Introduction to Data Communications & Networking Course

Topics covered on the 3 day Introduction to Data Communications & Networking course

Reference models

• ISO OSI reference model

Serial Networks & Protocols

• Introduction
• DTE &DCE
• Common Uses of Serial Cables
• Common Data Rates
• Flow Control
• Serial Cable Standards
• V.24 / EIA232
• Balanced Interfaces
• Universal Serial Bus (USB)
• Firewall

Analogue WANs

• Problem with Analogue WANs
• Digital Solution
• Analogue Service to the Customer
• Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
• Leased Line
• Asynchronised Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

Modems

• PSTN Modems
• Line Drivers (Short Range Modems)
• Leased Line Modems
• High Speed Modems
• Modem Modulation Standards
• AT Commands
• V.25BIS Commands

ISDN

• Basic Features
• Application for ISDN
• ISDN Channels
• Available ISDN Services
• ISDN Devices & Network Points
• Basic ISDN Numbering
• ISDN Equipment

Multiplexing

• Uses for Multiplexors
• Types of Multiplexor
• Integrating Voice, Video & Data

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

• ADSL Service
• RDSL Service
• ADSL Architecture
• Digital Lease Lines
• BT Kilostream
• Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH)
• SONET and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

Mobile Communications

• The Basics
• Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS)
• Network Access Methods
• Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
• Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
• Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
• Global Systems for Mobile Communications (GSM)
• General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
• 3G Networks and 3GSM
• Enhanced Data for Global Evolution (EDGE)

Packet Switched Networks

• The Problem with Circuit Switched Networks
• The Problem With ISDN & Point to Point Leased Lines
• Packet Switched Networks
• Cost Efficiency
• Delays
• How do Packet Switched Networks Work
• The Public Data Network (PDN)
• Types of Packet Switched Networks

X.25

• DTE & DCE
• Permanent Virtual Circuits
• SVC Addresses
• X.25 Network
• X.25 Data Terminal Equipment
• Connecting to an X.25 Network
• X.25 Operation
• X.25 Frame Format
• X.25 Packet Format

Frame Relay

• Permanent Virtual Circuits
• Improved Performance
• Connecting to a Frame Relay Network
• Preventative Congestion Control
• Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
• Frame Relay Frame

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

• Traffic Nature
• ATM Reference Model

Switched Multi-Megabit Data Service (SMDS)

• Connection Less
• Congestion and Flow Control
• Fully Meshed Networks
• SMDS Addresses
• Transmition Speeds
• LAN-Like Behaviour
• SMDS Providers

Introduction to Local Area Networks

• Types of LAN
• MAC Addresses
• Packet Addressing
• LAN Equipment
• Network Protocols

LAN Physical Layer

• Ethernet
• Gigabit Ethernet
• 10 Gigabit Ethernet
• Token Ring
• Fibre Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
• Wireless LANs

The Data Link Layer

• LAN Physical Layer Frames
• Ethernet Frame Types
• The Token Ring IEEE 802.5 Frame
• The Wireless IEEE 802.11 Frame
• The FDDI ISO9314 Frame
• Layer 2 Information Fields
• Notes on Frame Type Used with Ethernet

Network Connection Concepts

• Local Topologies
• Remote Connections
• Bridging
• Switching Hubs

Introduction to IPX

• The IPX Protocols
• IPX Addressing
• IPX Sockets
• Service IPX Address
• IPX Packet
• Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
• Service Advertisement Protocol (SAP)
• Reducing RIP & SAP Traffic over WAN Links
• Netware Core Protocol
• Sequenced Packet Exchange

Introduction to IP

• IP Addresses
• Introduction to Routers
• TCP/IP Naming Schemes
• The Subnet Masks

Analogue & Digital Signaling

• Digital Data Over Analogue Network
• Digital Data over Digital Network
• Analogue Data over Digital Network

LAN Protocols over Serial Networks

• Introduction to Serial Networking
• Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP)
• Point to Point Protocol (PPP)