Frame Relay Concepts

Overview/Description
To introduce the concepts underlying the Frame Relay protocol

Target Audience
Technical professionals; IT and business managers who need to learn about wide area network technologies; students investigating or researching telecommunications technologies; nontechnical business managers, project managers, and end-users who require information on the capabilities of communications technologies to make informed decisions on communications implementations

Prerequisites
An understanding of telecommunication fundamentals, basic data communications, internetworking, and LAN technologies

Expected Duration
160 Minutes

Objectives:

Frame Relay Concepts

  • describe the features of X.25.
  • describe the features of X.25 addressing.
  • describe how Frame Relay was developed, and how it compares with other network-switching technologies.
  • discuss the business reasons for Frame Relay.
  • discuss Frame Relay standards and interoperability and the work of the Frame Relay forum.
  • describe and interpret the format of the Frame Relay frame.
  • describe the products used to access a Frame Relay network.
  • identify Frame Relay components, processes, and devices.


    • Course Number: 76165_eng