NTC362 Fundamentals Of Networking

NTC362 Fundamentals Of Networking


 

Evolution of the Telecommunications Industry

• Describe telecommunications network structures.
• Describe the evolution of the telecommunications industry and its major technologies.
• Identify past and present voice communications technologies.

Analog Signals, A/D-D/A in Telecommunications and the Digital Hierarchy

• Explain the basics of analog signals and analog modulation types: amplitude modulation, frequency modulation, phase modulation, and Quadrature Amplitude Modulation.
• Analyze the technologies for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversions in telecommunications.
• Explain the T(X) and the synchronous optical network digital hierarchy.

OSI Model, Switching Systems, Network Channel Processors, and Media

• Explain the Open Systems Interconnection protocol model.
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of circuit switching and its major protocols.
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of packet switching and its major protocols.

Wireless Communications

• Explain radio frequency transmission characteristics.
• Analyze the common frequency bands and the necessity for different protocols in wireless communications.
• Compare the challenges of using satellites in end-to-end communications links.

Network Security

• Identify the predominant electronic and physical threats to communications networks.
• Explain the importance of explicit enterprise security policies and procedures.
• Describe potential threat detection and protection techniques.