Telecom Introduction

Transmission types, Analogue Signals, Digital Signals, Analogue vs Digital, Bandwidth

Transmission Mediums

2-wire Cable, Coaxial Cable, Fibre Optic Cables, Multi Mode, Mono Mode, DWDM, Microwave Radio, Satellite Systems, Very Small Aperture Terminal Satellite Systems (VSAT).

Network Access

Network access, PCM (E1) Frame, Channel Associated Signalling (CAS), Common Channel Signalling (CCS), 64Kbit/sKilostream, Inverse Multiplexing, Digital Access Cross-connect System (DACS), Asymmetrical Digital Subscribe Line (ADSL).

Networks

Circuit Switching, Packet Switching, Types of Packet Switching, Time Division Multiplexing (TDM), Statistical Time Division Multiplexing (STDM), Network Architecture, Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH), Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH), X.25, Frame Relay, Cell Switching

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)

Non-integrated Circuits, Integrated Circuits, Basic Rate Access, BRI Reference Points & Equipment Connections, Primary Rate Access, H Channel, Nx64Kbit/s Channels, ISDN Services.

Wireless Communications

Mobile Telephone, High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), Bluetooth Technology, Universal Mobile Telecommunication Service (UMTS)