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Additional Training Courses

The following presentation-type short courses are taught for University of Wisconsin - Madison, Engineering Professional Development, by Whitham D. Reeve.  Click here to go directly to EPD for course schedules, costs and other details.

Detailed Course Outlines:

DC Power System Design for Telecommunications

Length - 2.5 days

Module 0 – Scope of Instruction

  • Topics Covered
    • Conventional DC Power Systems
      • 24 vdc
      • 48 vdc
      • 130 vdc (mentioned only for completeness)
    • Component Selection
    • System Design
    • Review of Installation & Maintenance

 

  •  Topics Not Covered

    • Counter EMF Cells and End Cells
    • Alternate AC Power Sources except Conventional Engine-Generator Sets
    • Audio Tone and Ringing Systems
    • AC Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS)

 

Module 1 – Introduction

  • Basic Requirements for Telecommunications Power Systems
  • Quick Overview
  • Applications Review
  • Standards, Practices and Codes

 

Module 2 – DC Electricity Review

  • Basic Electrical Components
  • Ohm’s Law
  • Kirchhoff’s Voltage and Current Laws
  • Power
  • Electrical Conductors
  • Design Problems

 

Module 3 – Components Review

  • Definitions and Terminology
  • Nominal System Voltages
  • System Components
    • Rectifiers/Chargers
    • Powerboard and Distribution

    • Cable Bus

    • Rigid Bus

    • Overcurrent Protection

    • Fuses

    • Circuit Breakers

    • Voltage Conversion

    • DC-DC Converters

    • Inverters

    • Batteries

    • Vented Lead-Acid

    • Valve Regulated Lead-Acid

  • Design Problems

 

Module 4 – Power System Grounding

  • Purpose of Grounding
  • Polarity Bonded to Ground
  • Definitions
  • Common Bonding Networks
  • Isolated Bonding Networks
  • DC Power System Grounding Methods
  • Design Problems

 

Module 5 – System Design

  • Guidelines
  • Load Characteristics
    • Circuit-Switching Systems
    • Wireless Radio Frequency and Switching Systems
    • Transmission
    • Ancillary Systems
  • Component Selection and Calculations
  • Circuit Conductors
  • Code Requirements
  • Effects on Building Systems
  • Spares Provisioning
  • Costs
  • Design Problems

 

Module 6 – Installation & Maintenance

  • Safety Considerations
  • Physical Requirements
  • Circuit Conductors and Connections
  • Batteries
  • System Maintenance
  • Design Problems

Basic Telephony & Digital Switching

Length - 3.5 days

Module 0 - Course Contents

Module 1 - Introduction

  • Quick Overview
  • Terminology
  • Standards
  • Carriers, Exchanges and LATAs
  • Services
  • Telecommunications Networks
  • Communications Assistance Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)

Module 2 - Transmission & Multiplexing

  • Analog and Digital Transmission
  • Electrical and Optical Digital Hierarchies
  • Multiplexing
  • Digital Cross-Connect Systems
  • Packet-Switched Networks

Module 3 - Network Infrastructure

  • Network Components
  • Network Models
  • Central Office Systems
  • Access Infrastructure
  • Fiber Optic Infrastructure
  • Wireless, Including Satellite, Infrastructure
  • Pair Gain Systems
  • Customer Premises Equipment

Module 4 - Outside Plant Cables

  • General Considerations
  • Environment
  • Twisted Pair Cables
  • Optical Fiber Cables
  • Protection of Metallic Twisted Pair Cables

Module 5 - Analog Signaling & Transmission

  • Loop Signaling
  • Call Progress Tones
  • Supervision Types
  • Loop Powering
  • Message Signaling
  • Subscriber Loop Supervision Types
  • Bandwidth
  • Twisted Pair Transmission
  • Transmission Impairments
  • Transmission Requirements
  • Switched Loops

Module 6 - Twisted Pair Digital Loops

  • General Considerations
  • CSU and DSU
  • ISDN Digital Subscriber Line
  • Subrate Digital Loops to 64 kb/s
  • High Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL)
  • Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
  • Repeatered T1-Carrier
  • Digital System Performance

Module 7 - Voice Over Packet

  • Basic Requirements
  • Packetized Speech
  • Speech Encoding
  • Quality of Service
  • Example Applications

Module 8 - Circuit-Switched Network Overview

  • Terminology Review
  • Numbering Plan and Addressing
  • Equal Access
  • Call Sequence
  • Network Architectures
  • Call Routing
  • Telephony Traffic

Module 9 - Interoffice Signaling Systems

  • Types of Signaling
  • Inband Signaling - Multifrequency
  • Common Channel Signaling - Signaling System No. 7
  • SS7 Applications and Network Components
  • SS7 Trunking and Database Queries
  • Local Number Portability
  • SS7 and IP Interworking

Module 10 - Synchronization & Timing

  • Synchronization Requirements
  • Timing Impairments and Their Effects
  • Synchronization Hierarchy
  • Building Integrated Timing Supply (BITS)

Module 11 - Digital Switching Overview

  • General Considerations
  • Stored Program Control Architectures
  • Digital Switching Building Blocks
  • Basic Call Processing

Module 12 - The Future of Switching

  • Circuit-Switching vs. Packet-Switching
  • Next Generation Networks