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An Introduction to Digital Television

Order Number	LP-174-BT $ 399.00 Video Format
Length	5 hours and 30 minutes
Summary	Digitized Television is at the foundation of many new telecommunications services. The bit rate needed for video sets the scale factor in designing the capacity of new networks. In the last few years effective and affordable digital video compression technology has had a profound impact on emerging plans for broadband fiber networks for residential services, terrestrial broadcasting, and image based business applications. Subjects central to modern systems such as motion compensation, transform coding and statistical compression will be explained in a way that most engineers can easily relate to. The power of these techniques and their expected improvements will be discussed. With this firm base of fundamentals, key system proposals such as MPEG an HDTV are explored in more detail, emphasizing those features of greatest importance to system and service planners. At the end of this series, participants should be well equipped to understand and analyze most of the new systems being proposed for television based services.

Topics

The video signal and its digital representation

Fundamental compression techniques

Examples of realization

The MPEG system

Broadband Networks
Emerging Technologies Series

Order Number

LP-189-BT $ 399.00
Video Format

Length

1 hours and 50 minutes

Summary

This video tape explains the concepts and issues surrounding Broadband Networks. It discusses basic architecture of both the public and private networks and their needs as they evolve to a Broadband Network. It explains the needs of business and the mass market as well as possible solutions and applications for both. Also included is a discussion of alternative future scenarios and how they may affect communications in the home and business.

Topics

	Introduction
	The Broadband Marketplace: Who Needs What
	Private Broadband Networks - WAN and LAN
	Public Networks
	Broadband Alternatives in the Local Loop: The Mass Market
	Obtaining Broadband Services
	Broadband Standards and Other Issues
	Alternative Broadband Futures

Advanced Telecommunications Overview: Asynchronous Transfer Mode

Order Number

LP-277-BT $ 399.00
Video Format

Length

24 minutes

Summary

This video tape provides an overview of the Asynchronous Transfer Mode. It describes the development of the ATM-based telecommunications network from the earlier switched packet networks.

Particular attention is given to asynchronous traffic processing, performance issues and architectures, in addition to the benefits of ATM networking.

Topics

	What is ATM?
	ATM networks
	Network Administration Issues
	Performance Issues
	ATM standards organizations

Advanced Telecommunications Overview: Video Technology

Order Number

LP-278-BT $ 399.00
Video Format

Length

33 minutes

Summary

This video tape provides an overview of video technology. It describes the aspects of video signals (their form and bandwidth requirements) and covers issues on both analog and digital transmission of video signals.

Particular attention is given to video transmission over existing and planned telecommunications facilities, including trade-offs between digital compression and viewer acceptance.

Topics

	What is video?
	Analog vs. Digital video

Understanding an ISDN Solution

Order Number

LP-302-BT $ 399.00
Video Format

Length

52 minutes

Summary

This videotape will provide the following:

	Familiarity with basic ISDN concepts and terminology
	Understanding of where ISDN fits in the spectrum of telecommunications technologies Examples of popular ISDN applications, including: Internet Access, Work at Home, Desktop Videoconferencing, and Image Transfer
	Listing of the components of ISDN solutions for the above applications - hardware, software, and ISDN services, and discussion of issues to consider
	Overview of ISDN services in North America, including: a description of ISDN services, who to contact to get service, discussion of service availability and cost
	High level discussion of trends in the ISDN service and equipment markets

Topics

	Introduction
	SDN Basics
	ISDN “Then and There”: History, Standards
	Comparison to Competing Technologies
	Obtaining ISDN Service
	ISDN Tomorrow:
	Trends
	Where to Get More Information on ISDN

Implementing an ISDN Solution
ISDN: Here and Now Series

Order Number

LP-303-BT $ 399.00
Video Format

Length

38 minutes

Summary

This video provides an overview of ISDN concepts. The video uses a mixture of live narration, graphics, location footage and interview footage with subject matter experts and users. The goal of the video is to provide viewers with the information they need to make informed business decisions regarding ISDN.

Topics

	Introduction
	Planning for ISDN
	Ordering ISDN
	Installing ISDN
	Operation
	Trends in ISDN Implementation
	Conclusion

Frame Relay Services: Planning and Implementation

Order Code

LP-350-BT $ 699.00
CD-ROM Format

Length

3 hours

Summary

Learn detailed information on the critical features of planning and ordering Frame Relay services and technologies. Your success on the job depends on how well you can optimize your company’s (or your customer’s) data and voice services. The course will help you accomplish this objective. The emphasis is on practical planning and ordering concepts. It also provides you with information for future planning and migration.

Topics

	Planning Frame Relay (FR) Services
	Ordering Frame Relay (FR) Services
	Advanced Features and Capabilities: Considerations for Planning
	Frame Relay Implementation: Issues for Configuring Customer Equipment

Frame Relay Design and Implementation

Order Number

LP-355-BT $ 399.00
Video Format

Length

1 hour and 7 minutes

Summary

The primary use of this video is to communicate concepts basic to frame relay design and implementation. Frame Relay technology is becoming more important for these reasons:

	Frame Relay technology and services represent the first widely available “information-highway” services.
	Frame Relay represents a packet transmission technology that is optimized for the support of data-networking applications, but also provides the basic technology and service implementations for limited support of voice, image and video.
	Moreover, Frame Relay operates over a single, integrated network infrastructure.
	This video provides essential information on how to implement and upgrade a frame relay network to take advantage of its capabilities.

Topics

	Introduction
	Planning and Ordering FR Services
	Customer Equipment
	Advanced Features and Capabilities

Topics

	LAN Characteristics and Benefits
	LAN Components
	LAN Layouts and Connections
	LAN Standards

Topics

	Broadband Benefits
	Broadband Pricing Methodology
	Broadband Case Study

Requirements: Windows 3.1 or Windows 95

Topics

	Data Communications Basics and Standards
	Protocol Principles and Terminology
	Layered Architectures for Data Communications
	Protocols by Layer

Requirement: Windows 3.1 or Windows 95

Topics

	Data Communications Basics
	Principles and Terminology
	Network Components
	Packet Types
	Network Protocols

Requirement: Windows 3.1 or Window 95

Topics

Evolution of Analog to ISDN

Building ISDN on an Analog Foundation

Extending Digital Subscriber Loop (DDS)

Requirement: Windows 3.1 or Windows 95

Topics

	Fundamentals of Broadband Transmission
	Coaxial Cable
	Network Components
	Network Performance
	Hybrid Fiber/Coaxial System

Requirement: Windows 3.1 or Windows 95

Broadband: Interconnection Considerations for the Enterprise

ISDN: Application Considerations and Implementation Strategies

Intermediate-Speed ATM

Topics

	Brief Overview of ATM
	ATM Business Requirements
	Intermediate-Speed ATM FUNI
	ATM FUNI Applications
	The Future of ATM FUNI

Requirement: Windows 3.1 or Windows 95

Transport Switching
Wireless Communication
Intelligent Networks Telecommunications Fundamentals
Broadband & Data Networking Technology
Internet, New Media E-Commerce

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