El Centro College - Information Technology

Convergence Tech

Emerging Technology Courses

CPMT 2302 Home Technology Integration will introduce students to components that make up the Smart Home. The convergence of fields including home entertainment installations, low-voltage experts, cabling technicians, security installers demands the skills of a new type of technician: one that can integrate all of these diverse technologies into one systematic deliverable solution. Students will have an opportunity to perform hands-on activities with multiple technologies needed in a home or small office environment. Students will be provided background knowledge, hands-on experience, and overall confidence to prepare for the CompTIA DHTI+ certification exams, and for a solid career in a growing and exciting field, which cannot be off-shored. Prerequisites include networking experience or completion of PC Operating Systems and Hardware courses. For more information, contact Julian Carranza at jcarranza@dcccd.edu.

EECT 1407 Convergence Technologies will introduce different technologies, architectures, and protocols used in the telecommunications industry and explain their application. The advantage of using converging telephony systems with Voice over Internet (VoIP) phone systems, while running applications such as NetMeeting, integrating voice, fax and email systems, PC to PC phone calls, and web and palm-based applications (the next generation broadband services that are currently being offered to residential and business subscribers) will be discussed. Additional topics will include wireless communications, security and home technology integration. This will be offered as an online course. For additional information, contact Christine Schubert at cschubert@dcccd.edu.

ITCC 130/1408 Introduction to Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) will concentrate on topics related to Voice over Internet (VoIP) and CVoice. VoIP allows you to make telephone calls using a computer network over a data network like the Internet. It converts the voice signal from your telephone into a digital signal that travels over the Internet then coverts it back at the other end so you can speak to anyone with a regular phone number. VoIP may also allow you to make a call directly from a computer using a conventional telephone or a microphone. Additional topics to be covered include components of a VoIP network, how to choose between centralized and decentralized call control and signaling protocols, analog and digital voice characteristics, similarities and differences between traditional public switched telephone networks and IP telephony solutions and how to configure the call flows for both, voice encodings and signaling, and voice digitization, compression, digital signaling, and Codecs as related to VoIP networks. Challenges facedby various network technologies will also be introduced. Hands on labs using state of the art VoIP hardware/software will be used. Completion of Cisco 4 ,CCNA certification or telephony experience is prerequisite for course enrollment. For additional information, contact Eliazar Martinez at emartinez@dcccd.edu.

ITNW 1492 Advanced Home Technology Integration continuation of concepts obtained in CPMT 2302. Advanced techniques, including wireless, and biometrics SmartHome technology, will be covered through hands-on activities. For more information, contact Julian Carranza at jcarranza@dcccd.edu.

ITCC 2359/2459 Advanced VoIP continuation of concepts obtained in ITCC 1308/1408,. Covers Parts 1 and 2 of the Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Installing and configuring a Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) solution and preparing call routing and signaling components will be presented. Post-installation tasks , configuring CUCM and switches, implementation of Media Gateway Control Protocols (MGCP) gateways and dial plans to place on-net and off-net phone calls will be built. For additional information, contact Eliazar Martinez at emartinez@dcccd.edu.