AT&T Training Center

professional skills for students

Mobility Provisioning Center - Wireless/Cellular

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Large volume of open positions in AT&T are suitable for IT graduates who
are interested in networking area and possess English language skills.

AT&T regularly attends to Job Fair events organized by Brno universities

where students frequently ask for trainings preparing students for job
application in AT&T.

AT&T strives to participate on student education in network infrastructure

as well as propagate networking field among the students. Due to this
intention AT&T has come up with unique project:

AT&T Training Center

Intention of AT&T is to provide specialized trainings in addition to the

CCNA and CCNP courses already handled by university.
Trainings for students are focused on theoretical and practical skill
development in common fields of networking switching, routing and
firewall management as well as mobility network management.
Courses take place at AT&T Brno center, Palachovo nmst 2, Brno
Bohunice.
AT&T Training center contains seven classes scheduled during
semester.
AT&T training day duration is 8 hours including breaks.
Trainings and Final exam will both have theoretical and practical part.
Students who successfully pass final exam are awarded with AT&T
certificate and written evaluation of students skills. Certificate is
significant advantage for potential AT&T job application.
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AT&T Training Center - Mobility Provisioning Center

AT&T training center Mobility Provisioning Center is intended for students possessing strong
networking and Unix/Linux skills and are interested in mobility network management and
provisioning. The course provides an overview of mobility networks and shows AT&Ts
implementation of mobility network in US. Course topics are intended to improve students skills
required for junior mobility engineer position.

Fundamental networking and OS skills

GSM and UMTS technology

4G LTE

Mobility network management and automation

First part of the course is focused on networking skills that create foundation for understanding complex mobility
network concepts. Main topics will be IP networking, legacy networks ATM, Wireline, etc. and OS skills.
Classes about second and third generation mobility networks will introduce topology of mobility networks in RAN
and Core part, explain algorithms used for call handling and show how handling of emergency calls works.
Long Term Evolution training will introduce novelty techniques that are currently used for deployment of LTE
networks. This part of course will also explain Metrocells and their functions.
Topic about network management and automation covers operation of OSS servers to handle configuration,
software and monitoring of mobility equipment as well as usage of scripting tools to maintain large quantity of
mobility nodes.

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Class 1
Introduction to AT&T

History of AT&T and Brno center

Structure of mobility network
Course overview

IP networking at a glance
Wireless vs. Mobility networks
Legacy networks

Fundamental Networking Skills

Class 2 Networking and Operating Systems

Linux command line environment

OS used in AT&T network

Class 3 GSM and UMTS

Radio Access Network, Core Networks

Call setup and handling
Emergency call handling and location services

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Class 4 4G LTE

Novelty concepts used in LTE

LTE vs. VoLTE

Teams working with the mobility network and their roles

OSS description and tool demonstration ALU, Ericsson
Network Quality Management
CLI tools

Motivation for automation in network operations

Scripting tools
Mobility equipment health check using scripts

Class 5 Metrocells, Location and Emergency Services

Class 6 Mobility Network Management

Class 7 Scripting and Automation

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AT&T Training Center schedule

The class is taken every second Friday starting along with the date embed in table below.
The class duration is 8 hours including breaks. 8:00 11:50; 13:00 15:50
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Course agenda

30.09.2015 Wed AT&T written test

Initial qualification test (in written form), ~30mins.

09.10.2015 Fri

Class #1

IntroductiontoAT&T,FundamentalNetworkingSkills

23.10.2015 Fri

Class #2

NetworkingandOperatingSystems

30.10.2015 Fri

Class #3

GSMandUMTS

13.11.2015 Fri

Class #4

4GLTE

20.11.2015 Fri

Class #5

Metrocells,LocationandEmergencyServices

04.12.2015 Fri

Class #6

MobilityNetwork Management

11.12.2015 Fri

Class #7

ScriptingandAutomation

16.12.2015 Wed Final exam, AT&T

Theory test and practical exam (approximately 4 hours)

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Lectors

AT&T Training Center classes are led by AT&T engineers that work
in real networking environment and acting as lectors of internal
AT&T trainings.

Mobility equipment trainings are led by senior engineers and

subject matter experts who posses overview of entire AT&Ts
mobility network and specialize in particular vendor equipment
Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia, etc.

Lectors possess long-standing technical experience as well as

outstanding communication skills.

Apply AT&T Training Center

Students interested in AT&T Training Center can apply with an

University Information System. Students will be invited to initial
test in order to assess applicants skill level. The test results help
adjust appropriate training level and set up effective education.

Successful completion of initial qualification process (test,

interview) is prerequisite to become member of AT&T Training
Center group.

AT&T Training Center group members are eligible to use following

email to address any question or concern related to the training:
training_center@att.com
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