PTT course catalogue
PTT offers over 40 online courses covering telecommunications subjects in the categories listed below.
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Then, for more information about each telecoms course, including the cost of a personal licence, click on the course title - you can then add a course to your online shopping basket.
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Introduction to telecommunications (5 courses)
Courses covering the fundamental principles of telecoms technologies.
SRA |
Analogue and digital signals
An introduction to the characteristics and capabilities of signals used in communications systems and the impairments that limit communications. |
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SRB |
Transmission fundamentals
Describes the characteristics, capabilities and applications of copper, optical fibre and wireless transmission media and explains the techniques used to maximise the traffic carrying capacity of those media. |
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SRC |
Data communications principles
Explains the fundamental principles of data communications and describes the role of the basic functional components of data links and the protocols that define their operation. |
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SRD |
Telecoms networks and services
Provides an overview of the role, structure and capabilities of modern telecommunications networks, the regulatory and commercial aspects of service provision, and the facilities of telecommunication services offered to customers. |
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SRE |
Media encoding and transmission
Provides an introduction to the digital processing that is carried out on speech and video before transmission over circuit-switched networks such as the PSTN and VoIP systems. |
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Broadband access (5 courses)
Courses covering copper and optical fibre based technologies that provide broadband access to telecoms services and the Internet.
Broadband access over copper |
DLA |
ADSL principles
Describes the characteristics and structure of access networks based on the use of copper wires and explains the principles of the technologies that provide access to broadband services over those wires. |
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DLB |
DSL systems
Describes the structure, functional components, operation and testing of systems that provide Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) broadband services to customers over copper wires. |
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Broadband access over fibre |
OLA |
Optical fibre principles
Introduces the principles of optical fibre transmission, describes the components of a fibre link and discusses the impairments that affect the transmission of data. |
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FAB |
Optical access networks
Describes the use of optical fibre in access networks to provide point to point and FTTH, FTTB and FTTC broadband connections, with emphasis on the practical aspects of installation and testing. |
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FAA |
Passive optical networks
Describes BPON, GPON and EPON implementations of passive optical networks that provide high capacity broadband services (FTTB, FTTC and FTTH) to residential and business customers. |
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Voice and video services (6 courses)
Courses covering the delivery of voice and video services.
MEA |
Telephony systems
Provides an introduction to the principles and operation of circuit-switched telephony as used in the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). |
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MEB |
Voice over IP
Provides an introduction to the principles and operation of telephony services that operate over Internet Protocol (IP) networks and includes detailed treatment of SIP and H.323. |
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MDC |
C7 signalling systems
Provides a detailed treatment of the principles and operation of C7 signalling systems. |
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MED |
VoIP systems
Describes the functional components and operation of public telephony systems based on the Internet Protocol (IP) with emphasis on those employing an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) in a next generation network. |
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MEE |
Video principles for engineers
Introduces the fundamentals of video capture, compression, storage and transmission. |
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MEF |
Video over IP
Discusses the technical aspects of providing a television over IP (IPTV) service. |
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Data communications and converged services (8 courses)
Courses covering data communications and the convergence of data and voice services.
Wide area networks
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TAA |
Introduction to WANs
Introduces the principles of operation, capabilities and features of various types of Wide Area Network and describes the requirements of different types of traffic and how these can be met. |
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TRD |
Principles of ATM
Introduces the principles of the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) as employed in modern broadband networks and explains how a defined quality of service can be offered. |
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TAF |
IP networks
Describes the principles of operation of networks based on the use of the Internet Protocol (IP) and the structure and operation of the Internet. |
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TAG |
IP routing
Describes in detail the role, facilities, and operation of the various protocols that discover routes over an IP network. |
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TAH |
Advanced IP networks
Describes the techniques such as RSVP, Diffserv and MPLS that are used to offer a differentiated quality of service over an IP network. |
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NGA |
Next Generation Networks
Explains the concept, architecture and advantages of IP-based NGNs. The course also provides an overview of the role and facilities of the underlying technologies and techniques used in NGNs. |
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Local area networks
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LAA |
Ethernet fundamentals
Provides an introduction to the underlying concepts of Ethernet Local Area Networks (LAN) and the capabilities, components and structure of Ethernet LANs. This course also describes the advantages, topology and components of a structured cabling installation. |
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LAB |
Ethernet networks
Provides detailed information about the components, operation and management of Ethernet-based networks including the role of routers, firewalls and DNS servers, security aspects and the interconnection of LANs using Carrier Ethernet. |
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Mobile and wireless networks and services (8 courses)
Courses covering the principles and operation of mobile and wireless networks.
MBA |
Introduction to mobile systems
Introduces concepts which are used in most types of mobile systems, like handover and roaming, and cellular traffic handling. The course also reviews the various generations and types of mobile system. |
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MBB |
The air interface
Describes the communications between a mobile user's equipment and the fixed infrastructure provided by the mobile operator. MBA and MBB are designed as preparation for the more advanced mobile courses. |
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MBC |
GSM mobile networks
Describes the structure, components and features of GSM (Global System Mobile) networks and the provision of telephony services using such networks. |
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MBD |
GSM data services
Describes the provision of data services by GSM mobile systems with reference to EDGE, GPRS, HSCSD and SMS. |
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MBE |
UMTS (3G) mobile radio networks
Designed for study by those working in, or intending to work in, the mobile radio sector with a technical role. The course covers the technologies employed in Third Generation (3G) mobile networks. |
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MOF |
LTE (4G) mobile radio networks
Designed for study by those working in the mobile radio sector with a technical role. The course introduces the features, structure and operation of 4G / LTE (Long Term Evolution) mobile systems. |
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MOG |
LTE mobile systems
This course describes mobility in, and the provision of services over, LTE (4G) mobile systems. The enhanced performance of an LTE Advanced system is also discussed.
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WIA |
WiMAX radio networks
Gives an introduction to WiMAX, the technology which has been promoted as capable of providing cheap mobile broadband services. |
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Optical transmission networks (6 courses)
Courses covering the principles and operation of optical networks.
SCA |
Transmission principles
Introduces the principles of synchronous transmission techniques as employed in modern long-haul networks. |
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SCB |
SDH principles
Introduces the fundamental principles of the Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) as employed in modern broadband networks. |
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SCC |
Optical line systems inc WDM
Introduces the principles of optical fibre and describes the capabilities, components and operation of the optical links that interconnect the nodes of a SDH-based broadband network. |
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SCD |
SDH payloads inc. Ethernet over SDH
Describes the payload capabilities of SDH links and the methods of carrying different types of payload over an SDH network. |
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SCE |
SDH networks
Describes the equipment and structures of broadband networks including SDH networks and all optical networks and discusses operational issues such as synchronisation and protection schemes. |
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SCF |
SDH management
Describes the capabilities and structure of network management systems and discusses network maintenance and testing. |
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Legacy courses
These two courses cover technical aspects of data services that were originally widely used but have now been largely superseded.
TRC |
Frame Relay data services
Discusses the protocols, techniques and service offerings of a Frame Relay service. |
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TRE |
ATM networks
Describes the components and operation of ATM networks including the role and operation of the Private Network Node Interface (PNNI) protocols. |
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