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Online Training Course 

Anders C. Fleisher 

Our Trainers 

Anders has over 20 years of experience in the Telecom industry. His Areas of expertise consist of designing and implementing Fiber to the Home, structured 

cabling and cloud computing. Mr. Anders is also an expert in data center design and implementation with years of experience in planning and upgrading 

data centers. He is a master trainer for inside plant practices, cloud computing, and data center design and implementation. Anders has been attached to 

many organizations and companies within and outside of Denmark. 

Azhar Khuwaja 

Azhar is presently serving as Telecom Trainer & Consultant with over 20 years of experience. His expertise areas are SDH, Next Generation SDH, 

DWDM / CWDM, GPON, Access Networks, IP, & Metro Ethernet Networks, he also worked in the areas of IP Mobility, ATM, SIP / H.323, TDM (PDH), 

& Network Management. His industry roles include working as ATM / IP Network Support Specialist at Siemens Canada, NOC Support at Bell Canada, & 

Field Applications Engineer at Nu Horizons (USA). He has good exposure of corporate telecom environments and practices. Azhar has obtained Master of 

Engineering Studies (Telecommunication) from University of Wollongong, Australia. He also holds Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics. He has attended 

several trainings, short courses, workshops, & seminars in various areas of Telecom, IT, Electronics, & Management at different locations / countries. These 

include four Alcatel certifications at Alcatel’s North American headquarters (Canada), Cisco training at Ottawa (Canada), Network Processor course at 

Los Angles (California), Siemens Canada product trainings, ZTE transmission product trainings in China, ISO courses, & Operating Systems courses from 

Algonquin College Ottawa. 

Charfeddine 

Charfeddine is presently serving as Telecom Trainer & Consultant. His expertise areas are 2G, 3G and LTE. Mr. Charfeddine has written and delivered 

training courses for client operators & vendors in 40-plus countries across the 6 continents. 

Before his current assignment, Mr. Charfeddine worked as Senior Technical Trainer at Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN). Mr. Charfeddine has obtained Master 

of Engineering Studies (Telecommunication) from University of Telecom Sud-PARIS, France. He also holds Bachelor of Engineering in Telecommunications. 

He has participated in several training workshops and seminars in different areas of Telecom, IT, Electronics & Management. 

Daniel Needles 

Daniel Needles - An IT Enterprise Architect who creates comprehensive NMS, SMS, and APM solutions. He provides a holistic approach that integrates the 

strategic initiatives from above (OSS/BSS, BPM, ITILv3, FCAPS, TMN, etc) with the tactical realities from below (tools, people, knowledge and processes.) 

Draws on: 

• Understanding of the other 90% (outside tool architecture) of the IT Enterprise solution: Advocate/Sponsor, Organizational structure, Business 

Processes, and Knowledge Management. 

• Twenty years of ”real world” experience delivering: vision, architecture, and implementation insight to over 50 fortune 500 companies and large 

government and military organizations. 

• Deep industry root with ties into key players: large (IBM, HP, CA, BMC, Cisco, etc), small (ScienceLogic, Monolith, Rivermuse, etc) and Open 

(OpenNMS, Nagios, Solarwinds, etc) 

• System programming origins at Oracle, VISA, and Chevron. 

• Early architect and innovator of virtualization, implementing: appliances, VMs, and cloud services with CoolAlerts in 1999 as well as cloud services 

architect and implementer at SiteROCK, Verizon, Cisco, and Savvis. 

Magdalena Nohrborg 

She has over 15 years of experience in training industry with different local & government organizations. Her areas of expertise are LTE, UMTS, IMS, 

WiMAX, GPRS and GSM. She has been working with Apis as Trainer from 2000-2003. And before working with Apis she worked with Ericson as Trainer 

where she has been giving training on fixed & mobile & datacom networks. Her greatest achievement is the inventor and developer of Master LTE Faster, 

which was adopted by 3GPP, (Master LTE Faster is a web-based learning platform for studying of 3GPP specifications). She has served the customers such 

as Ericsson, Nokia, NokiaSiemens, SonyEricsson, STEricsson, NSN, Vodafone Group, Telefonica and The Royal Technical Institute. The Average result on 

delivered courses of the academy is 5.4 of 6. 

Mohammad Arslan Abbasi 

Mohammad is a Wireless Telecoms Specialist with more than 14 years of experience on network engineering design, planning, and project management. 

He has successfully implemented several projects within budget, scope, time scales, and process limitations. He has a proven track record with extensive 

exposure and experience with the top-of-the-line wireless network products of leading vendors including ZyXel, Zhone, Alcatel, Agilent, and Nortel. His 

expertise covers technologies including: WiFi, Metro WiFi, WiMAX, LTE, FTTx, GEPON, and DSL. Mohammad has been working in various fields of 

Telecom since 1998 and carries a degree in Electronics Engineering. 

Wallace L. Allen 

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Wallace has over 40 years of experience in the Telecom Industry. His areas of expertise consist of I&R, Cable Splicing, Test Desk Technician, Mechanized 

Loop Tester, CAT 5e & 6 cabling/Basic VoIP and Acting RSB Foremen. He has also been instructor for both I&R, Cable (copper and fiber) Splicing, Copper 

and OSP design, ADSL installation and repair, Cable TV (Tripleplay), as well as a Technical Advisor/Trainer and Quality (ISO/9000) Control person for both 

Outside Plants and in the Central Office. Wallace has also experience in trainings of Test and Turnup, Phone Systems PBX design & deployment, VoIP, 

Communication & Networking Design, and MAC’s. Wallace has been attached with many organizations and companies within and outside United States.


Course Code: 

WLI-OSP-OF-402 

Duration 

Equivalent to 3 Days of Classroom Training 

Modules 

16 

Fee/Participant 

100 USD 

GPON-FTTx Technology 

This course is designed to give participants a detailed insight 

on the Fundamentals of GPON and FTTx Technologies. 

Throughout the course, participants will learn the basics 

of each technology starting from an introduction to 

Access Networks and the different Topologies of FTTx, site 

types, different Fiber Termination Points, and the factors 

influencing infrastructure deployment. As the course 

continues participants will acquire more knowledge on 

the passive optical networks starting from the standards, 

and including the GPON elements and infrastructure 

and most importantly learn the associated technical 

terms used in field work in addition to other aspects like 

traffic management and QOS. Participants will be able 

to practice calculations and estimation of the bandwidth 

and power budget requirements. Moreover; participants 

will learn network planning and designing considerations 

relative to the provisioned services and the environment 

requirements. 

Course Objective 

• Acquire knowledge of Passive Optical Network 

with types 

• Understand GPON Elements and Infrastructure 

Including Cabling 

• Learn GPON Associated Technical Terms 

• Practice Calculation and Estimation of BW 

Requirements 

• Understand different designs of Implementing 

GPON & Accessing Multi-Service Traffic 

• Power Budget Estimation 

Key Benefits 

Explore PON technologies supplying triple play 

services for last mile users. This course not only 

provides comprehensive theoretical background 

but also practices for estimation of network BW 

requirements as well as power budget calculations 

for different ODN designs. 

Prerequisites 

Knowledge of Fiber, Basic Networking, and Access 

Networks 

Who Should Benefit 

Engineers / Technicians / Marketing and Sales 

Professionals / Fiber Layout Staff / Managers / Project 

Team Members / Planners 

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Course Modules 

Module 0 

Author & Course Introduction 

• About author and GPON-FTTx course 

• FTTH Network Cabling 

• Fiber Distribution Hub 

• Fiber Access Terminal 

Knowledge Test 

Module 1 

Introduction to 

Access Networks & FTTx 

• What is the Access Network and its 

Topologies? 

• Multi Service Access Networks 

• Types of Sites (Greenfield, Brownfield, 

Overbuild) 

• Different Fiber Termination Points (FTTx) 

• Defining FTTx including FTTC, FTTH, 

FTTN, FTTD, FTTP 

• Influencing Factors on Infrastructure 

Deployment 


Module 5 

GPON Terms and 

Definitions 

• GPON Facts 

• ITU-T G.984.1/2/3/4/5/6 

• Physical Reach, Logical Reach, & 

Differential Reach 

• Bandwidth Efficiency 

• Ranging & its types 

• Grant, ONU Identifier, Allocation 

Identifier, Transmission Container & its 

Types 

• Maximum Mean Signal Transfer Delay 


4 

Module 2 

Module 3 

Module 4 

Passive Optical Networks 

• PON Principles & Benefits 

• How Passive Optical Network is 

Economical? 

• PON types (BPON / EPON / GPON) 

• xPON comparison 

• GPON vs. GEPON 


GPON Elements 

• Optical Line Terminal 

• Optical Network Terminal 

• Optical Splitter 

• Optical Distributions Frame (ODF) 

• Types of Optical Network Unit 

• Residential Gateway 


GPON Infrastructure 

• Feeder Cabling 

• Primary Fiber Concatenation Point 

• Secondary FCP 

• Distribution Cabling 

• Drop Cabling 

• Internal Cabling 

• Optical Distribution Network (ODN) 

Module 6 

Module 7 

GPON Frame Format & 

Traffic Management 

• GPON Transmission Convergence Layer 

• Downstream / Upstream GTC Frame 

Format 

• Downstream / Upstream Traffic 

Management in GPON 

• Reference configuration for GPON with 

Standardized Interfaces 


GPON Encapsulation 

Method 

• Mapping of GEM Frames into GTC 

Payload 

• Ethernet over GEM 

• GEM Fragmentation 

• TDM over GEM 

• GEM Port and GEM Ports IDs 

Knowledge Test




Module 9 Module 8 

Module 10 

QoS Implementation in GPON 

• Quality of Service Implementation in GPON 

• Dynamic BW Allocation & Types 


Protection Switching 

• Automatic Switching & Forced Switching 

• Protection Configuration Types (A, B, C, & D) 


Handling Reliability and Privacy 

in GPON 

• Upstream & Downstream FEC 

• Code Synchronization for Upstream & 

Downstream FEC 

• AES Encryption 


Module 15 Module 14 Module 13 

Auto Discovery 

Feature & ONT Management 

• ONU’s Auto Discovery Feature 

• OMCI (ONT Management & Control 

Interface) Adapters 


Use of IEEE standards in GPON 

• VLAN 

• Provider Bridging 


Multi Services Configuration 

over GPON 

• High Speed Internet 

• VoIP 

• IP TV 


Module 11 

Power Budget 

• Relationship Between Transmission Distance 

& Number of Splits 

• Optical Power Loss Classes of GPON 

(G.984.2) 

• Example Power Budget Calculations 

• Use of Optical Amplifiers to Extend Reach 

• Reach Extension 

• Budget for different ODN designs 


Module 16 

Next Generation PONs 

• NG-PON1 

• Enhancement Band (ITU-T G.984.5) 

• NG-PON1 attributes 

• GPON & XG-PON1 Coexistence 


Module 12 

Bandwidth Calculations 

• Downstream and Upstream BW calculations 

• Example Sheet for Estimation of Multi 

Services Traffic Bandwidths 


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WLE-ALWI-302 

Duration 


Modules 

14 


100 USD 

3G - An Advanced Overview 

This training course is designed to give participants an 

advanced overview of the third Generation Mobile system 

(3G). Participants shall explore the network architecture 

– access and core networks with related functionalities, 

specifications, and concepts. In addition, participants shall 

learn the traffic considerations for the pre-paid and postpaid 

service systems as well as the details of the transport 

technologies utilized for a 3G network. In progress 

participants will explore the elements of the Operation 

Support Subsystem (OSS) related to management and 

service assurance. Finally participants will explore the basic 

considerations of designing and planning a 3G network 

along with backward compatibility assurance. 

Course Objectives & Key Benefits 

• Learn the Evolution Path of Mobile 

Communications 

• Identify 3G Network Components and Describe 

Respective Functions 

• Understand 3G Transport Technologies and 

Learn Selection and Design Principles 

• Learn Operation Support System Components 

and Functions 

• Learn 3G Network Design and Planning 

Principles 

Pre Requisite 

Basic Understanding of Wireless Communications, 

Knowledge of 2G and Plus 

Who Should Benefit? 

Engineers / Technicians / Network Designers & 

Planners / Design & Deployment Engineers / Network 

Integration & Operations Engineers 

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Module 1 

Module 2 

Introduction to 3G 

• Mobile System Evolvement 

• 3G System Services 

• Circuit Switched – Packet Switched 

Services 


3G Network Architecture 

• 3G Radio Access Network 

• Air Interface Overview 

• IMT-2000 Requirements 

• CDMA Principles and Requirements 

• Protocol Architecture 

• TDD/FDD Physical layer Implementations 

• Mobile Procedures 

• Base Station Structure and Functions 

• Air Interface Transmission/Reception 

• Modulation/Demodulation 

• Channel Coding 

• Power Control 


Module 5 

• Interfaces 

• Rate Adaptation 

• MSC Server / VLR 

• What does the MSC Server Control 

• Visitor Location Register 

• Connection with the HLR 

• Interfaces 

• SGSN/GGSN Function and Interfaces 

• Protocols Connecting the 3G System 


Traffic Considerations 

• Traffic Cases and Charging Principles 

• Locating and Updating MSC Server 

• Call Forwarding – MO/MT Calls 

• SMS Call Flow 

• MMS Call Flow 

• Locating and Updating SGSN 

• PDP Context Activation 

• Allocation of IP Address 


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Module 3 

Module 4 

3G Network Architecture 

cont. 

• Radio Network Controller and Functions 

• Radio Resource Control 

• Admission Control 

• Channel Allocation 

• Handover Control 

• Internal Access Network Interfaces 

• Access to Core Packet Switched Services 

• Access to Core Circuit Switched Services 


The Building Blocks in a 3G 

System 

• The Overall Picture 

• HLR Functions 

• Protocols Connected to the HLR 

• Data Stored in the HLR 

• AUC Functions and Services 

• Triplets 

• Authentication 

• Ciphering Keys 

• MGW and Interfaces 

• Functions of MGW 

Module 6 

Module 7 

Module 8 

3G Transport Network 

• 3G Backhaul Connections 

• Physical Layer and Protocol Layer Differences 

• The OSI Model 


3G Transport Network cont. 

• Physical transmission E1,STM-1,STM-4,STM-16 

• SDH Transport System 

• SDH Network Architecture 

• Synchronization Aspects 

• Basics of Network Management 


3G Transport Network cont 

• SDH- Based MSTP for Access Networks 

• MSTP platform 

• MSTP Characteristics 

• ATM Transport Systems 

• MPLS transport systems. Why MPLS 

Knowledge Test




Module 9 

Module 10 

Module 11 

3G Transport Network cont. 

• Optical transmission; Modulations 

• Ethernet systems 

• IP routing 


Operation Support Subsystem 

• OSS Functions 

• How to handle the Subscribers in the 

Traffic System 

• HLR and AUC interfaces 

• How to handle the Subscribers in the 

Administrative/Billing System 


Operation Support Subsystem 

cont. 

• Aligner the Customer Care System and 

Traffic System 

• Network monitoring 

• Quality measurements in the System 

• Statistical Reports 


Module 13 

Module 14 

Customer System 

• What kind of Services to Provide 

• Customer Care System 

• Customer Provisioning System 

• Billing System 

• Dimensioning the system. Voice or IP Traffic 

Dimensioning 

• Plan for easy expansion of the system from 

the beginning 


Backward Compatibility 

• Backward Compatibility and Future 

Technologies 

• The way to LTE: 3 main 3G Limitations 

• LTE introduction 


Module 12 

3G Network Design & 

Planning 

• Design and Planning Consideration 

• Coverage area Consideration 

• How to Predict the Coverage Area 

• Frequency Band Selection 


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WLI-ISP-603 

Duration 


Modules 

18 


100 USD 

Network Management System 

Operation & Integration 

This Course is designed to help participants understand 

how Network Management Systems (NMS) are used to 

maintain the foundation of today’s corporations’ and 

governments’ IT. Participants shall be able to understand 

and describe the 18 facets of the modern day NMS and its 

operations as well as discuss in depth the most common 

facets of: fault/monitoring, performance management and 

historical reporting, as well as configuration management 

and network governance. This course shall also describe the 

modern day challenges to the security and proper function 

of NMS, the 7 diverse approaches and their respective 

vendors, as well as the common standards encountered in 

the NMS space. NMS ensures the sound foundation of IT. 

Without NMS the modern network and everything that runs 

across it, from cloud services to distributed applications, 

would not be possible. 


• Understand the need for NMS and how to be 

successful in the real world 

• Why NMS is the foundation of application and 

system management systems and approaches 

and required even more with the advent of the 

cloud. 

• Know the 18 facets of NMS and their role/ 

importance within an organization 

• Sketch the modern day NMS Architecture: 

components, vendors, and protocols 

• Learn NMS: Organizational Structures, Business 

Processes, Knowledge Management, and Tool 

Architectures 

• Learn common NMS Protocols and Standards 

and real world adoption and success rates 

• Understand the top 8 NMS Issues and Security 

Threats and their Respective Solutions 

• Learn about real world deployments of Network 

Management in Fortune 500 Companies and 

large Government institutions 

Pre Requisite 

Basic Understanding of Networking 


Engineers / Technicians / Network Designers & 

Planners / Design & Deployment Engineers / 

Network Integration & Operations Engineers 

9


Network Management System: Operation & Integration 


Module 4 

Module 3 

Module 2 

Module 1 

Introduction to Network 

Management System (NMS) 

• What is the ideal modern, end-to-end NMS 

Solution? 

• Solution Sponsorship 

• Organizational Structure 

• Business Processes 

• Knowledge Management 

• Tool Architecture 


Why Use NMS: the evolution 

of Network Management: past, 

present, and future 

• How does NMS compare to systems and 

application management 


Today’s 7 approaches 

to creating NMS within: 

companies, governments, and 

the military 

• Big Iron 

• Best of Breed 

• Open Source 

• Alternative Players 

• Cloud 

• Custom 

• Kitchen sink 


Today’s 18 categories of NMS 

• Fault Management 

• Performance Management 

• Configuration Management 


Module 9 

Module 8 

Module 7 

Module 6 

Today’s 18 Categories of 

NMS part 3 

• Social Networking and knowledge management 

• IP Block/DNS/DHCP Management 

• VPN Management 

• ACL/Firewall Management 

• Release/Patch management 

• Intrusion detection systems 

• Anti (virus/worm/malware/spyware/IPS) 

• Security Log Parsing 

• User and group management (LDAP) 


Introduction - ideals meet cold 

reality - revisiting “the big picture” 

• Sponsorship 

• Organizational Structure 

• Business Processes 

• Knowledge Management 

• Tool Architectures 


NMS industry Landscape (mostly 

FCAPS) 

• Network Management System (NMS) areas 

• Fault, discovery, and an event’s taxonomy and 

life cycle 



FCAPS) part 2 

• Performance, Service Assurance, & Historical 

Reporting 

• Configuration, Administration, and Network 

Governance 


10 

Module 5 

Today’s 18 Categories of NMS 

part 2 

• Event Management 

• Incident Ticketing 

• Problem Ticketing 

• Change Management 

• CMDB/Asset Management 

• ETL Reporting 


Module 10 


FCAPS) part 3 

• Accounting & LDAP integration 

• Log parsing and management 

• CMDB/asset management 

Knowledge Test


Network Management System: Operation & Integration 


11 

Module 14 

Module 13 

Module 12 

Module 11 

NMS Customer Application of 

NMS (mostly ITIL/COBIT) 

• Event Management 

• Incident Management 

• Escalation Management 

• Problem Management 

• Change Management 


Vendors of NMS 

• Big Iron: IBM, CA, HP, and BMC. 

• Best of Breed: LogMatrix (NerveCenter), IBM 

Tivoli Netcool, BMC Remedy, etc 

• Open Source: OpenNMS, Nagios, Cacti, 

RACID, ZipTie, fping, nmap, etc. 

• Alternative Players: Solarwinds, Monolith, 

Science Logic, Spiceworks, etc.\ 

• Cloud: ServiceNow, Rackspace, Savvis, 

CoolAlerts, Silverback, IBM, etc. 

• Custom: PERL, PYTHON, JAVA, C. 

• Kitchen sink: NetIQ, EMC. 


Common Integration and 

Access Methods for Network 

Management 

• PERL with regular expressions, DBI module, 

and XMLlite module 

• Python 

• Java and CORBA-based Network 

Management 

• Linux Apache Mysql PHP/PERL (LAMP) 

Approaches 

• ApachePHP 

• Command Line Interfaces (CLI) 


Common Integration and 

Access Methods for Network 

Management part 2 

• SNMP & Management Information Base 

(MIB) Monitoring Probes (RMON – RMON2) 

• ICMP (Ping), Telnet, SSH, and other 

protocols 

• Syslog, syslog ng, and other logging 

• XML/SOAP 

• Proprietary sockets 

Module 18 

Module 17 

Module 16 

Module 15 

• Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) 

• Transaction Language 1 (TL1) Management Protocol 


Common Alternative Network 

Management Standards 

• Adapted Standard: FCAPS & ITIL 

• Alternative tool approaches: OSS/TNM, NGOSS 

• Alternative business processes: COBIT, COSO, CMMI, 

eSCM-SP, PRINCE2, PMBOK and TOGAF 

• Industry specific: PCI, HIPPA, and NERC. 


The TOP 11 challenges in NMS Today 

• Overview: project failure rate - 75% 

• NMS is not commoditized, but viewed that way 

• Failure to account for existing NMS inertia 

• Tool only implementations 

• Over complication within the solution 


The TOP 11 challenges in NMS Today 

part 2 

• Lack of sponsorship after solution deployment 

• Failure to include customers of NMS in the process 

• Every event is important (so none are) 

• Transaction, rather than relationship, centric solutions 

• Over and under scoping 

• Over and under documentation 


Real World Fortune 500 and Large 

Government Examples 

• Big iron Examples 

• Best of Breed Examples 

• Open Source Examples 

• Alternative Examples 

• Cloud Solutions 

• Outsourcing Examples 

• Custom Examples 

• Kitchen Sink Examples 

Knowledge Test



WLI-ISP-601 

Duration 


Modules 

11 


100 USD 

Inside Plant Standards and 

Practices & Fiber Optics 

This training course is designed to help participants learn 

inside plant standards and practices comprehensively 

including understanding the fiber optic language and 

specialized Jargon, fiber optic cable specifications and 

structured cabling systems. Participants shall also learn the 

transmission characteristics and the safety measures to be 

practices during fiber installations. In addition, participants 

shall be able to understand inside plant installation 

practices including project planning and followed Testing 

considerations. 


• Understand what Fiber optics is and realized its 

Jargon 

• Learn the Fiber optic Cables Types and 

Construction Basics 

• Learn the Optical Fiber workplace Safety 

Measures 

• Learn Cabling Practice Considerations 

• Understand Planning Considerations of ISP 

installation projects 

• Understand the Fiber Optic Testing 

Considerations 

• Learn FTTH Requirements and Installation 

Considerations 

Pre Requisite 

Basic Knowledge and understanding of Fiber Optics 


Optical Fiber and ISP Engineers / Technicians/ 

Designers & Planners / Implementation and 

Deployment Technicians / Managers/ Project Team 

Numbers 

12


Inside Plant Standards and Practices & Fiber Optics 


Module 1 

Module 2 

Module 3 

Introduction to Fiber Optics? 

• What is Fiber Optics? 

• Who invented the fiber-optic cable? 

• Where is fiber optic cable used? 

• Fiber, Copper or Wireless 

• Fiber optic in ISP 

• Copper cabling in ISP 

• Wireless in ISP 

• Manufacturing Optical Fiber 

• Materials for fiber optic cable construction 

• Process of fiber optic cable 


Safety to fiber Optics Basic 

Overview 

• Safety to Fiber Optics Basic Overview 

• Safety Glasses 

• Fiber Optic Waste Container 

• Fiber Optic Disposal Container 

• Safety Considerations 

• Laser Protection and Warning Levels 

• Laser Types 

• Lasers and LEDs 

• Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers 

• Fabry-Perot laser 

• Hands-on Practice Video 


ISP, Fiber Optic Jargon 

• Understand the language of the Technology – the 

jargon. 

• Fiber 

• Optical Fiber 

• Core 

• Cladding 

• Buffer coating or primary buffer coating 

• Mode 

• Multimode fiber 

• Single mode fiber 

• Fiber ID 

• Plastic optical fiber (POF) 

• Fiber Optic Cable 

• Cable 

• Jacket 

• Strength members 

• Armor 

• Sheath 

• Outside Plant Installations 

• Underground 

• Direct Buried 

• Aerial 

• Submarine 

• Splicing and Termination 

• Connector 

• Ferrule 

• Splice 

• Mechanical Splice 

• Fusion Splice 

• Fusion Splicer 

• Hardware 

• Hands on Splicing Video 

• Fiber Specifications 

• Attenuation 

• Bandwidth 

• Decibels (dB) 

• dB 

• dbm 

• Optical Loss 

• Optical Power 

• Dispersion 

• Scattering 

• Wavelength 

• Dispersion 

• Bend Insensitive Fiber 

• Tools and Equipment 

• Jacket Slitter or Stripper 

• Fiber Stripper 

• Cleaver 

• Scribe 

• Polishing Puck 

• Polishing Film 

• Crimper 

• Fusion Splicer 

• Testing 

• Optical Power Meter 

• Test Source 

• Optical Loss Test Set (OLTS) 

• Reference Test Cables 

• Mating Adapter 

• Fiber Tracer 

• Visual Fault Locator 

• Inspection Microscope 

• Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) 


13




Module 4 

Module 5 

Module 6 

ISP Installation Overview 

• The Metric System 

• TIA, ITU and ANSI STANDARDS 

• Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces 

• Temperature and humidity requirements 

• Clearance from equipment 

• Typical distributor room dimensions 

• Entrance Facilities (EF) 

• Equipment Rooms (ER) 

• Telecommunication Rooms (TR) 

• Test Results and ISP Documentation 


Fiber Optic Test Equipment 

• Fiber Optic Visual Fault Locator 

• Fiber Optic Power Meter 

• Fiber Optic Light Source 

• Fiber Optic Identifier 

• Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) 

• Optical Multimeter 

• Hands-on Video of Test Equipments 

• Fiber Optic Testing 

• Fundamentals and Procedures 

• Have the right tools and test equipment for the job. 

• Know how to use your test equipment 

• Know the network you’re testing 

• Hands-on Videos 


Fiber Types Specifications/ 

Attenuation 

• Fiber ISP Fiber Optic Cable 

• Fiber Optic Color Code 

• Cable Types 

• Tight Buffered Distribution 

• Tight Buffered Breakout 

• Jumper Cables and Hybrid and connectors 

• Fiber Optic Cable Fire and Smoking Rating Markings 

• Fiber Optic Cable Attenuation 

• Multimode Optical Fiber 

• OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4 

• Single Mode Optical Fiber 

• OS1, OS2 


Module 10 

Module 9 

Module 8 

Module 7 

Cabling Practice Considerations 

• Pre-testing Cables 

• Identification and Handling of Cable Reels 

• Proper Cable Pulling Techniques 

• Specifications for Cabling Pulling 

• Fire-Stopping 


Proper Cleaning 

• Prober cleaning of fiber optic connector’s 

• Cleaning products/Tools 

• Visual Inspection 

• Visual Tracing 

• Visual Fault Location 

• Visual Connector Inspection 

• Hands-on Videos 


Optical Power - Power or Loss? 

(“Absolute” Vs. “Relative”) 

• Measuring Power 

• Tier 1 Testing 

• Tier 2- Testing 

• What Loss Should You Get When Testing Cables 

• Troubleshooting Hints 

• Fiber Optic Cable Loss 

• Calculating Fiber Loss 

• Hands-on video OLTS 


Use of Optical Time Domain 

Reflectometer OTDRs 

• How OTDRs Work 

• OTDR Settings 

• OTDR Analysis 

• OTDR Limitations 

• Hands-on video OTDR 


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Module 11 

What is FIBER TO THE HOME 

• Services and Bandwidth Requirements 

• FTTH Architectures 

• Benefits and Issues of PON-Based Architectures 

• Ethernet FTTH Benefits over PON 

• Customer Premise Equipment 

• Operational Expense 

• Hands-on video FTTH installation 


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WLI-ISP-100 

Duration 


Modules 

13 


100 USD 

FROM 2G to 3G and 4G 

Drivers, Technologies, Services, 

Business Case 

The goal of this training is to help mobile network operators 

to plan their transition from 2G to 3G and 4G technology, 

predominantly from a strategic and business planning 

point of view. It explains the market developments that 

drive this evolution and why certain solutions have been 

selected. The level of technical detail provided in the 

course conveys a sound understanding of the different 

technologies, their advantages and limitations, in order to 

then apply this knowledge to competitor analysis, strategic 

decision making, business planning and service definition. 

By actively discussing a multitude of examples taken from 

various network operators and market data from around the 

world, you will be able to apply the newly gained knowhow 

to analyze requirements in your country, develop 

demand forecasts, assess benefits and estimate costs of 

technology migrations, and successfully define services and 

pricing plans. 


• Understand the technology evolution from 2G 

to 3G and 4G telecommunication systems 

• Gain knowledge on advantages and limitations 

of different technologies 

• Translate demand forecasts for broadband 

services into network investment requirements 

• Gain insights into best practices in network 

design and services pricing 

• Assess the value of frequency spectrum and 

spectral efficiency 

• Understand service definition and creation 

of business cases for different network 

technologies and customer requirements 

Prerequisite 

A basic understanding of mobile telecommunication 

systems and services 

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• Staff responsible for strategic planning, 

marketing and sales at mobile network operators, 

infrastructure equipment suppliers and terminal 

manufacturers 

• Decision makers at newly licensed or prospective 

network operators who need to choose a 

technology platform that best suits their needs 

and business plan 

• Management (all levels) 

• Technical staff wishing to gain insights into 

competing technologies, business models and 

service definition 

• Telecom regulatory authority staff, especially 

those responsible for spectrum management



Drivers, Technologies, Services, Business Case 


Module 1 

Introduction 

• Drivers in mobile communication systems 

• Customer expectations 

• The “Migration Path” 

• 2G, 3G and 4G deployment status worldwide 

• Knowledge Test 


moving from 2G to 3G and 4G? 

• Additional revenue potential 

• Dongle vs. smartphone and tablet users, average 

traffic per user 

• Changing data bundles and pricing plans 

• Mobile VoIP – menace or opportunity for network 

operators? 


Module 2 

Module 3 

GSM – The foundation of today’s 

system evolution 

• Digital cellular systems vs. analogue 

• Network architecture and elements 

• Handover types 

• Best practices in GSM network design 

• Services in GSM networks 

• Messaging solutions 

• Data solutions in GSM 

• Knowledge Test 


GPRS/EDGE – The bridge between 

circuit- and packet-switched 

systems 

• Packet vs. circuit switching 

• The need for data evolution – Market drivers 

• Data rates and restrictions in GPRS/EDGE 

• GPRS/EDGE architecture and network design 

• Upgrading the network 

• Service definition and marketing for GPRS/EDGE 

solutions 

• WAP - Wireless Application Protocol 

• Enhanced messaging: Bulk SMS, MMS 

• Current developments: Evolved EDGE 

Module 5 

Module 6 

UMTS - Introducing 3G (part 1) 

• 3G deployments worldwide 

• Discussing the CDMA Basics – spread spectrum, soft 

capacity 

• The UMTS air interfaces: Explaining FDD and TDD, 

W-CDMA, TD-CDMA, TD-SCDMA 

• 3G frequency spectrum allocations 

• UMTS RAN architecture 

• Transmission network evolution: PDH, SDH, ATM, IP, 

MPLS, Gigabit Ethernet 

• The move to All-IP networks 

• 3G Core Network evolution – the Softswitch concept 


UMTS - Introducing 3G (part 2) 

• Best practices in UMTS network design 

• UMTS link budget, coverage planning 

• UMTS data rate capabilities and limitations 

• 3G services and applications 

• Subscriber profiles, traffic mix, network capacity 

planning 

• How many users can be served with different services? 

• Developing pricing plans to suit your network 


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Module 4 


Commercial aspects of migrating 

from 2G to 3G and 4G 

• Market drivers– Service requirements and QoS 

• Current data usage and forecast to 2016 by segment 

and region 

• Key enabler: Availability and cost of international 

bandwidth 

• Spectrum licensing 

• Business case for 3G in low ARPU markets 

• How does traffic and user behaviour change when 

Module 7 

CDMA-2000 - Competition from the 

other” 3G technology 

• Specialties and concepts of CDMA-2000 

• 1xRTT overview: Network architecture and 

components 

• Services with 1xRTT 

• Extending 1xRTT with data capabilities: 1xEVDO, 

1xEVDV 

• CDMA-2000 deployments worldwide 

• Competitive pricing of CDMA-2000 and EV-DO services 

Knowledge Test



Drivers, Technologies, Services, Business Case 


Module 8 

3.5G – Where are the limits of HSPA? 

• Drivers for higher data rates 

• HSDPA: boosting the downlink capabilities 

• HSUPA: boosting the uplink capabilities 

• HSPA+, DC-HSPA, MC-HSPA 

• Upgrading the network to HSPA 

• HSPA deployment statusworldwide 

• Best practices in HSPA network design: Coverage 

and capacity 

• HSPA deployment strategies 

• Services and marketing aspects for HSxPA 


Module 11 

4G/LTE – Should an operator skip 3G? 

(part 2) 

• MIMO in LTE – getting the most out of your network 

• SAE architecture and components 

• LTE and IMS 

• Best practices in LTE network design: Coverage and 

capacity 

• LTE spectrum 

• Services and marketing aspects in LTE – case studies 

from around the world 

• Achieving LTE indoor coverage with peak data rates: 

Micro, pico and femtocells 


Module 9 

Multimedia Services – The role of 

IMS 

• Market drivers for Multimedia Services 

• IMS concept – who needs it? 

• Services and application examples with IMS: 

- VoIP services 

- Multimedia Call and Conferencing Services 

- Presence services 

- Location-based services 

• Introducing the NGN concept (Next Generation 

Network) 

• IMS architecture and components 


Module 12 

WiMAX – The “other” 4G technology 

• WiMAX and LTE – where is the difference? 

• Market drivers for WiMAX 

• Convergence with LTE 

• Introduction to WiMAX technology – “WiFi on 

steroids”? 

• Network architecture and components 

• Mobile WiMAX 

• WiMAX spectrum, a hot commodity 

• Service capabilities and business case: Voice, 

broadband data, IPTV – Triple Play 

• WiMAX deployments worldwide 

• WiMAX marketing best practices 


Module 10 

4G/LTE – Should an operator skip 

3G? (part 1) 

• Market drivers and business case for 4G 

• When is 3G no longer enough? Data traffic rise vs. 

spectrum availability 

• Upgrading the network from 3G to 4G 

• LTE status worldwide 

• 3GPP evolution path to LTE/SAE 

• LTE overview: OFDM principles 

• LTE user equipment (UE) 


Module 13 

WiFi – The solution to mobile capacity 

problems? 

• WiFi and WiMAX – where is the difference? 

• WiFi capabilities and limitations 

• Architecture and components 

• Ad-hoc and mesh networks 

• Market drivers and applications for WiFi 

• Services and business cases for WiFi: Hotspots, 

Campus coverage, Public access, Municipal networks 

• WiFideploymentsworldwide 

• Hot trend: Data offload for mobile networks 


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ABOUT TERALIGHT 

Founded in 1998, Teralight, Ltd. is a Telecommunications Service Provider Company, with its focus 

on Telecom and IT Solutions, Management Consulting Professional Services, Trainings and Telecom 

Research publishing Services, with a highly developed and diversified business portfolio. Teralight’s 

specialty is in providing carrier-grade ICT solutions to Service Providers, Government, Defense and 

Large Enterprise clientele. We have an extensive list of Vendor Agreements to provide the current 

and next-generation telecommunications hardware and software for advanced, cost-effective solutions. 

Teralight is also an emerging leader in technology trainings as well as technology publishing services. 

Our corporate programs target revenue assurance, convergence strategies, and efficiency management 

of key infrastructure assets for international telecommunication companies, whereas our training 

programs target Public Network Operators, Telecommunications Service Providers, Internet Service 

Providers, Media Providers, Equipment Suppliers, and Local as well as Central Governments. 

Teralight’s publishing services are designed to engage telecoms subject specialists and industry experts, 

having hands-on experience with various technologies, network design and engineering, creating or 

implementing telecoms operations best practices, and to assist them in getting published in specific 

areas of expertise. 

ABOUT TLT ACADEMY 

TLT Academy is a Professional Training Division of Teralight Ltd. FZ LLC. We are leader in South 

Asia, the Middle East and North Africa for customized and bespoke Information Communication 

Telecommunications instructor-led trainings. The substantial and specialized disciplines of our training 

instructors and consultants encompass the full range of new and emerging wireless technologies, 

enterprise applications, and security technologies. We provide telecoms training courses to Public 

Network Operators, Telecommunications Service Providers, Internet Service Providers, Media 

Providers, Equipment Suppliers, Local and Central Government. We are based in the Dubai, but train 

around the world, typically at customer sites. 

ABOUT ONLINE TRAINING 

Teralight offers online Training programs filled with instructor-led, video-based courses covering 

infrastructure courses on IT and Telecommunication for both Wireless and wireline. Our courses allow 

trainees to work and learn at their own pace without sacrificing the quality of instructor-led lessons. 

Comprehensive coverage of course topics coupled with onscreen demonstrations and rich multimedia 

content (PowerPoint, PDF & DOC) work together to deliver an engaging learning environment.


# 402, Alfa Building, Knowledge Village 

P.O. Box: 500759 Dubai, UAE 

Tel: +971.4.447.0998 

Fax: +971.4.447.0949 

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