WAN Technologies

Course Status:	Released
Course Language:	English
Course Duration:	4 Hours
Deployment Options:	Online, Interactive CDs, Network, Downloads, Intranet

Audience

Managerial and operational staff

Prerequisites

Some knowledge of internetworking; the courses Data Communications: Networks and Standards, Data Communications: Signals and Systems, Fundamentals of Internetworking, and Introduction to Common Networking Protocols

Course Aim

To provide the student with a solid foundation in network technology and operations

Learning Objectives

Compare digital and analog technologies. Compare message, packet, and circuit-switching technologies.

Topics Covered

Link types - Introduction - Overview of technology - Leased v dial-up lines - Point-to-point v multipoint - Multiplexing Digital technology - Pulse code modulation - T-1 and E-1 links - T-1 operations - CSU and DSU - T-3 links - Advantages - SONET and SDH hierarchies etwork switching - Digital networks - Message switching - Circuit switching - Packet switching