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Frame Relay

Duration: 2 hours

THE MARKET

  • Overview of fast packet technologies
  • Frame relay as a replacement for private lines and as an alternative network for voice and video traffic
  • Explosive growth in the demand for frame relay services

TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW

  • Characteristics of frame relay service, including the role of virtual circuits (PVCs and SVCs), the net-work
  • interfaces (UNI and NNI), network components, and access devices (FRADs)
  • Frame relay QoS including the elements of the committed information rate (CIR) parameter
  • Frame relay congestion control via FECN, BECN, and frame discard

ENGINEERING ISSUES

  • Frame relay access options including T-1, fractional T-1, T-3, ISDN and DDS
  • Voice over frame relay applications including the role of a UFRAD, buffering, and a reference model
  • for deploying a low cost voice network
  • Link management at the UNI and NNI in a frame relay network
  • Roles of RFC 1490, Frame Relay Network Interworking, and Frame Relay Service Interworking in
  • providing multiprotocol support across frame relay networks

PLAYERS

  • Standards bodies, equipment vendors, and service providers dominating the frame relay marketplace
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