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Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor's degree, or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

12 Hours

Course Duration

1 Month (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

2

Courses Offered In GRADUATE CERTIFICATE

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Introduction to Telecommunications

  • This course presents easy-to-understand, insightful explanations of today's key trends and technologies of the worldwide telecommunications network; Industry Players and Trends, Broadband, VoIP, Wi-Fi and WiMax, 3G Mobile Networks, and Multimedia Networks.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Telecommunication Networks

  • This course consists of 11 core chapters that form a complete introduction to networking. This course will give you a thorough understanding of the worldwide telecommunications network.

  • 6 Credits
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Introduction to Telecommunications

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The basics sound, electrical signal, electromagnetic spectrum
    The telephone and the telephone line
    Connecting the dots transporting information across the superhighway
    Manipulating information for transmission
    Osi model relationship to networking
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Layer3/4 networking/transport protocols
    Layer 2 networking protocols
    Layer 1 networking protocols
    Digital circuit switch
    Signaling
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Distributed switching architecture voice over ip
    Ip routing fundamentals
    Transmission medium
    Osp outside plant infrastructure
    Core network
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Metropolitan network
    Access network lan
    Pstn central office
    Pstn network topology
    Customer premises
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Catv cable television as a telecommunications service provider
    Catv network topology
    The cellular/pcs telephone network
    Wireless broadband providers
    Residential services
    Business services
    The internet
    Emerging technologies

Introduction to Telecommunication Networks

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An introduction to networking
    Network standards
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Physical layer propagation: utp and optical fiber
    Ethernet lans
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Wireless lans -wlans-
    Telecommunications
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Wide area networks -wans-
    Tcp/ip internetworking
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Security
    Network management
    Networked applications