Communications Basics

Analog / Digital Signals, Radio Spectrum, Modulation. Multiplexing - Frequency Division Multiple Access, Time Division Multiple Access, Frequency Division Multiplexing, Time Division Multiplexing, Code Divison Multipl Access, Wavelength Division Multiplexing. Shift Keying - Amplitude Shift keying, Frequency Shift Keying, Binary Phase Shift Keying, Qqdrature Phase Shift Keying, 8 Phase Shift Keying, Qadrature Amplitude Modulation, Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying. Communication Channels, Packet Communications, Internet Architecture, Switching Systems, Digital Hierarchy and Satellite Communications

SS7 Signaling and Architecture

Telecommunication Networks, Signalling & Switching Techniques, In Band and Out of Band Signaling, SS7- Signalling, Integrated Services Digital Network - ISDN, ISDN - BRI & PRI, Q.931 Standard, ISDN Protocols, ISDN Layer 2 Signaling, SS7- Messages, ISUP Signaling, Switching Methods, SS7- Protocols.

Cellular Technologies

Mobile Communication Principles, Mobile Telephone Networks, WLL - Wireless Local Loop, WiLL - Wireless in Local Loop, Cellular Network Planning and Configuration, Second Generation Network Planning and Third Generation Network Planning.

Global System For Mobile Communications - GSM

GSM Architecture, Time Division Multiple Access, IS – 136 TDMA Technology, GSM Voice, Signaling and Data Codeing Schemes, IS 136 Radio Technology, Digital Channels and Hand-Offs, RF Channel Organization, Design of A and Abis Interfaces, BCCH - System Information, Protocol Architecture, GSM Security, GSM Signalling and Call Processing, GSM Hardware Architecture, SMS - Short Message Services, SMS Signaling and Protocols, Migration to GPRS.

General Packet Radio Services - GPRS

Evolution of Wireless Data, The GSM Phase II Overlay Network, GPRS Network Architecture, GPRS Radio technologies, Cells & Routing Areas, Packet Data Protocol Context, GPRS Terminals Mobile Station Classes, Mobility Management, GPRS Attach, GPRS Attach Scenario, Mobile Initiated GPRS Detach, Network Initiated Detach Activating a PDP Context Activation, GPRS Data Transfer, GPRS Signaling Procedures, GPRS Protocols

Enhanced Datrates for GSM Evolution - EDGE

EDGE Architecture, EDGE Coding Schemes, Link Adaptation, Incremental Redundancy, Migration to 3G - GERAN

3G Systems, UMTS architecture, UTRAN Interfaces, UMTA Radio Access and WCDMA Spreading, UMTS Coding and Synchronization, Link Budget and QoS, 3GPP Specifications, UMTS Releases - R 99, R 02, R 04 and R 06, Wide band CDMA, Call Processing and Media Formats, UMTS Security and VHE, NGN Architecture, UMTS Protocols.

Third Generation Technologies

CDMA 2000 1XRTT, Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE ), Wide Band CDMA – WCDMA, Universal Mobile Telecommunications Services – UMTS, High Speed Circuit Switched Data – HSCSD

Networking

OSI and TCP/IP Protocol layering, Classful Internet Address, Layer 2 Protocols - ARP & RARP, User Data Gram Protocol -UDP, Transmission Control Protocol -TCP, Internet Control Message Protocol - ICMP, Routing Protocols - OSPF, RIP, BGP, Mobile IP

Session and Call Control Protocols

Voice Over IP - VoIP , H.323, Media Gateway Control  Protocol – MGCP     Megaco(H.248),  IP Multimedia Subsystem - IMS

Session Initiation Protocol

Introduction to SIP, SIP System Operation, Building SIP Systems, Managing SIP Systems, Session Description Protocol
RTP and RTCP, SIP Architecture, SIP Fields, Registration, SIP Security, Telecom Protocols

Telecom Testing

Test Methodologies, Test Plan, Test Cases, GSM/GPRS attached/detached/PDP contexts, Manual Testing, Automated Testing, Telecom Testing Tools

Next - Generation Networks

Evolution for NGN, World Standardisation Bodies for communications and Networking, HSDPA, HSUPA, 4G LTE, WiMAX

Telecom Protocols

SS7 Protocols

Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP), ISDN User Part, Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP), Intelligent Network Application Part (INAP), OMAP

GSM & CDMA Protocols

CM-Connection Management, CC- Call control, SS- Supplementary service, SMS-Short Message Service, MM- Mobility Management, RR- Radio Resource management, LAPDM, BSS Application Part (BSSAP), Mobile Application Part (MAP)
Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE), Subnetwork Dependence Convergence Protocol (SNDCP), Radio Link Control Protocol (RLC), Logical Link Control Protocol (LLC), GPRS Mobility Management (GMM), GPRS Session Management (GSM), CAMEL

UMTS Protocols

ATM & ATM Adaptation Layers, UMTS related Signaling protocols – Access Stratus (AS) and Non-Access Stratus (NAS) Protocols, RRC, RLC, MAC, FP, PDCP, BMC SSCOP, SCTP, NBAP, ALCAP, RANAP, RNSAP, AMR, MM, GMM, MTP3-b, M3UA, STC, SCTP, SCIP, TAF, CBS

Programming

C Programming

Fundamentals and Control Structures, Arrays and Strings, Structures and Unions, Functions, Recursion, Storage Classes
Pointers, Files, Graphics, Preprocessor Statements and Command Line Arguments, Enumerations, Bit-wise Operators, Multi-File Programs

Data Structures

Linked Lists – Linear, Doubly Linear, Circular, Stacks,   Queues, Trees, Graph, Different Sort and Search Methods

C++ Programming

Overview of Objected Oriented Programming, Introduction to C++, Fundamentals and Control Structures, Functions , Classes and Objects, Constructors and Destructors, Operator Overloading, Inheritance, Virtual Functions and ,Polymorphism, Console I/O Operations, Files, Templates and Standard Template Library, Exceptions,Manipulating Strings

Linux Part - I

Linux as an Operating System, Working with Basic File and Directory Commands, File Security and Linking, Vim Editor
Text, Database and Communication Commands

Linux Part - II
Network Programming

System calls, File Management, Resource management, Process Management, Inter Process Communication - IPC , Socket Programming, TCP Client/Server Applications, UDP Client/Server Applications, Thread Communications, Thread Synchronization, Signals, Asynchronous I/O, Signals, Asynchronous I/O, I/O Multiplexing

Shell Script

Introduction to Bash, Shell Script, Control Statements, Functions, Command Line Arguments

PERL Scripting (Optional)

Introduction to PERL, Basic Concepts Scalars, integers, floating point numbers and Strings Operatos Arrays, hashes, references, structures and flow controls, regular expressions, Subroutines, scope and visibility Packages, Modules, Pre CGI Programming and Object Oriented Programming Input and Output with file handles Process, signals and threads Networking Debugging and Testing

Project

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)