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A comprehensive tour of the telecommunications technologies and terminology currently in use, and under development.
Who should attend:
• Anyone new to the Telecommunications industry.
• Those who want an insight into Mobile Communications, an understanding of telecommunications terminology.
What you will learn:
The course begins with an initial focus on traditional telephony and the PSTN. VoIP and IP telephony and then analysed followed by a look at mobile communications.
• Explain how calls are made over the PSTN, mobiles and IP networks.
• Describe the key buzzwords used in the telecoms and VoIP arenas.
• Describe the issues of providing a converged architecture.
• Recognise the key decisions to be made when implementing telecoms systems.
The course will cover:
Telecommunications
• Telephone network architecture
• Making a call - some basics
• Signalling and numbering.
• Analogue vs Digital
• Transmission mediums
• PBXs
• Signalling
• Other network access
• Transport planes
• Networks & other Services
VoIP and IPT
• What is VoIP
• VoIP issues
• VoIP Architectures
• VoIP protocol stack
• H.323, SIP
• MGCP and MegaCo. IP PBXs
Mobile communications
• Mobile and wireless technologies
• 1G to 3G
• GSM
• Advanced GSM services
• GPRS
• UMTS and 3G
• HSDPA.
• Other wireless solutions (Wifi…)
Principal Manager – Nigerian Ports Authority, NigeriaThe programme has been very fascinating and down-to-earth. The lecturers are very experienced in their various areas of specialisation. I have gained tremendously from their residual knowledge and practical application on lecturing.