mechanism
Planning for DHCP
Configuring scopes & options
Name Resolution
TCP/IP naming schemes
Configuring the HOSTS file
Configuring a DNS client
Configuring a DNS service
Common problems
Overview of VoIP
Why consider VoIP?
Who uses VoIP?
H.323 Architectural overview
Real Time Protocol: RTP, RTCP
SIP Architectural overview
MGCP and H.248/Megaco
IP QoS, IntServ, RSVP, DiffServ, MPLS
Mobile IP & IPv6
The need for Mobile IP
Mobile IP and mobile networks: GPRS, UMTS
Mobile IP and WLANs
What is IPv6?
Why move to IPv6?
Migration paths, timescales
Introduction to IP network security
Network vulnerabilities
Address Translation (NAT)
Configuring IP filtering
Employing firewalls & VPNs
WAN technologies
Private Circuits
T1/E1, T3/E3
SDLC and HDLC
SONET/SDH
Packet Switched WAN Technologies
X.25 packet networks
Frame relay networks
ATM networks
Frame Relay networks
The Link service
Speed, CIR, congestion
Logical channels, PVCs, SVCs
ATM networks
Supporting traffic types
Virtual Paths, Channels
Signalling, VPI/VCI switching
ATM cell structure
CBR, VBR-RT/NRT, ABR, UBR
ATM adaptations layers
ATM QoS, traffic shaping
LANE and MPOA
Broadband Services and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
