2006 Telecoms Infrastructure Technology - Volume 2 - Long Distance & Data

Table of Contents

1. INFRASTRUCTURE - KEY CONCEPTS

• 1.1 Communication, signals and data
  • 1.1.1 Light and sound
  • 1.1.2 Analogue electronics
  • 1.1.3 Digital conversion
  • 1.1.4 Binary numbers
  • 1.1.5 ASCII text
  • 1.1.6 Data storage and compression
• 1.2 The pace of electronic technology development
• 1.3 Types of communication system
  • 1.3.1 Basic communication principles
  • 1.3.2 Basic characteristics of communication technologies
  • 1.3.3 Analogue and digital
  • 1.3.4 Analogue vs digital
• 1.4 The OSI layered model of networks and applications
  • 1.4.1 Distributed information system
  • 1.4.2 Purpose of OSI
  • 1.4.3 Functions and examples
  • 1.4.4 How the model works
• 1.5 The increasing importance of the Internet
  • 1.5.1 From smoke signals to Internet
  • 1.5.2 New foundation for future systems
  • 1.5.3 The importance of the Internet

2. LONG DISTANCE AND GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES

• 2.1 Fibre, WDM
  • 2.1.1 Historical perspective
  • 2.1.2 Optical fibre links
  • 2.1.3 Fibres, attenuation, dispersion and distortion
• 2.2 Fibre, modulation, amplification and 40Gbs
  • 2.2.1 Soliton transmission
  • 2.2.2 Lasers, modulation and detectors
  • 2.2.3 40Gb/s
• 2.3 SDH, SONET, OTN, RPR, GMPLS
  • 2.3.1 SDH / SONET fibre optic links
  • 2.3.2 SDH/SONET data rates
  • 2.3.3 Enhancements to SDH / SONET
  • 2.3.4 RPR - Resilient Packet Ring
  • 2.3.5 Optical switching and GMPLS
  • 2.3.6 Optical Transport Network (OTN)
• 2.4 Microwave, satellite
  • 2.4.1 Microwave links
  • 2.4.2 Microwave Bands
  • 2.4.3 Satellite Orbital Configurations
  • 2.4.4 Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO)

3. THE TELEPHONE NETWORK AND VOICE CALLS

• 3.1 Network and calls
  • 3.1.1 Introduction and historical perspective
  • 3.1.2 A circuit-switched network
  • 3.1.3 Voice calls
  • 3.1.4 Telephone exchanges
• 3.2 SS7 PABXs Centrex CTI Number Portability
  • 3.2.1 Signalling System No. 7 - SS7
  • 3.2.2 The Intelligent Network
  • 3.2.3 CLASS services
  • 3.2.4 PABXs and key systems
  • 3.2.5 Payphones
  • 3.2.6 Centrex Services
  • 3.2.7 CTI - Computer Telephony Integration
  • 3.2.8 Number portability

4. DATA

• 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.1.1 Circuit versus packet switching
  • 4.1.2 Cells, frames and packets
  • 4.1.3 ISDN primarily for voice, not data
  • 4.1.4 Technologies for data communications
  • 4.1.5 Voice to be carried as packets in the future
• 4.2 Frame relay
  • 4.2.1 Introduction
  • 4.2.2 Switching packets and cells
  • 4.2.3 Permanent and Switched Virtual Circuits - PVCs and SVCs
  • 4.2.4 Applications and futures
• 4.3 ATM
  • 4.3.1 Introduction
  • 4.3.2 Cell switching in hardware
  • 4.3.3 Distinguishing characteristics of ATM
  • 4.3.4 Applications and futures
  • 4.3.5 ATM for LAN
  • 4.3.6 Conclusion
• 4.4 Networks within buildings
  • 4.4.1 Introduction
  • 4.4.2 Ethernet and IEEE 802.3
  • 4.4.3 Hubs, repeaters and bridges
  • 4.4.4 Switches
  • 4.4.5 Token Ring
  • 4.4.6 FDDI - Fibre-Distributed Data Interface
  • 4.4.7 Fibre Channel
  • 4.4.8 InfiniBand
  • 4.4.9 ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
  • 4.4.10 Wireless LANS
• 4.5 QoS, MPLS and VPLS
  • 4.5.1 Introduction and Terminology
  • 4.5.2 DiffServ
  • 4.5.3 MPLS
  • 4.5.4 The MPLS Label
  • 4.5.5 Edge and core devices
  • 4.5.6 QoS characteristics
  • 4.5.7 Virtual Circuits and virtual LANs
  • 4.5.8 Draft-Martini and beyond

5. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS

• Exhibit 1 - OSI layered model: a web-browsing example
• Exhibit 2 - Long distance fibre communication wavelength bands
• Exhibit 3 - Microwave band terminology
• Exhibit 4 - CLASS Services
  • Table 1 - SDH and SONET Data Rates
  • Table 2 - Virtual Concatenation Base Container Approximate Bandwidths