The The ‘Maintenance Techniques for Railway Communication and Telecommunications Systems’ course offers you comprehensive training in a rapidly growing sector with increasing demand for skilled workers. The constant evolution of communication technologies in the rail sector requires highly skilled professionals. Through this course, you will develop essential skills for the maintenance of systems such as copper and fibre-optic transmission networks, transport and radio communications networks, and multimedia services. You will learn how to manage data and voice networks, enabling you to optimise the efficiency and security of railway communications. By choosing this course, you will position yourself at the forefront of an industry that is critical to transport infrastructure, broadening your career opportunities in a market that values technological innovation and operational excellence.
Maintenance Techniques for Railway Communication and Telecommunications Systems
Civil Engineering and Structures
40 hours
Introduction
Objectives
- Understand transmission media such as copper, fibre optics and microwaves.
- Identify the characteristics of transport and radio communications networks.
- Analyse data networks and services to optimise maintenance.
- Distinguish between voice services and information and control systems.
- To evaluate the implementation of multimedia and value-added services.
- Diagnose common faults in cabling systems and radio links.
- To improve technical skills in railway telecommunications.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. TRANSMISSION MEDIA: COPPER, OPTICAL FIBRE, CABLING SYSTEMS, MICROWAVES, RADIO LINKS
Introduction
types of communications cable
maintenance of the communications cable
radio link system (microwave)
TEACHING UNIT 2. TRANSPORT NETWORKS AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
Transport networks
radio communication networks
TEACHING UNIT 3. NETWORKS AND DATA SERVICES
Data networks and services
types of equipment
types of media used in data networks
OSI reference model
TCP/IP model
types of communication
VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network)
IP addressing
routing protocols
quality of service
mpls (multiprotocol label switching)
maintenance of data networks
TEACHING UNIT 4. VOICE NETWORKS AND SERVICES INFORMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS.
Introduction
PBX switchboards
maintenance of Siemens digital signalling centres installed within the ADIF network
Voice over IP
IP PBX systems
railway operations telecommunications
telephone maintenance for railway operations
TEACHING UNIT 5. MULTIMEDIA AND VALUE-ADDED SERVICES
Information and control systems
network distribution architecture
information systems technologies
safety
value-added multimedia systems
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