Telecommunication

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:

a. Local Loop
b. Central Office
c. Local Exchanges
d. POP
e. Long Distance System
f. Fixed Line

2. Define and describe the following Telecommunications Network Components:

a. Cellular Telephones:

i. Voice
ii. Data:

b. Telephone Network Topology:

i. Demarcation Point
ii. Equipment
iii. Access Networks
iv. Regional/Metro Networks

c. Cable TV

i. Broadcast TV
ii. Community Antenna
iii. Network Access Point
iv. Interface Device

d. Telecommunication Services:

i. RBOCs
ii. Unbundling
iii. MSOs
iv. ISPs
v. Triple Play
vi. Cloud Computing

Submission Requirements:

Minimum of 2 pages

Microsoft Word Document
12-pt, Times New Roman font, single-spaced.