ISDN WORKSHOP OUTLINE

Workshop Leader:

Michael Biber - Asia Pacific Networx

Date: Conducted 3 times per year

Time: Courses commence at 9:00am and finish at 5:00pm.

Morning Tea, Lunch and Afternoon Tea provided.

AGENDA

Tutorial Issues through to actual implementation

• What is ISDN?
• What unique capabilities does ISDN possess.
• How are people using the technology to advantage
• How much does the hardware, software and services cost?
• What are the tariffs and implementation costs?
• How does ISDN complement other technologies, e.g., FR, ATM, DSL, Wireless and Satellite?

ETSI ISDN and the OnRamp Products

• Explaining ESTI ISDN and the differences between TS0013/00014 or other country implementations.
• Migrating to ETSI and implications for Network Design
• Hardware availability, competitive positioning.

Strategic Planning

• Where did ISDN come from and where is it going?
• What applications are suited to ISDN connectivity?
• How do I integrate ISDN into my IT&T Architectures?
• How do I audit the benefits and report on my usage?
• Voice, Video and Data ARE different; exploring the implications
• Application programming Interfaces and the importance for ISDN implementation
• Topologies for integrated services.

Understanding the Selection Process

• Examining the Cost of Network Ownership (CONO)
• Vendor selection criteria
• Building confidence in the decision making process
• The things your vendor won't tell you!

Examining the Advanced Issues of Implementation

• Detailed Technical implementation, from practical case studies.
• Pitfalls of dynamic bandwidth allocations
• The dependency of legacy applications.
• Restrictive practices - Protocols at Work.
• Trouble ticketing, maintenance and enterprise management schema.
• Billing systems and reliability, issues for ISDN today!
• The implications that arise from running your own carrier networks
• Integrating the whirling ISDN management with Enterprise/Corporate Managers of managers.

Auditing

• Audit and Security implications. Practical issues from users case studied.
• Services authentication via the CLI.
• ISDN and the Internet
• Spoofing voice calls and detection in an ISDN regime

Integration with Existing Infrastructure

• Legacy migrations and hybrid solutions for voice, fax, data, image and video
• Integrating ISDN and PSTN Voice services, and the role of the IN.
• Running X.25 connections over X.31 ISDN services

Cabling Implications and Migration Issues

• Susceptibility of ISDN to EMF and standard biohazards
• Cabling Rules of Thumb (ROT) that save a lot of bother down the line.
• Standards organisations and the future of ISDN.

Reliability and Troubleshooting

• What diagnostic tools are on the market?
• What can you expect from the carriers (all of them)?
• Making the most of carrier trouble shooting support.

Close of Workshop