Part A:
In VoIP – Fundamentals, students will gain a
fundamental understanding of Voice over Internet Protocol
communications. The course begins with
an introduction to the VoIP networking world.
Topics include; advantages and challenges of implementing VoIP, Quality
of Service (QOS) factors, and regulatory issues. The course progresses through a
Telecommunications primer in which students learn basic telephony concepts,
including analog and digital signal fundamentals, analog to digital
conversion, signal encoding, modulation and multiplexing techniques,
synchronous and asynchronous network technologies, and the fundamentals of
packet switching networks. Finally,
the course takes an in-depth look and basic VoIP networking as it applies to
the various hardware and software elements, types of servers used,
applications and services.
Upon completion of this course, students will be able
to:
Part A:
·
List and discuss advantages and
challenges of VoIP implementation.
·
Define Quality of Service (QoS)
and list contributing factors.
·
Describe how analog signals are
converted to digital signals
·
List and describe the various
types of modulation, encoding, and multiplexing
schemes used for analog and
digital signals.
·
Describe how data is processed
in packet switching networks.
·
List and describe the different
types of VoIP client devices and discuss their
applications.
·
Describe how VoIP interfaces
with the Public Switch Telephone Network
(PSTN).
·
List and describe the various
types of servers used in VoIP networking.
