CISCO BTS 10200 SOFTSWITCH ESSENTIALS II

5-Day Hands-On Course

Course Description

The Cisco® BTS 10200 Softswitch Essentials II course builds on the concepts presented in Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch Essentials I. You will learn translations (dial plans), interconnecting the public switched telephone network (PSTN) with Cisco IP Transfer Point (ITP) signaling gateways, and off-net trunking with both Cisco AS5X00 IOS® Software and Cisco MGX® 8000 Series trunking gateways (TGWs). You will develop Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch provisioning scripts for off-net trunking and call routing. You will also gain an in-depth understanding of the Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Signaling System 7 (SS7), and Signaling Transport (SIGTRAN) signaling protocols and the troubleshooting of call processing faults. The extensive hands-on labs reinforce an end-to-end call-flow perspective, in which you will provision the Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch for call setup and control and use the various TGW diagnostic tools to validate, observe, and troubleshoot operation.

Course Objectives

What you will learn:

• Identify and explain the Cisco Broadband Local Integrated Services Solutions, solution components, and interoperability (review)
• Identify and describe Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch system architecture, interfaces, and databases (review)
• Describe and demonstrate Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch system operations and maintenance procedures and commands(review)
• Describe the Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch provisioning table relationships used to process and control on-net and off-net calls and various routing and translation scenarios
• Demonstrate the decoding of MGCP and SIP signaling protocols
• Describe the system architecture and operation of the Cisco MGX 8800 Series Switch TGW, Cisco IOS Software ITP Signaling Gateway (SGW), and Cisco IOS Software TGWs
• Demonstrate using Cisco IOS Software command-line interface (CLI) commands to determine status and troubleshoot faults on Cisco MGX 8800 Series Switches, Cisco ITP, and Cisco AS5X00 platforms
• Practice using troubleshooting tools and methods to isolate and resolve off-net trunking and signaling faults

Intended Audience

This course is intended for network professionals who plan, design, implement, operate, or optimize Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch–based voice-over-IP (VoIP) solutions or who troubleshoot Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch–based VoIP solutions (Tier 2 or 3 level support), and for solution design, quality assurance, or engineering professionals who develop or maintain Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch system provisioning scripts or translation tables.

Prerequisites

The following are prerequisites for this course:

• Basic knowledge of the Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch

Course Outline