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Understanding MultiService Access and H.248

2 Day Course
Code PWL021

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Introduction To Next Generation Architecture (7 topics)

  • Current generation switching
  • Next generation IP Infrastructure
  • Access with PPPoA dn PPPoE
  • Switch Control protocols and interfaces
  • Switching Control: General Switch Management
  • Switching Function: MPLS and CES
  • Gateway Control : MEGACO/H.248

PPPoE Fundamentals (22 topics)

  • PPPoE/PPPoA Advantages and disadvantages
  • PPPoA operation recap
  • RFC1483
  • SNAP
  • OUI
  • Selecting bridging and routing protocols
  • VC selection by protocol
  • PPPoE Architecture
  • RFC2364/2516
  • Aggregation and links to service provision
  • IPCP and LPC peers
  • Linking to Service Providers
  • L2TP and other service provision
  • Maximum receiver unit considerations
  • PPPoE Active Discovery Initiation (PADI)
  • PPPoE Active Discovery Offer (PADO)
  • PPPoE Active Discovery Request (PADR)
  • Active Discovery Session-confirmation (PADS)
  • PPPoE Active Discovery Terminate (PADT)
  • PPP Session Stage
  • LCP Considerations
  • Security Considerations

Gigabit Ethernet and VLANs (10 topics)

  • Evolution of Ethernet
  • CSMA/CD and its replacement by Switching
  • Layer 1 presentations
  • Concept of a LAN and a VLAN
  • Bridging: 802.1d
  • Spanning Tree Delays
  • Proprietary extensions: PortFast
  • VLAN Trunking
  • 801.1Q
  • Selection of VLAN Identifiers

Precedence and Quality of Service (9 topics)

  • Mechanisms for QoS
  • Layer 3:
  • RSVP
  • DiffServ
  • MPLS
  • MPLS experimental Bits
  • Layer 2: 802.1P
  • Bits in shim header
  • Delivering QoS

Carrying Multimedia Conferences over IP (12 topics)

  • Voice over IP Concepts
  • Control Plane
  • Information Plane
  • Signalling functions
  • IP/TCP/UDP
  • RTP
  • CODECs and Encoding Media
  • RTCP
  • Example SIP connection
  • Session Description Protocol
  • Defining media streams
  • Architecture of a Soft Switch

Media Gateway Control Protocol (MEGACO/H.248) (25 topics)

  • H.248 standards and versions
  • Components of MEGACO
  • Contexts
  • Terminations: trunks, lines and media streams
  • Root Terminations
  • Identities
  • Notifications
  • Events
  • Replies
  • Digit maps
  • Statistics
  • Commands
  • Add
  • Subtract
  • Modify
  • Service Change
  • Audit
  • Setting up a connection
  • Constructing a context
  • Adding terminations
  • Signalling on/off hook
  • Dialed digit detection
  • Terminating a connection
  • Subtracting terminations
  • Removing contexts

Analyzing Traces of MEGACO Call Flows (13 topics)

  • Call between two residential gateways
  • Call between Residential Gateway and Trunking Gateway
  • Call between two Trunking gateways
  • Call between Residential gateway and SS7 trunk in TGW
  • Call between ISDN trunk in TGW and SS7 trunk in TGW
  • Call from residential gateway to H.323 Terminal
  • Call from residential gateway to SIP user
  • MGC registrations: accepting and rejecting registration
  • IVR Usage
  • Supplementary Service
  • Call Transfer
  • Call Waiting
  • Conferencing

Prerequisites

A basic knowledge of IP will be assumed. The necessary IP skills can be gained by attending the one of the following courses.

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