Advanced Curriculum Development Workshop

Technology Tracks
June 26 - 30, 2000
Springfield Technical Community College

Wireless | Lightwave | Networking

Wireless

This workshop is a continuation of prior workshops in the wireless area. Topics include:

1. An overview of the status of Wireless Data/Wireless Internet
2. Curriculum Issues - Networking, Data, & RF!
3. Wireless Software Resources
4. A review of Wireless Fundamentals - The Analog World (Summer Workshop '99)
5. The Digital World - Pulse & Digital Modulation
6. Advanced Multiplexing Concepts
7. Software resources for AM, FM, & LightWave
8. Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Propagation
9. Basic Antenna Theory & Demonstration
10. Fundamentals of Transmission Lines
11. Software resources for Transmission Lines - TRLine
12. Hands-On Wireless LAN Lab (WaveLan)

Day #1

10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon	Building 17/Sixth Floor/Room 617 Focus on the Wireless Industry - What is it and where it is going Overview of the status of Wireless Data/Wireless Internet Curriculum Issues - Networking, Data, & RF! Software Resources - Wireless
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Review of Wireless Fundamentals - The Analog World (Summer Workshop '99) The Digital World - Pulse & Digital Modulation Advanced Multiplexing Concepts Software resources for AM, FM, & LightWave
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Propagation & WaveLan Hands-On Wireless LAN Lab

Day #2

10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon	Building 17/Sixth Floor/Room 617 Basic Antenna Theory & Demonstration
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Fundamentals of Transmission Lines Software resources - Transmission Lines & TL Software (TRLine)
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM	WaveLan Hands-On Wireless LAN Lab

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Lightwave / Photonics

Day One

• Overview of Point-to-Point Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) System
  - N. Massa, NCTT
• System level description
• Identification of key components
• Discussion of emerging technologies
• Photonic Building Blocks and Applications - "Why do we need this stuff anyway?"
  - Vinnie Rodino, JDS Uniphase Corporation
• The market, its size, and anticipated growth
• Modulation "101" - How does this stuff work?
• Primer on tunable lasers for telecom
• Photonic building blocks
• Customized optical components
• Applications and Examples
• Fiber Bragg Gratings - Technology and Applications
• Fiber Bragg grating design and fabrication
• Fiber Bragg grating sensors
  - Real-time oil-field reservoir monitoring
  - Temperature, pressure, and vibration sensors for deep sea oil drilling applications
• WDM Applications
  - Bragg Grating tunable filters
  - Tunable lasers
  - Reconfigurable add/drop modules
  - Wavelength channel monitoring
  

Day Two

• Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers
  - Dave Young, Lucent Technologies
• Advanced Topics in Fiber Optic Testing
• Testing Fiber Optic Couplers
• Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) usage
• Fiber Optic Fusion Splicing
• Optical Spectrum Analyzer usage
• Testing Wavelength Division Multiplexer Systems at 1310/1550 nm using the Optical Spectrum Analyzer
• Demonstration of DWDM transmission system using external modulation
• Curriculum Role out: Associate Degree in Telecom Technology - Photonics Option
• Overview of curriculum and course descriptions
• Hand out and review course materials for Intro to Photonics course
• Open discussion on curriculum issues

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Networking

This workshop is an overview of a complete, semester long course on the TCP/IP protocol. Topics include:

• An Introduction to network protocols and TCP/IP
• TCP/IP installation and configuration
• IP Addressing
• Subnetting
• VLSM
• CIDR
• IP Routing Implementation and RIP
• The DHCP Protocol
• NetBIOS over TCP/IP
• DNS and DNS Implementation
• Simple Network Management Protocol
• Connectivity in Heterogeneous Environments.

A sample syllabus and textbooks will be reviewed. Approximately 75% of the workshop will be hands-on.

Workshop Outline:

Day 1

10:30 - 12:00	A Routing with TCP/IP Course Presentation
1:00 - 2:30	Hands-on: Lab 1: Installing, Configuring and Testing TCP/IP Lab 2: Viewing and Modifying the ARP Cache Lab 3: Viewing ICMP and ARP Packets
3:00 - 4:30	Hands-on: Lab 4: Viewing and Modifying the RIP Routing Table Lab 5: Installing and Configuring the Microsoft DNS Service

Day 2

10:30 - 12:00	Hands-on: Lab 6: Installing, Configuring, and Testing a Windows NT FTP Server Lab 7: Implementing the Microsoft SNMP Service
1:00 - 2:30	Hands-on: Lab 7, continued: Implementing the Microsoft SNMP Service Lab 8: Troubleshooting an IP Network
3:00 - 4:30	Hands-on: Lab 8, continued: Troubleshooting an IP Network
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