NT1310: Week 1 Telecommunications
You are an IT Network Specialist and are required to develop the design of the company’s telephone
system for its new building which will begin construction in a few months. In order to get a background
which will help when developing the new system, your supervisor asked you to research the current Plain
Old Telephone Service (POTS) currently used by the company. You must research the system
components and report back to your supervisor, the Telecommunications Manager, within a week.
1.
Describe a local land line phone system based on the following Landline Telephone Components:
2.
a.
Local Loop
b.
Central Office
c.
Local Exchanges
d.
POP
e.
Long Distance System
f.
Fixed Line
Define and describe the following Telecommunications Network Components:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Cellular Telephones:
i.
Voice
ii.
Data:
Telephone Network Topology:
i.
Demarcation Point
ii.
Equipment
iii.
Access Networks
iv.
Regional/Metro Networks
Cable TV
i.
Broadcast TV
ii.
Community Antenna
iii.
Network Access Point
iv.
Interface Device
Telecommunication Services:
i.
RBOCs
ii.
Unbundling
iii.
MSOs
iv.
ISPs
v.
Triple Play
vi.
Cloud Computing
Submission Requirements:
Minimum of 2 pages
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NT1310: Week 1 Telecommunications
Microsoft Word Document
12-pt, Times New Roman font, single-spaced
Evaluation Criteria:
Your instructor will use the following points for evaluating your performance in this assessment:
Did you identify, define, and describe the major systems of the telecommunications network in
sufficient detail?
Did you describe in detail the subtopics of each major system?
Did you use proper formatting, grammar, and spelling?
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