Course Length: 2 Days
Prerequisites: None
Course Objectives:
This course is designed to provide the student with required knowledge of and testing skills for Ethernet based services to wireless networks; commonly called gig-e circuits. This course also teaches the student how to test gig-e networks based on the RFC2544 standard; using popular test equipment including the QT600® network interface when appropriate. The course is approximately two days in length and a series of on-line webinars lasting two hours each are scheduled at regular intervals. Please visit our website for dates and tuition fees.
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Course Outline:
Transport Introduction
- Trends of Wireless Backhaul Services
- Typical installations
- Why the need
Modern Data Services
- Convergence
- Packet vs. Circuit Switched
- Real-time Services vs. Non Real-time services
Physical Backhaul Technologies
- Copper, Twisted Pairs, and COAX Cables
- Fiber Optic Cables
- Wireless/Radio Frequencies
Comparison to TDM Transport
- Mulitplexing, Framing and Overhead
- Transmission Coding
- Timing
- Testing
Fiber Optics Primer
- Overview of Fiber Optics
- Elements & Components
- Cleaning Techniques
- Basic Testing (Loss, OTDR...)
Packet Data
- OSI Model
- Packets
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- Encapsulation
- Linking Technologies Together
Ethernet
- LAN Ethernet v/s Backhaul Ethernet
- Overview of Frames (802.3 and DIX V2)
- Point-to-Point Switching
- Equipment & Negotiation (Auto-Negotiation)
- Cable types (Twisted-pair, Fiber...)
- Speed, Duplex and Flow Control
- Addressing (MAC, Tables…)
- Power-over-Ethernet
- VLANS (Ports, Tagging…)
Ethernet Testing
- RFC 2544 Test standard
- Test Types (In Service, Out of Service…)
- Results Interpretation
- Network Overview
- PING
- Trace Routing
- Troubleshooting Procedures
- QoS
- Latency and Delay
- Retransmission
- Packet Loss
- Monitoring