CIS-311 Management Information Systems Dr. Kelley Fall 2001

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In-Class Activity Worksheet #4

Telecommunications

1. Telcom Metrics

Metric	Issue
Input
Translation
Storage
Retrieval
Transport
Presentation
Update
Collaboration

2. Telecom Conflicts

Accessible	Secure
Point to Point	Broadcast
Authenticatable	Non-repudiation
Pull on Demand	Push on Schedule or Event
Authoritative	Collaborative
Integrated	Regulated

3. Telecom Costs

1	Cost to Procure
2	Cost to Install
3	Cost to Maintain
4	Cost to Support
5	Cost to Store
6	Cost to Transmit
7	Cost to Archive
8	Cost to Display
9	Cost to Update
10	Cost to Prepare
11	Cost to Reply
12	Cost to Track

4. Telecom Reach

Time Zones, Languages, local regulations

Customers, Employees, Vendors, Reporting Agencies

5. KIH & KEEP

Kentucky Information Highway http://www.state.ky.us/kirm/kih.htm

Kentucky Economic Expansion Program (KEEP) http://cluser1.bellsouthonline.com/comcalendar/calendar_ky/bscomm_kyecon.html

6. Local Access Monopolies and the 1996 Telecom Act

1. KY LECS http://www.psc.state.ky.us/

2. FCC/Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 http://www.fcc.gov/telecom.html

7. Telecom

Cost and Pricing Models

1. Time and Distance http://www.mci.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/SBLATA
2. Volume and Quality http://www.sprint.com/
3. Service Level http://www.convergys.com/cc.html

8. Networking Technologies

Networking Technology	Upstream Speed	Downstream Speed	Capabilities	Limitations
Wireless Modem
Infrared
PC Modem
ISDN
DSL
Satellite
Cable Modem
Local Microwave
T1 Frame Relay
T3 Frame Relay
Cat5 LAN
FDDI LAN
ATM
Optical Carrier Backbone

9. International Telecommuniations

Standards Bodies

1. http://www.itu.int/,

2. http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/catalogue/intstandards/CatalogueListPage.CatalogueList?ICS1=33&ICS2=&ICS3=

10. Standards Based Interoperability and Distributed Intelligence

http://www.net.com/products/narrowband/repository/white_papers/fed_reachback/home.shtml

11. The OSI Model

Layer	Name	Function
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

12. Telecomm Equipment Vendors

Entity	Reach/Focus
www.nortelnetworks.com
www.marconi.com,
www.ericsson.com,
www.motorola.com/
www.telefonica.com
www.ntt.co.jp/vision/e/index.html

13. Wireless

Cell Frequency reuse	http://www.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone1.htm
SS7 Hand-0ff	http://www.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone2.htm
FDMA, TDMA, CDMA	http://www.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone7.htm
KY Cellsites	http://www.psc.state.ky.us/agencies/psc/reports/cellsite_1.html
G2, G2.5, G3	http://www.nokia.com/3g/whatis.html

14. HDTV FCC 2006

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2410540,00.html

15. HIPPA

http://www.audionetintl.org/presinfo/outline/HIPPA.htm

16. Digital Convergence

http://www.networkcomputing.com/1125/1125digital1.html