Definitive WANs for engineers

Description

A hands on Introduction to Wide Area Networks for engineers. This course covers all current major WAN technologies from a perspective of design, evaluating technologies available as well as hands on to consolidate the theory

What will you learn

WAN training course details

Technical staff wishing to find out more about how their WAN works.

Intro to data communications & networking

5 days

LANs, MANS and WANS, protocols, the OSI seven layer model, ITU-T, ETSI, DTE, DCE, and the overall picture.

Service providers, core, access, DTE, DCE, CPE, dialup, circuit switched, packet switched, how to choose a WAN, common bandwidths, site to site, remote access.
Topologies: Star, Full mesh, partial mesh.

Before IP was ubiquitous, The PSTN, Dial up networks, modems, ISDN, Stat mux, TDM, 64k, N*64, E1, X25, Frame Relay

The growth of IP, the role of routers, routing tables, routing protocols.
Hands on: IP and routing.

Copper, Fibre, Wireless, Microwave, Phone lines, FTTC, FTTH, mobile networks.

The transport plane, SDH, SONET, DWDM.

Phone lines, leased lines, xDSL, WiMax, satellite, the role of PPP.

adband xDSL, ADSL, SDSL, local loops, DSLAM, DSL architecture.

Cell switching principles, ATM switching, Virtual paths, QOS, CBR, VBR, ABR, UBR, AAL1 to AAL5, MPOA, LANE, Voice over ATM.

VPNs, IPSEC, QOS.

Core MPLS, MPLS and the 7 layer model, MPLS protocol, MPLS standard, MPLS runs on routers, MPLS history, Why MPLS?

LSRs, PE and P router roles, FEC, swapping labels, MPLS packet format, Loops, TTL control.

What is Ethernet? LANs, MANs, WANs, Ethernet and switches in the LAN. Traditional LAN/WAN integration, routers. The Ethernet interface for the WAN.
Standards: Transporting carrier Ethernet.