Telecommunications Essentials

Overview/Description
To introduce the fundamentals of analog and digital telephony

Target Audience
Network managers, builders of wide area networks, and newcomers to voice and data communications

Prerequisites
None, although some technical background is assumed; an understanding of basic electricity and binary arithmetic would be useful

Expected Duration
520 Minutes

Objectives:

Telecommunications Essentials

  • compare analog and digital signals.
  • describe the key developments in the history of telecommunications.
  • describe the organizations governing telecommunications standards and their functions.
  • describe the basic components of a PSTN.
  • describe the structure of the US public switched telephone network (PSTN).
  • discuss the different methods of accessing a public network.
  • discuss the future of the public switched telephone network (PSTN).
  • identify the structure of a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and the functions of its components.
  • describe switching, signaling, control, and network infrastructure in a public switched telephone network (PSTN).
  • describe basic analog telephone and switch functions.
  • list the different types of trunks and explain trunk signaling.
  • identify the essential components of analog telecommunications.
  • describe the process of digitizing voice.
  • describe line coding and frame formatting in networks that use T1 and E1 links.
  • explain the different types of signaling used in networks.
  • describe different methods of multiplexing.
  • describe the CEPT and US digital transmission hierarchies.
  • describe the main elements of a digital network.
  • describe PBX and key telephone system components and features.
  • describe Centrex systems and to discuss the functionality that they provide.
  • describe the features of store and forward messaging systems.
  • describe PBX, Centrex, and messaging systems.
  • describe the main physical media types used in transmission.
  • describe the standards and components for cabling a typical commercial building.
  • describe the procedures for wiring installation and testing.
  • demonstrate best practices for cabling a premise.


    • Course Number: 72123_eng