Course Description:
Wireline switches are providing a special challenge today despite ongoing migration to triple-play and wireless technologies, there is still some resilient need for reliable, low-latency POTS telephone service. This requires continuing effort to find economical yet reliable ways to run the TDM switching network.
The CO Switch Decommissioning Service Migration Course has been designed by request to help telcos lower the cost of running existing plant as reliably and easily as possible. In addition to power savings and asset harvesting, the course helps to show how to dump usage reports, find, and then utilize the correct de-growth procedures without generating permanent alarms from improperly deleted hardware. Additional considerations are reviewed per the scope of work, including system RC requirements, adjacent co-located equipment risk, and reversion procedures. Equipment may be considered for abandon-in-place (AIP) versus bay removal, understanding that adjacent cable runs may actually still support other critical equipment. Battery-power removal, spikes, and separate grounds are also reviewed. Students are taken through the original switch manufacturer documentation, such as NTPs, GTEPs, Practices, plus certain BellcoreTelcordia, NEBS, and NEC standards, as necessary for a project. The course has several optional components, depending upon your scope of work, including proper Recent Change (RC) procedure, system backups, plus how to migrate service to other network elements, including several unified VoIP or fiber communication products. Many telco techs have little background in data networking. The course can optionally provide some basics of packet-based voice networks which includes a summary of routers switches, the OSI model, and IPv4IPv6, plus how a TDM voice circuit interfaces to, and operates with, a VoIP or MPLS network. Concepts like Cisco CUCM VoIP, or Genband and Metaswitch MPLS migration are explained.
The actual course length is flexible with the content, and can be adjusted depending upon the needs of the class.
Students Will Learn:
Course Length:
5 Days
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