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Datacoms for the Telecoms Professional

  • Course Name: Datacoms for the Telecoms Professional
  • Duration: 4 days
  • Technical Level: 5

Overview

This 4-day training course gives a deeper understanding of IP technology and its use in modern data/telecommunication networks, including practical demonstrations, exercises, configuration details, and traffic analysis.

The course explores IP technology and networking in detail, including a thorough analysis of emerging technologies in the fields of fixed, mobile and wireless systems. Configuration, addressing, routing, Quality of Service, VoIP, security, AAA, and access techniques are all explained and analysed. IP technology within existing and emerging mobile networks (including GPRS and UMTS), is examined, focusing on the move to the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and the use of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) as a means of delivering multi-media services efficiently, effectively, and with the right Quality of Service.

Course Objectives

  • Identify applications for IP technology and the requirements for an effective IP network
  • Analyse a route through an IP network, describing the use 3 different IP Addressing mechanisms
  • Analyse and troubleshoot the use of IP Datagram fields / parameters
  • List three main differences between the TCP and UDP protocols
  • Identify the key differences between IP Version 4 and IP Version 6
  • Identify five mechanisms for controlling the quality of services for specific applications
  • Evaluate underlying transport networks, including Ethernet, ATM, Frame Relay, SDH, PDH
  • Differentiate between Dial-Up Connections, Leased Line, and Virtual Private Networks
  • List potential Security Risks in an IP network, and how they can be minimised
  • Explain the operation of standard AAA (Authentication, Authorisation, and Accounting) techniques
  • Identify, and describe the operation of four IP access technologies
  • Use software tools to analyse IP-based protocols and networks
  • Configure routers and analyse their performance
  • Configure servers in a SIP VoIP network, establish and analyse VoIP call sequences and traffic
  • Add Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting functions to an IP network
  • Configure a WLAN access point in a network and analyse its operation when clients associate and use network resources

Course Requirements

A basic understanding of IP technology would be an advantage, but is not essential.