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Data Networking Courses ATM and Frame Relay Training Courses
ATM and Frame Relay
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Course Duration: 3 Days
Course Code: PDN084
Course Description:
The uses and applications of ATM and Frame Relay
The basic concepts and structure ATM
How to use the ATM protocols to support differing types of application
How ATM is used in Broadband ISDN
How ATM networks are controlled by the user
How Frame Relay technology can be used for greatest advantage
The place of ATM and Frame Relay in the wider networking picture
How to understand and use the Information Rates in Frame RelayHow to plan for the future with
Prerequisites:
Delegates should have a good understanding of data networking concepts
This course includes the following modules:
The Background to ATM
- Local area networks and the bandwidth problem
- Wide area networks and the utilisation problem
- The different classes of application and their network needs
- The rapid growth of demand for bandwidth
- The need to interconnect local area networks across the wide area
Available Technologies
- The origins of ATM in the ISDN
- The Synchronous Digital Hierarchy and SONET
- Metropolitan area networks - FDDI and DQDB
- Frame Relay and its applications
The Architecture of ATM
- ATM as a transport mechanism in the wide and local areas
- The basic structure of the ATM cell
- Transmission and multiplex procedures
- Switching techniques for ATM
- The standards for ATM
The Layered Model of Protocols for ATM
The ATM Physical Layer - Layer One
- control and management planes
- The purpose of the layers in the reference model
- The nature of the ATM interfaces
The ATM Layer - Layer Two
- The Transmission Convergence sub-layer
- Transmitting cells over the older (plesiochronous) systems
- Transmitting cells over the newer (synchronous) systems
- Operation and Management information flows
The ATM Adaptation Layer - Layer Three
- The User-Network Interface (UNI)
- The Network-Network Interface (NNI)
- Virtual paths and the virtual path identifier (VPI)
- Virtual channels and the virtual channel identifier (VCI)
- ATM payload types
- Generic flow control at the user-network interface
ATM Signalling and Addressing
- The Segmentation and re-assembly sub-layer (SAR)
- The Convergence sub-layer (CS)
- AAL type 1 - continuous and structured data streams
- AAL type 2 - variable bit rate applications
- AAL type 3/4 - data transfer
- AAL type 5 - the simple solution
- Signalling mechanisms for ATM - the Signalling AAL
- The service-specific connection oriented protocol (SSCOP)
LAN Emulation
- Signalling procedures
- Signalling message types
- Meta signalling
- Signalling standards - Q.2931
Other ATM Applications
- UNI 3.0 and 3.1
- Address formats - E.164 and related formats
Frame Relay - the Basics
- LAN emulation client and server implementations
- LAN emulation protocols
- Protocols over ATM LANs
Congestion Control in Frame Relay Networks
- SMDS over ATM - the switched multi-megabit data service
- Video-conferencing
Addressing for Frame Relay Networks
- high definition TV and multimedia
- High fidelity sound applications
Frame Relay Call Control - Q.933
- The protocol functions of a network service
- Terminated versus unterminated network services
- Frame relay and frame switching
- The control plane and the user plane
- The Q.921 frame structure for the ISDN D-channel
- The Q.922 frame structure for frame relay
Higher Layer Protocols over Frame Relay
- Forward and backward explicit congestion notification
- Discard eligibility
- The committed and excess information rates
- The committed and excess burst sizes
- The commercial effects of congestion and how they are handled
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