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Course Overview The emergence of 32-bit operating systems and software, a along with new network technologies, multimedia applications, voice and data integration and CTI, all mean that organisations must scale their networks to take advantage of these essential new technologies to meet the needs of their user base. This unique "Fast Track" course provides an essential introduction to current and emerging wide area network technologies. The course presents the information you need to compare network technologies and plan high-speed WANs and services. Audience All personnel who will be planning, implementing, supporting or managing wide area networks. Prerequisites Course 301: Introduction to Data Communications and Networking, or equivalent experience, is a pre-requisite for this course. Course Outline Datacomms review - Bit streams, cells, frames
- Synchronous vs asynchronous transmission and switching
- Network efficiency: utilisation, multiplexing, QoS
Wide Area Network components - Public telephone network
- Leased line services
- Circuit switching vs packet switching
- ISDN: PRI, BRI
- Packet data networks: X.25, Frame Relay, Cell Switching, ATM
- The Internet
- Cable networks
- Satellite links, infra-red, radio
- Cellular networks
High-speed network cabling - UTP, STP, coaxial cables
- Multi- and single-mode fibre
- Performance and installation issues
Switched Digital Services - Switched 56, DDS
- ISDN: BRA, PRA
- ADSL, HDSL
Frame Relay networks - Packet switching vs frame relay
- Employing PVCs and SVCs
- FRADs, routers and CSU/DSUs
- LAN packet encapsulation
- Committed Information Rate
- Congestion management: FECN/BECN
- Frame Relay Service Provision
- Local Management Interface
- Voice over Frame Relay
- Comparisons with ATM
Fundamentals of ATM - ATM cell structure
- Asynchronous multiplexing: supporting all traffic types
- ATM network scalability
- Traffic shaping and policing
- QoS: CBR, VBR, ABR, UBR
- Deploying and managing ATM networks
Commercial ATM Services - Network products and carrier services
- Migrating to ATM
- Negotiating with your vendors and carriers
- Negotiating the user-network agreement
- UPC and the traffic contract
- Ensuring QoS
Incorporating ATM into your network - Multi-Protocol Over ATM (MPOA)
- Multiprotocol clients and servers
- Using NHRP
- IP networks over ATM
- IP / ATM VPNs
- Authentication and encryption
- Managing your ATM service
Synchronous networks and hierarchies - Key features of SONET/SDH
- The SONET/SDH architecture
- Comparing SONET to SDH
- Payload capacities
- Add-drop multiplexers
- Scalability
- Building high-capacity networks with synchronous multiplexing
- SDH management facilities
- SDH fault tolerance
Employing SONET/SDH technology - Building private SONET/SDH networks
- Negotiating for service
- Employing APS
- ANSI SONET and ITU-T SDH
- Customer Network Management (CNM)
xDSL technologies - The evolution of xDSL technologies
- High bit rate DSL
- SDSL vs HDSL
- Asymmetric DSL - ADSL
- Rate Adaptive DSL - RADSL
- ISDN DSL - IDSL
- Very high-speed DSL-VDSL
- ADSL standards
- ADSL network components
- The ADSL transceiver unit
- ADSL and ATM services
- TCP/IP and ADSL
- World-wide trials & services
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