N-GEN Communications Web-based Seminars ©NGCS

Seminar - An Overview of Communications Technologies

Module 2 - Data Communications Basics and Legacy Technologies                                                  Slide 2 of 45 _________________                                                                                  __________

                                                         Outline

                                     Data Communications Building Blocks

                                     A Typical Data Communications Network Architecture

                                     OSI Model and Legacy Technologies

                                     North American and European Digital Hierarchies

                                     Legacy Networks (Telecommunications Carriers)

                                     Mature Services and Networks

                                     Legacy Technologies Limitations

                                     Solution Offered by Next-Generation Technologies

                                     Quiz For Module 2

                                     Answers to Quiz for Module 2

                                     Glossary

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