ITU Centre of Excellence elearning course: “Broadband and Next Generation Networks”, 28 May – 24 June 2013

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Centre of Excellence (CoE) node at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, will conduct eLearning course on “Broadband and Next Generation Networks” from 28 May to 24 June 2013, within the framework of ITU Centre of Excellence Network for Europe, and it will be delivered through the ITU Academy: http://academy.itu.int.

Head/Coordinator of ITU Centre of Excellence at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies in Skopje is Prof. Dr. Toni Janevski (tonij@feit.ukim.edu.mk).

This course will focus on Broadband and Next Generation Networks (NGN) from technology, regulation and business aspects. It will cover the fixed broadband Internet access, including DSL, cable and FTTH, as well as regulation and business aspects of broadband networks and services. Further, the course will include ITU's Next Generation Networks (NGN), covering NGN architectures and protocols, Quality of Service (QoS) in NGN, security mechanisms, transition of PSTN and IP networks to NGN, IPv6-based NGN, as well as business challenges for the Next Generation Networks. Also, it will cover the mobile broadband and NGN, including 3GPP mobile broadband (LTE/LTE-Advanced), IEEE mobile broadband (Mobile WiMAX, WiFi),Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC), IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) for NGN, mobility and location management, NGN mobile services, as well as regulation and business aspects. Finally, the course will incorporate broadband and NGN services (Next Generation VoIP, IPTV over NGN, web services in NGN, cloud computing, Internet of things, Web of things), as well as business and regulation challenges for broadband and NGN services.

This course is targeted at managers, engineers and employees from regulators, government organisations, telecommunication companies and academia, who are interested in understanding, implementation and regulation of Broadband and Next Generation Networks, including technologies, standardization, regulation and content. Other institutions and individuals that are dedicated in building their capacity related to Broadband and Next Generation Networks are also welcome to participate.

For formal Letter of Invitation for the ITU CoE elearning course all interested parties should contact Prof. Dr. Toni Janevski (tonij@feit.ukim.edu.mk), latest by 27 May 2013.