Delivering Voice and Data in Diverse Network Environments


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number


Overview/Description
To introduce the fundamental concepts used in the transport of voice and data over circuit-switched networks and packet switched IP networks

Target Audience
Telecommunications professionals wishing to learn the fundamentals of transporting voice over IP networks; data networking professionals wishing to enhance their skills in this area

Prerequisites
An understanding of basic telephony concepts or internetworking with TCP/IP

Expected Duration (hours)
3.6

Lesson Objectives

Delivering Voice and Data in Diverse Network Environments

  • identify the differences between circuit-switched and packet-switched networks.
  • outline the goals of convergence and the ways in which voice over IP achieves them.
  • describe how voice is converted to a digital form for transmission across IP networks.
  • describe the properties of analog and digital waves and their conversion process.
  • describe the functions and implementation of signaling in circuit-switched and packet-switched networks.
  • describe the evolution of the PSTN to a digital medium and the role of IP networking.
  • describe the role of codecs in Voice over IP.
  • discuss the OSI and TCP/IP reference models and how they relate to each other.
  • explain the fundamentals of IP addressing.
  • describe the TCP/IP models transport protocols and IP routing.
  • identify the layers of the TCP/IP and OSI models.

    • Course Number:
    81515_eng