Introduction to Data Communications

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

The Introduction to Data Communications training course is an instructor led presentation course that provides a fundamental overview of the hardware, protocols and techniques used in the modern datacommunications environment.

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Location

Start date

London
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Clerks Court 18-20 Farringdon Lane Clerkenwell, EC1R 3AU

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Communications
  • IT

Course programme

Introduction

  • Data Communication Overview
  • Binary
  • Binary Codes
  • Serial Transmission
  • Communications
  • Different Types of Connection
  • Communication Modes
  • Why Data Communications
  • Available Connections
  • Protocol
  • What is a Private Network?
  • What is a Virtual Private Network?

Standards

  • Standards
  • Communication between Devices
  • Standards for Data Transfer
  • Physical Interfaces
  • Electrical Interfaces
  • Functional Interfaces
  • Universal Serial Bus
  • Software Flow Control
  • Hardware Flow Control
  • OSI Concepts
  • The Layers of the OSI

Local and Wide Area Networks

  • LAN Definition
  • LAN Standards
  • LAN Topologies
  • CSMA/CD
  • Ethernet
  • Token Passing
  • Token Ring
  • FDDI
  • LAN Addressing
  • LAN Frames
  • Typical Connectivity
  • LAN cabling
  • Hubs
  • Bridges
  • Switches
  • WANs - Extending Beyond LANs
  • Wide Area Networks

Introduction to TCP/IP

  • Packet Switched Networks
  • WAN Architecture
  • Internet Protocol
  • Internet Protocol Addressing
  • Routers
  • Routers and Routing
  • Static Routing
  • Dynamic Routing
  • Dynamic Routing Protocols
  • Transport Protocols
  • TCP Concepts
  • User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
  • Domain Name Service

Analogue & Digital Voice

  • Telephone Beginnings
  • Overview of the PSTN
  • Circuit Switched Networks
  • End-to-End Connection
  • The Local Loop
  • Voice Basics
  • Bandwidth
  • Analogue to Digital
  • Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)
  • Digital to Analogue
  • The Modem
  • Quadrature Amplitude Modulation(QAM)
  • Data Compression
  • Baseband and Broadband

Remote Access

  • Access via the PSTN
  • Integrated Service Digital Networks
  • ISDN Types
  • Basic Rate Interface (BRI)
  • Primary Rate Interface (PRI)
  • Signaling
  • Direct Dialing In (DDI)
  • ISDN Applications
  • Benefits of ISDN
  • Advantages of ISDN

UK Private Circuits

  • Pulse Code Modulation
  • 64kbits/s Leased Lines
  • Basic Time Division Multiplexing
  • N x 64k
  • Statistical Time Division Multiplexing
  • Multiplexer Summary
  • 30 Channel PCM Frame
  • E1 Leased Lines
  • Typical Connectors
  • Transmission Technologies
  • The PDH Multiplexer Mountain
  • PDH - Limitations
  • Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
  • SDH Operation
  • SDH Bus Structured System
  • SDH Advantages

Virtual Private Networks

  • Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
  • Benefits of a VPN
  • VPN Features
  • VPN components
  • VPN security components
  • Point to Point Protocol
  • Point to Point Tunnelling Protocol
  • Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol
  • IPSec

Frame Relay

  • Frame Relay Access
  • PVCs and SVCs
  • The Frame Relay Frame structure
  • Link Layer Address structure (DLCI)
  • Congestion Indicators (FECN and BECN)
  • Discard Eligibility (DE)
  • Traffic contracts and parameters
  • CIR Management
  • Voice over Frame Relay (VoFR)
  • Video over Frame Relay

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

  • Introduction to ATM
  • The Cell
  • The ATM layer
  • The Physical layer
  • The ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL)
  • ATM Service Categories and Traffic Management
  • Virtual Paths and Channels
  • ATM Connections
  • Benefits and Features of ATM

Broadband Technologies

  • Local loop technology
  • Local Loop Restrictions
  • Frequency Allocation
  • Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
  • How Does ADSL Work?
  • The DSLAM
  • ADSL Standards
  • G.lite G.DMT
  • BT IPStream Network Model
  • Symetric Digital Subscriber Line
  • Fibre to the node/curb/home
  • Broadband cable modems
  • Very High Bit Rate DSL

IP VPNs

  • IP VPN
  • What is MPLS?
  • MPLS IP Voice
  • MPLS
  • Any-to-Any Solution
  • Labels
  • Label Substitution
  • MPLS Operation
  • Label Substitution

Mobile & Wireless

  • Wireless Access
  • Mobile Network Generations
  • Data through GSM
  • The Short Message Service
  • Wireless Application Protocol
  • General Packet Radio Service
  • UMTS (3G)
  • Bluetooth
  • WiFi
  • WiFi Standards
  • Considerations
  • Wi-Max
  • Wireless Networks Comparison

The Convergence Story

  • The Big Picture
  • Simplified Networks
  • Converged Solutions
  • NGN - Simplified Network
  • Multi-Service Access Nodes
  • Metro Node
  • NGN - The Core
  • Voice over IP (VoIP)
  • Voice over IP Protocols

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