McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
Open systems interconnection (OSI) model.
Data communications basics.
Digital telecommunications basics.
Testing in the life cycle of a network.
Introduction to telecommunications network measurements.
Conformance and interoperability testing.
PDH networks : principles of digital transmission.
Frame relay.
Integrated services digital network.
Broadband communications and asynchronous transfer mode.
ATM testing : deployment of ATM-based services.
ATM layer testing.
Introduction to synchronous signals and networks.
Private network technologies.
Private networks performance testing.
Network interconnection technologies and testing.
Introduction to cellular radio networks.
Cellular measurement strategies.
Cellular measurement descriptions.
Cellular network life cycle testing.
Transmission media characteristics and measurements.
Fiber optic network elements.
Timing and delay jitter.
Protocol analysis.
Analog measurement instrumentation.
Bit error rate measurements and error performance analysis.
Protocol analyzers.
Optical element testers.
Distributed network monitoring.
SDH and SONET analyzers.
Signaling system 7 (SS7) testing.
Local area network management and performance monitoring.
SS7 signaling monitoring systems.