5-day instructor-led training with practical exercises

After successfully completing this course, attendees will be able to:

• Describe how and why the TCP/IP protocol was invented
• Define the similarities and the differences between OSI model and the TCP/IP model
• Describe the Internetworking Devices
• Describe the format of the TCP/IP headers
• Describe the working of Hubs, Switches and Routers
• Define how multicasting works
• Describe how TCP/IP addresses are structured (Unicast, Multicast, anycast)
• Define the concept of subnetting and why it is used (Class A, B, C, D, E)
• Describe the functions of the TCP/IP routing protocols (Link State, Distance Vector; RIP, IGRP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, IS-IS)
• Describe how Classless InterDomain Routing (CIDR) or supernetting helps conserve addresses
• Describe and plan OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP Autonomous Systems
• Describe the functions of IP QoS (DiffServ, RSVP)
• Introduction to MPLS

This course provides a basic understanding of the configuration, communications, and management of TCP/IP and its associated protocols.

This course introduces students to the main concepts of OSPF and BGP. The growth of internetworks has put them beyond the scability limits of distance vector routing protocols such as RIP and IGRP to the extent that only link state routing protocols such as OSPF and IS-IS will suffice. Link state protocols are more scalable, more reliable, and offer faster convergence. All of these features are becoming essential for the scalable multimedia networks of today.

The course introduces policy-based QoS architecture which supports infrastructure for delivering QoS based applications and the emerging trends in IP QoS. It explains the techniques, principles and technology associated with implementing IP Quality of Service (QoS). The IETF's Integrated Services standard and accompanying protocols such as RSVP, RTP and RTCP are described, and how RSVP is used as a QoS signalling protocol to request a certain QoS is covered.

Students will gain a solid understanding of TCP/IP with emphasis on use within the telecommunications environment.

Students should have a basic understanding of TCP/IP and IP Networking.

This course is designed to address the needs of the telecommunications industry by introducing its Engineers with the TCP/IP protocol and the elements within it that will be utilised within the telecommunications networks deploying Data Networks, NGN, IMS, 3GPP, MPLS, and other telecommunications technologies that is employing the IP protocols.

• Introduction to 7 layer architecture
• Internetworking Basics
• OSI Reference Model
• Ethernet Networking
• Ethernetwork Cabling
• OSI Model vc TCP/IP Model

• Structure of Internet
• LAN Topologies
• Hubs, Bridges, Switches, Routers and Gateways
• Networking Models

• TCP/IP Model
• TCP/UDP Protocol
• ICMP Protocol
• ARP/RARP Protocol
• DHCP, FTP, Telnet, etc

• IP Addressing Basics
• Classes of IP Addresses
• Reserved IP Addresses
• Purpose of IP Addressing
• Subnetting Basics
• Calculation of Hosts and Subnets
• Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)

• CSMA/CD
• Segmentation
• Collision Zone
• Broadcast Zone
• Spanning Tree Protocol
• Switching Modes (Cut-Through, Fragment Free, etc)
• Switch Operation
• Forwarding Table

• Router Basics
• Static and Dynamic Routes
• Routing Table
• Interior Gateway Protocol
• Exterior Gateway Protocol
• RIP
• IGRP
• OSPF
• BGP

• IOS User Interface
• Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Router and Switch Configurations
• Interfaces
• Viewing and Saving Configurations

• Delay
• Loss Jitter
• QoS Controls
• RTP/RTCP
• Differentiated Services
• Integrated Services
• RSVP
• MPLS

• Firewall
• Access Control Lists
• Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems
• DDoS Attacks
• Standard Access Lists
• Extended Access Lists
• NAT

• Basic Concepts
• Advantages
• Limitations of Traditional Networks
• MPLS Operation
• Forwarding Equivalence Class
• Traffic Engg

• WAN Protocols
• PPP
• ATM/Frame Relay
• SDH
• DWDM

• Hands-On Exercises

• Hands-On Exercises