| When you obtain the TCO CTA certification, you will be certified to be knowledgable in these topics:
PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Module 1 Fundamentals of Telephony
1.03 History of Telecommunications
1.05 Canadian Telecommunications
1.07 The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
1.09 Analog Circuits
1.11 What is Sound?
1.13 The Voiceband
1.15 Plain Ordinary Telephone Service (POTS)
1.17 DTMF Address Signaling
1.19 Signaling System 7 (SS7)
Module 2 Telecom Equipment
2.03 Telephone Switches
2.05 PBX vs. Centrex
2.07 Call Centers
2.09 Modems
2.11 DSL Technologies: Beyond the Voiceband
2.13 DSLAMs
Module 3 The Telecommunications Industry
3.03 US Domestic Telcos
3.05 AT&T and Verizon
3.07 Canadian Telephone Companies
3.09 PSTN Switching Center Hierarchy
3.11 1984: LECs, POPs and IXCs - Switched Access to LD Competition
3.13 1984: Competitive Carrier - Last Mile: Dedicated Access for LD Competition
3.15 Mature Competitive Carrier Network: Regional Rings, POPs and MANs
3.17 Competitive Carrier - Last Mile: Summary
Module 4 Digital Communications
4.03 Why Digital?
4.05 Analog and Digital: What Do We Really Mean?
4.07 Continuous Signals, Discrete Signals
4.09 Voice Digitization (Analog → Digital Conversion)
4.11 Voice Reconstruction (Digital → Analog Conversion)
4.13 Voice Digitization Summary
4.15 The Digital Hierarchy: Industry Standard Line Speeds
4.17 Technologies: Digital Carrier Systems
4.19 ISDN BRI and PRI
4.21 Digital Circuit Voice Applications
4.23 Digital Circuit Data Applications
4.25 Digital Video
4.27 Integration: Voice, Video, Data
Module 5 Transmission Systems
5.03 Channelized Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)
5.05 T1 Carrier System
5.07 Multiplexers
5.09 Framing and Channels
5.11 Pulses and Repeaters
5.13 How T1 is Provided
5.15 Fibers and Cables
5.17 SONET and DWDM: Core Networks
5.19 International Digital Hierarchies
Module 6 Wireless Communications
6.03 Wireless
6.05 Mobile Networks
6.07 Cellular
6.09 Personal Communication Services (PCS)
6.11 Digital Cellular: Voice Communications
6.13 Digital Cellular: Data Communications
6.15 Spectrum-Sharing Technologies: AMPS, TDMA, CDMA
6.17 3G Cellular: CDMA
6.19 Next: LTE (OFDM)
6.21 Wireless LANs
6.23 Satellite
PART 2: UNDERSTANDING DATA COMMUNICATIONS
Module 7 Introduction to Data Communications and Networking
7.03 Data Circuit Model
7.05 Data Terminal Equipment (DTE)
7.07 Analog and Digital Data Circuits
7.09 Data Circuit Terminating Equipment (DCE)
7.11 Configuration Example: Point-to-Point
7.13 Configuration Example: Multidrop Circuit
7.15 LANs
7.17 Wide Area Networks
Module 8 How Data is Formatted for Transmission
8.03 Formatting Data for Communication: Essential Functions
8.05 Representing Quantities: Decimal Number System
8.07 Representing Quantities: Binary Number System
8.09 Representing Quantities: Hexadecimal Number System
8.11 Why Use Hex? Bytes and Nibbles
8.13 Character Coding
8.15 Start/Stop/Parity
8.17 Frames
8.19 Details for Reference: Cyclic Redundancy Check
8.21 Packets
8.23 Packets vs. Frames
8.25 IP Packets
Module 9 Modems: Voiceband, Radio, DSL and Cable
9.03 Data over the Voiceband
9.05 Representing Data in a Frequency Channel
9.07 Modulation Techniques
9.09 Quadrature PSK
9.11 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
9.13 Jargon and Buzzwords: Baud vs. Bits/Second
9.15 Jargon and Buzzwords: Half-Duplex and Full-Duplex
9.17 DSL Technologies: Beyond the Voiceband
9.19 Dial-up vs. DSL Connectivity
9.21 VDSL Technologies and Speeds
9.23 Cable TV Distribution
9.25 Cable Modems
Module 10 Communicating Data on Digital Transmission Systems
10.03 Digital Access and Transmission Technologies
10.05 Anatomy of a Digital Service
10.07 Common Carriers’ Transmission Networks
10.09 Network Equipment: How and Where Each is Used
10.11 Channelized TDM
10.13 Statistical TDM
10.15 Summary: How Services Are Provided
Module 11 Understanding LANs
11.03 Bus Topology
11.05 802.3 and Ethernet
11.07 Evolution of Ethernet
11.09 Fast Ethernet
11.11 LAN Cabling
11.13 Repeaters and Bridges
11.15 Ethernet Switches
11.17 Interconnecting LANs with Routers
PART 3: UNDERSTANDING IP AND NETWORKING
Module 12 Understanding Protocol Stacks
12.03 Choices for Connecting Systems
12.05 Protocols and Standards
12.07 ISO OSI Reference Model
12.09 OSI 7-Layer Model
12.11 Physical Layer
12.13 Data Link Layer
12.15 Network Layer
12.17 Transport Layer
12.19 Session Layer
12.21 Presentation Layer
12.23 Application Layer
12.25 Protocol Stacks
12.27 Protocol Stack in Operation
12.29 Standards Organizations
Module 13 IP Addressing, Routers and Private Networks
13.03 Module Roadmap
13.05 Review: Integrating Applications on a High-Capacity Digital Service
13.07 Efficient Use of Capacity for Bursty Data
13.09 Case Study: Dedicated Line WAN - Integrated Data, Voice, Video
13.11 Edge Router as a Point of Control
13.13 IP Address Classes
13.15 DHCP
13.17 IP Addresses for Private Networks
13.19 Network Address Translation
13.21 Case Study: Private Network
13.23 Dealing With Carriers
13.25 Troubleshooting: Bit Error Rate Test (BERT)
13.29 In-Service Monitoring
Module 14 Bandwidth-On-Demand: Packet Network Services
14.03 Bandwidth On Demand Service Concepts
14.05 Virtual Circuit Technologies
14.07 X.25 and Jargon
14.09 Frame Relay
14.11 TCP/IP over Frame Relay
14.13 Frame Relay Performance: CIR and BIR
14.15 QoS Requirement for Voice Over IP
14.17 ATM
14.19 MPLS
14.21 TCP/IP over MPLS
14.23 The “MPLS Service” Quiz
Module 15 IP Network Services: Voice over IP and IP VPNs
15.03 Voice Over IP (VoIP)
15.05 Net to Phone: Reseller-Type VSPs
15.07 Internet Telephony from LEC/CATV
15.09 Managed-IP Telephone Service (MIPT)
15.11 Customer-Premise-Based VPN
15.13 Carrier VPNs
Module 16 Understanding The Internet
16.03 Internet History
16.05 Internet Basics
16.07 TCP and UDP
16.09 Internet Service Providers
16.11 Commonly Used Internet Protocols
16.13 Domain Name System
16.15 MIME and Base-64 Encoding
16.17 World Wide Web
16.19 HTML, HTTP and HTTPS
16.21 Current Internet Issues
Module 17 Wrapping Up
17.03 Technology Deployment Steps
17.05 Requirements Analysis
17.07 High-Level Design
17.09 Review: Circuits and Services
17.11 Access Circuit / Network Service Cross-Reference Matrix
17.13 Private Network
17.15 MPLS and Native IP Services
17.17 The IP-PSTN
Optional
B Local and Long-Distance Services
C More About T1
C.03 Bit-Robbing and 56 kb/s
C.05 B8ZS and 64 kb/s Clear Channels
C.07 Fractional T1 and Cross-Connects
C.09 Subrate Data Circuits: 1.2 kb/s to 56 kb/s
D Start, Stop, Parity
D.03 Start and Stop Bits
D.05 Parity Checking
E Modulation Techniques
E.03 Amplitude Shift Keying
E.05 Frequency Shift Keying
E.07 Phase Shift Keying
E.09 Voiceband Modem Standards |
