COURSE # TOO-388

THE MOBILE INTERNET

From TCP and IP concepts to a Mobile Internet - a clear, systems-based presentation emphasizing mobile network operation and m-business applications.

The surprising emergence and rapid proliferation of the Internet during the 1990s, concurrent with the rapid growth of second-generation digital cellular services, have started to converge into today's Mobile Internet. The availability of the Internet and more reliable cellular phone service has sharply increased the productivity of mobile workers throughout the 1990s. Today, the laptop PC and the cellular phone are both symbols of the highly productive road warrior. Even though some technically savvy mobile workers routinely get their e-mail through wireless connections, the fact that so many mobile workers still have to carry both a laptop and a cellular phone reflects the profound differences between the Internet and cellular telephony services.

This course offers an insight to the differences between cellular networks and services and the Internet, and how the two can converge into a single wireless experience for nomadic subscribers. The course offers a systems-oriented view of the convergence of mobile phone and Internet into the Mobile Internet. It is designed for those who are familiar with cellular telephone technologies, but new to the Internet and its TCP/IP protocols, and in need of a quick, no-nonsense introduction to wireless convergence and m-business. The course starts with a comprehensive review of the Internet, its applications, its nodes and interfaces, and the TCP/IP family of protocols. It continues with an overview of the nature of mobile data services and the challenges of supporting them in mobile radio networks, using GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) as an example of a Mobile Internet implementation. The course concludes with a look at m-business, security issues, UMTS, some details of the new IP version 6 protocol, and the future of wireless data.

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This course offers an intensive systems-oriented overview of the Mobile Internet using GPRS as the functional example. The course has been developed for those already established in the cellular radio industry and familiar with its technologies, services and practices, but new to the Internet and TCP/IP. Before exploring the Internet, routers and routing, and the TCP/IP family of protocols in detail, a quick review of cellular networks, and an examination of the differences between data applications & mobile telephony, is offered. With this background, the characteristics and details of the Mobile Internet become evident. The key notions are brought home with a concluding look at security issues, m-business, IPv4 and IPv6, and some prospects for the future of wireless data. The course offers an understanding of this fastest growing area of telecommunications and is invaluable to project managers, system engineers, performance engineers, technical writers, customer support supervisors, test engineers, field technicians, m-business providers, and others responsible for product development and conversion, network design and deployments, and network services support. The course offers an intuitive, yet technically complete, understanding of the Mobile Internet and its services.

Though not a prerequisite, those new to cellular radio should consider first attending either of the following OEI introductory courses: #TOO-330, "Crash Course in Cellular Communications", or #TOO-316, "Cellular Mobile System Engineering". Those desiring a prerequisite overview of data communications may be interested in the OEI Course #STO-640, "Computer Networks and Telecommunications Technology and Engineering".

This course is an excellent companion for OEI Course #TOO-368, "GPRS and EDGE Systems Operation and Technology", as well as Course #TOO-378, "WCDMA and UMTS Systems Operation and Technology". Both concentrate on the radio aspects of mobile data networks, but ignore the Mobile Internet, which serves them.

Course Outline:

Text: Mobile IP Technology for M-Business, by Mark Norris, Artech House, London, 2001

About the Instructor

Malcolm Oliphant is with Tektronix, where he is the Strategic Marketing Manager for the Mobile Business Unit. He has more then 30 years of experience with mobile radio systems, particularly with first and second generation cellular and PMR (Private Mobile Radio) systems. Malcolm was the Strategic marketing manager for IFR until early in 2000 and spent most of the 1990s with Schlumberger involved in early GSM deployments. He is currently formulating strategies for third and fourth generation cellular, and converged communications technologies and networks for Tektronix, which is assuming leadership roles in converged network testing and optimization. He has co-authored two popular books on GSM and PCS. Mr. Oliphant received his B.A., Summa Cum Laude, from Hawaii Pacific University, Kaneohe,Hawaii.

Details:

Course: TOO-388        Duration: 3 Days        FEE: $1,399       CEUs: 2.16


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Last modified November 11, 2011.