Primer to Multimedia Services Over IP
Course Duration  
4-day Instructor-led, 0900 - 1700

Course Instructor
 
The trainer has a Masters Degree in Computing Science from London University, and has over twenty years experience in distributed data processing in the UK and Israel. In the UK he worked with ICL and then with Olivetti. He was at the forefront of Olivetti`s penetration into the distributed data processing market. In Israel, he continued his work with Olivetti, and then moved to Bank Mizrahi, one of Israel`s major banks, where he spent eight years managing the Telecommunications Division and was directly responsible for the implementation of the Bank`s highly respected financial network. Over the past ten years, his activities included lecturing and consulting international clients in the field of network strategies, network security, LAN technology and related topics. He is a GUIDE Communications Group chairman, and regularly lectures internationally on Data Comm. technology.

Course Objectives
To give the participant an overview of the modern world of IP, Internet Networking and Applications.

Key Benefits
 
This course will provide the participants with:
  • An understanding the history, background and trends and influences leading to the Modern Communications Revolution.
  • A study of the infrastructure and components of the telecommunications, wireless, cellular, and data Networks, Services and Service Providers.
  • A presentation of the TCP/IP Protocol Suite, the Internet, it’s Architecture and Topology, and the different ways we access the Network.
  • A practical presentation of Internet applications, their structure and usage with practical demonstration using laptops or PC workstations.
  • An insight into the major issues and challenges of modern networking – data security, quality of service and management of the changing service environment.
  • A study of the Voice over IP from the technical through to the practical implementation of voice and connectivity services.
  • An understanding of the trend towards the converged network and services.
  • An opportunity to raise questions and networking issues to be studied in the classroom.

Course Outline
The World of Networks
  • Network Terminology
  • Standards
  • OSI Model
  • TCP/IP Model

Network Infrastructure
  • The Telephone Network and signalling
  • WANs and Access Networks
  • LANs - Local Area Networks
  • Internetworking – Switches and Routers

Wireless Networks
  • Wireless Networks – Wifi, WiMAX…
  • Cellular Networks – 2G, 2.5G, 3G

TCP/IP
  • IP and addressing
  • TCP and UDP
  • Application Basics

The Internet
  • What is the Internet
  • How Is the Internet managed
  • DNS –domain name management
  • Intranet, Internet, Extranets

MS Windows
  • The PC and networking
  • TCP/IP set up
  • Home and Corporate PC Networks

Internet Applications
  • Email – smtp, pop, imap
  • Web Hosting, building sites, surfing
  • IM and chats
  • Forums
  • Blogs
  • Mobile Internet – Blackberry

Network Security
  • What are the threats
  • Security techniques
  • Encryption, Authentication
  • Public Key – RSA, PGP….
  • IP VPNs, tunnelling

Voice over IP
  • VOIP basics