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Telecom Training Center

Introduction to Telecommunications

Over three hours of telecommunications video instruction contained on four tapes. The video instruction is accompanied by a 180 page student manual covering voice and data communications. The program starts with the telegraph and takes you through digital information being broken down on the oscilloscope so you can see the ones and zeros. Exciting scenes of operating equipment in the Telephone Pioneers Museum in San Francisco, show demonstrations on equipment that served well but are now a part of the technological past. This telecommunications training video will help anyone get an introduction to how the telephone works.

Topics Covered

  • Section 1: INTRODUCTION

    • Telegraph Circuits, and Circuit Components

    • Communications Model

    • Basic Circuit Configurations

    • Simplex Circuit, and Half Duplex Circuit

    • Full Duplex Circuit, and Multipoint Circuit

    • Morse Telegraph

  • Section 2: TELEPHONY

    • How the Telephone Operates

    • Terminology/Description of Modern Phone

    • Telephone Networking, and Switching - Routing a Call

    • Effect of Competition on Routing

    • How Calls are billed - Transmission

    • Telephone Signals - Transmission Noise

    • Customer Premise Equipment

    • Key Telephone Systems - PBX's

    • TelCo Services and Offerings - LATA's

    • POTS or Plain Old Telephone Service

    • Long Distance Carriers

    • Billing Long Distance Calls

    • WATS - Wide Area Telephone Service

    • Foreign Exchange Service, and Private Line Services

  • Section 3: DATA COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

    • Introduction to Terminals

    • Modems

    • The Modulator, and the Demodulator

    • Modem Overview

    • RS-232 Interface, and Other Interfaces

    • Simple Modem Types

    • The 202 Type of Modem, and The 103 Type of Modem

    • 201 or Phase Shift Modulation Modem

    • Modem Compatibility - Protocols

    • Interactive Terminals - ASCII Code

    • Data Parity Check - Block Modem Communications

    • Multipoint Protocols - Synchronous Communications

    • Timing - Bit-Oriented Protocols

  • Section 4: OVERVIEW OF COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

    • Regulation and Deregulation

    • LATA's and Inter-LATA Carriers

    • Customer Premise and Demark

    • FCC and PUC's

    • Data Equipment

    • Terminals and Terminal Controllers

    • System & Front End Processors

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