Overview

This UCL short course will introduce you to the principles, frameworks, technologies and protocols used for network and service management in both telecommunication and internet service provider (ISP) networks.

During the course you'll:

• look at the network and service management functional areas
• discuss the manager-agent and distributed systems models
• examine management technologies such as SNMP, CMIS/P and CORBA in detail
• be introduced to the TMN hierarchical management framework

The course concludes with in-depth case studies of IP network configuration for traffic engineering (both intra- and inter-domain) and IP quality of service management.

Who this course is for

The department's short courses/CPD modules are aimed at those working in the telecommunications industry such as researchers, engineers, IT professionals and managers. 

They're particularly suited to graduates in electronic and electrical engineering, communications engineering and computer science who want to further their knowledge on a particular topic, or work towards a Master's degree. 

You don't need to have any pre-requisite qualifications to take this course.

Course content

The following topics will be covered:

• Network and service management principles and functional areas
• The manager-agent and distributed object models
• Internet SNMP, OSI CMIS/P, OMG CORBA and web services as management technologies
• IP network monitoring and configuration for intra-domain traffic engineering
• IP network configuration for inter-domain traffic engineering
• IP network monitoring and reconfiguration for quality of service management

The course will be held in person at Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, UCL, Roberts Building, London, WC1E 7JE. For more information, please visit the link. 

Cost of course: £1,500