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Description

This training course is designed to introduce the world of mobile telecommunications and data networking technologies. It is aims to familiarise the non-technical person with an understanding of the various technologies that are used to build the network infrastructure of the modern mobile telecoms service provider. The course will take a big-picture approach, showing the course delegate how the various technologies are used to deliver the services and product offerings of the mobile service provider.

The course presents information in simple, easy to understand language that enables you to make sense of technical concepts, details and many acronyms. The course is designed as an overview and so you will not be bombarded with over theoretical and superfluous information.

What you will learn

• What bandwidth is and practical implications of bandwidth in networks
• What the different types of media are and how information is sent across them
• What multiplexing means and how it is used to increase network capacity and efficiency
• What coding techniques are used for and briefly how they work
• What technologies are used to create long distance transmission systems
• The fundamental difference between voice and data communication and networks

• How voice calls are switched through a network
• Introduction to SS7 signaling
• Call control in a voice network

• The architecture of data networks and the 3 building blocks used to build a data network
• The role of wired and wireless Ethernet
• The function of the router in data networks
• An introduction to the wired and wireless WAN technologies, what they are, where and when to use them
• The role of TCP/IP in a data network

• How advancements in data network technologies have enabled the convergence of voice, data and video communications on a single network infrastructure
• The use of MPLS (Multi protocol label switching) in multi-services networks
• The operation and importance of QoS (Quality of service) in a NGN
• How applications such as VoIP and IPTV work in NGNs

• The layered architectural structure of the Vodacom network is discussed. The role of each layer and the basics of how it works is covered
• How a voice call is setup through the network and the purpose of various components such as the MSC, EIR, HLR, VLR etc. are discussed
• How data packets move through the Vodacom Core data network (CDN). What the SGSN and GGSN are used for
• What an APN is
• The features and technologies that are found on user equipment (handsets etc.) are explained
• What services are offered on the Vodacom network and how they work
• How the Vodacom network is managed
• What the Intelligent Network Platform is and how it is used to build value-added services
• What CAMEL is and it is used as a means of adding intelligent applications to mobile networks