Design and manage internet protocol TV in a service provider network

Formats and tools

Unit Description
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Assessment Tool
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Assessment Template
generate a spreadsheet for marking this unit in a classroom environment. Put student names in the top row and check them off as they demonstrate competenece for each of the unit's elements and performance criteria.
Assessment Matrix
a slightly different format than the assessment template. A spreadsheet with unit names, elements and performance criteria in separate columns. Put assessment names in column headings to track which performance criteria each one covers. Good for ensuring that you've covered every one of the performance criteria with your assessment instrument (all assessement tools together).
Wiki Markup
mark up the unit in a wiki markup codes, ready to copy and paste into a wiki page. The output will work in most wikis but is designed to work particularly well as a Wikiversity learning project.
Evidence Guide
create an evidence guide for workplace assessment and RPL applicants
Competency Mapping Template
Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners. A template for developing assessments for a unit, which will help you to create valid, fair and reliable assessments for the unit, ready to give to trainers and students
Observation Checklist
create an observation checklist for workplace assessment and RPL applicants. This is similar to the evidence guide above, but a little shorter and friendlier on your printer. You will also need to create a seperate Assessor Marking Guide for guidelines on gathering evidence and a list of key points for each activity observed using the unit's range statement, required skills and evidence required (see the unit's html page for details)

Self Assessment Survey
A form for students to assess thier current skill levels against each of the unit's performance criteria. Cut and paste into a web document or print and distribute in hard copy.
Moodle Outcomes
Create a csv file of the unit's performance criteria to import into a moodle course as outcomes, ready to associate with each of your assignments. Here's a quick 'how to' for importing these into moodle 2.x
Registered Training Organisations
Trying to find someone to train or assess you? This link lists all the RTOs that are currently registered to deliver ICTTEN612, 'Design and manage internet protocol TV in a service provider network'.
Google Links
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Books
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Elements and Performance Criteria

ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Produce and evaluate design requirements for an IPTV network

1.1 Analyse major video models and the impact video challenges have on design of an IPTV network

1.2 Evaluate IPTV against other competing TV broadcast technologies to determine optimum design approach

1.3 Produce the topology of an IPTV network, showing network architecture from IPTV standards’ bodies and determine design requirements

1.4 Plan dimensioning of network parameters for multicast and unicast video delivery over broadband in a service provider network

2. Design an IPTV network for video on demand (VoD) delivery

2.1 Design the content delivery system (CDS) to cache IPTV content in each major metropolitan area for broadcast or streaming VoD models to eliminate performance variability introduced by internet transport or core peering relationships

2.2 Design a video network to provide VoD loads with network solutions using VoD design requirements

2.3 Design a VoD application to meet bandwidth requirements and quality of service (QoS) requirements for commercial viability of IPTV network

3. Design and configure an MPLS IPTV network to meet business requirements

3.1 Determine IP-MPLS network design requirements

3.2 Investigate factors that affect design considerations and ways they can be minimised

3.3 Produce the design topology of a MPLS network to provide secure methods of transporting IP packets using layer 2 protocols

3.4 Design a MPLS layer over the IP networking structure, to combine efficiency of multicast protocols with traffic engineering (TE) facilities to enable fast packet forwarding for real time video streaming applications

4. Manage delivery of IPTV services

4.1 Determine operational processes required to support IPTV by operators

4.2 Produce a plan of the management and customer support model, including strategies dealing with delivery of VoD issues

4.3 Produce a plan of a video network using video delivery strategies to deliver optimum average revenue per user (ARPU) to serve the demographic of an area and the nature of an operator’s business

4.4 Manage and monitor video across the network using a management tool


Qualifications and Skillsets

ICTTEN612 appears in the following qualifications:

  • ICT60615 - Advanced Diploma of Telecommunications Network Engineering