Areas of Expertise

There are good reasons why we are widely known for providing the best insight and instructional programs within and beyond the telecommunications industry. Our courses and services cover the full spectrum of data, voice, and video communications. Our training delivery methods cover every need – from traditional classroom programs and hands-on workshops to Web-based programs and eLearning solutions that can be delivered either real-time or asynchronously.
It’s a simple fact of quality. We have hands-down the highest caliber instructors and facilitators, and our content is unquestionably recognized as the deepest, broadest, and most accurate in the industry. Our clients know that there is no substitute for a Hill Associates program.
The following is a partial listing of areas within our expertise. Our library consists of over 40,000 pages of material, and we can develop customized materials as required to meet your needs.
Video Expertise
- Cable TV infrastuctures (coax, fiber, HFC) and components (CMTS, optical nodes)
- Analog and digital video distribution systems
- JPEG/MPEG standards
- CableCards
- tru2way
- Interlaced vs. progressive scanning
- Video on demand
- Switched digital video
- Linear programming
- Set-top boxes
- The impact of multimedia
- Alternative content delivery methodologies
- IPTV
- Headend operation
Voice Expertise
- Telephony and switching systems
- Digital signal hierarchy (T-carrier, SONET, DWDM)
- Access technologies (DSL, ISDN, optical networking)
- SS7 and the Advanced Intelligent Network
- Wireless and mobile communication technologies (TDMA, CDMA, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE)
- Voice over IP and IP telephony
- SIP call control
- Call centers
- IP Multimedia Subsystem
Data Expertise
- The OSI Reference Model
- The Internet protocol suite
- Network infrastructures (frame relay, ATM, IP, MPLS, optical networks)
- Remote access authentication
- Virtual private networks
- Storage networking (DAS, NAS, SAN, CAS, virtualization, deduplication)
- Firewalls, intrusion detection, intrusion prevention
- Computer, network, and information security
- Cryptography and PKI
- LANs, switching, and routing
- Emerging IP applications (eCommerce, Web 2.0, unified communications, SOA, SaaS)
- DSL and cable modems
- QoS / CoS networks
- Network management
- Wireless (802.11, 802.15, 802.16)