1. Optical Fiber Transmission

• Light, wavelength and frequency
• Light sources and flow
• Fiber size and specifications
• Fiber types and components
• Multimode and single mode
• Transmission capacity limitations
• Splicing and connections
• Cabling systems
• Dark fiber

2. Synchronous Optical Networking

• SONET definition
• Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
• Optical Carrier (OC) levels
• SONET architecture
• Frame structure and types
• SONET network elements
• SONET ring structure
• Path protection method
• Metropolitan networks
• Long haul networks

3. Other Fiber Implementations

• Dedicated fiber
• In-building applications
• Ethernet over fiber
• 10Gigabit Ethernet
• Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
• Passive Optical Networking (PON)
• Fiber to the home
• Hybrid fiber coax systems

4. Wireless Communications

• The electromagnetic spectrum
• Radio frequency (RF) properties
• Licensed Vs unlicensed bands
• Standards and regulations
• Point-to-point systems
• Microwave radio systems
• Software defined radio
• Satellite transmission
• Types of satellite systems
• Cellular phone systems operations
• Analog cellular
• Digital cellular
• Protocols: TDMA, CDMA, GSM
• 3rd generation cellular
• World cellular compatibility
• Wireless LAN (WiFi) operation
• WiFi standards: 802.11/a/b/g/n
• WiFi network architecture
• WiFi mesh networks
• Combining WiFi and celluar
• WiMax (802.16) operations
• WiMax applications
• Bluetooth standard
• Infrared systems
• Messaging systems
• RFID
• Wireless trends