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Session 1. Introduction: Today’s Industry Structure Wireline Carriers - Telecommunications Technology. Session Objectives. Announcements Handouts Instructor’s background Student profiles Overview of GSMT procedures Overview of this course Some presentation and term paper topics

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  1. Session 1 Introduction: Today’s Industry Structure Wireline Carriers - Telecommunications Technology TLMN 602 Fall 2002

  2. Session Objectives • Announcements • Handouts • Instructor’s background • Student profiles • Overview of GSMT procedures • Overview of this course • Some presentation and term paper topics • Basic technology TLMN 602 Fall 2002

  3. Instructor’s Background • Name: William F. Mackey • Systems Engineer, CSC supporting NASA/GSFC Attorney, D.C. and State of VA (since 1982) • Professor (1996), TLMN 602 (7); MSWE 603 (3) • Experience • Aerospace, GE, 1965-1969 • Energy, State Space; Univac; GE; BDM, 1969-1982 • Transportation, Telecomm, Aerospace, CSC, 1982-2002 • B.S., M.S. (Physics); Ph.D. (Systems Eng.); JD (Law) • INCOSE committee work; Chair of Tech Board TLMN 602 Fall 2002

  4. Procedural Overview • Course content and schedule: See syllabus • Exams: Midterm and final • Oral class presentation--practice for briefings • Term paper--practice for clear writing • Grading--see syllabus • Academic integrity: No plagiarism or cheating • Appeal from arbitrary and capricious grading TLMN 602 Fall 2002

  5. Course Objectives • Principles underlying law and regulation • How they, with technology, shape the industry • Impact of current issues on your organization • U.S. vs. foreign telecommunications environments TLMN 602 Fall 2002

  6. Course Overview • Wireline carriers • Technology • Regulation • Policy and law (1934 Act, MFJ, 1996 Act) • Network services • Data communications • Cable communications • International telecommunications • The Internet • Wireless Services TLMN 602 Fall 2002

  7. Customer Premise Originating End TLMN 602 Fall 2002

  8. Customer Premise Local Loop Central Office Originating End TLMN 602 Fall 2002

  9. Customer Premise Interexchange Carrier (Long Distance) Local Loop Point of Presence Central Office Point of Presence Originating End TLMN 602 Fall 2002

  10. Customer Premise Interexchange Carrier (Long Distance) Local Loop Local Loop Point of Presence Point of Presence Central Office Central Office Originating End TLMN 602 Fall 2002

  11. Customer Premise Interexchange Carrier (Long Distance) Local Loop Local Loop Customer Premise Point of Presence Point of Presence Central Office Central Office PBX Originating End Terminating End TLMN 602 Fall 2002

  12. Customer Premise Interexchange Carrier (Long Distance) Local Loop Local Loop Customer Premise Point of Presence Point of Presence Central Office Central Office PBX Terminating End Originating End TLMN 602 Fall 2002

  13. Industry Components • Local exchange (voice, data, paging) • Interexchange (voice, data) • Broadcast • Cable television (broadband to the home) • Cellular mobile (voice, data, paging) • Personal Communications Service (voice) • Satellite (voice, data, television relay) • Internet service providers • Equipment providers • Content providers TLMN 602 Fall 2002

  14. Basic Technological Concepts • Analog representation • Digital representation • From analog to digital • Information capacity • Protocols and interconnection architectures • Compression and multiplexing • Network topology • Mesh, star, bus, ring TLMN 602 Fall 2002

  15. Telephone Systems and Cabling • Key sets, PBXs, and Centrex • Automatic call distribution • Automated voice response • Transmission media (guided and unguided) • Twisted pair • Coaxial cable • Optical fiber • Microwave TLMN 602 Fall 2002

  16. Technological Drivers • Satellite capacity • GEO Orbital spacing • LEOs and MEOs • Optical fiber transmission • Digital modulation, transmission, and switching • Digital cellular mobile • Personal Communications Service • Digital television • The Internet TLMN 602 Fall 2002

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