| This course is designed to provide a general overview for strategic or technical managers, consultants,
communications professionals, software engineers, system engineers, network professionals, marketing and sales
professional, IT professionals, and others who plan on using, evaluating or working with SONET/SD, DWDM/WDM and
optical networks applications and services. |
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Executive Summary
- Broadband Networks
- B-ISDN, ATM, and SONET/SDH
- Optical Networks
- Fiber Optic Fundamentals
- SONET/SDH Overview
- Overview, Architectures and Services
- SONET/SDH in Cable Television & Broadcast Networks
- SONET/SDH in Enterprise Networks & LANs
- Convergence of Services
- Overview of SONET/SDH Structure & Formats
- Overview of SONET/SDH Products & Features
- Overview of SONET/SDH Networking
- Impact of DWDM
Overview of Fiber Optic
- Fiber optic transmission
- Single-mode vs. Multimode
- Advantages/Disadvantages
THE DIGITAL HIERARCHY
T1/E1 definitions, characteristics, & basic understanding
- DSU/CSU ( Data Service Unit/Channel Service Unit)
- US/EU digital rate hierarchy (OC-N)
Multiplexing
- TDM
- Wavelength Division Multiplexing/Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
- The Post-DWDM Metro Network: Optical Frequency Division Multiplexing
- Optical Networks and the Optical Layer
- Optical Network Monitoring
- Restoration
- The All-Optical Network
- IP, ATM, DWDM and the Future of SONET
Why Synchronize?
- Synchronous versus Asynchronous
- Synchronization Hierarchy
- Synchronizing SONET
- What are the Benefits of SONET?
- Pointers, MUX/ DEMUX
- Reduced Back-to-Back Multiplexing
- Optical Interconnect
- Multipoint Configurations
- Convergence, ATM, Video, and SONET
- Grooming
- Reduced Cabling and Elimination of DSX Panels
- Enhanced OAM&P
- Enhanced Performance Monitoring
Frame Format Structure
- STS-1 Building Block
- STS-1 Frame Structure
- STS-1 Envelope Capacity
- Synchronous Payload Envelope (SPE)
- STS-1 SPE in Interior of STS-1 Frames
- STS-N Frame Structure
- Overheads
- Section Overhead Line Overhead
- STS Path Overhead
- VT Path Overhead
- SONET Alarm Structure
- Pointers
- VT Mappings
- Concatenated Payloads
- Payload Pointers
- Positive Stuffing
- Negative Stuffing
- Virtual Tributaries
- STS-1 VT1.5 SPE Columns
- DS1 Visibility
- VT Superframe and Envelope Capacity
- VT SPE and Payload Capacity
- SONET Multiplexing
- SONET/SDH Architectures & Services
- Evolving CPE/ILEC/IXCsInfrastructure & Services
- Inter-Office & Core Networking with SONET/SDH
- SONET/SDH in the Feeder Section
- Loop Section & the Last Mile
- ADSL (Twisted Pair)
- HFC (Coax)
- FITL/FTTC/FTTH/FTTD (Fiber)
- Strategies for DWDM & SONET/SDH in the 21st Century
SONET/SDH Architecture and Protocols
- Line terminals
- Protection and Survivability
- Add/drop Multiplexers
- Digital Cross-connects
- Regenerators
- SONET Rings
- Element Managers
SONET Payloads
- Digital and Analog Transmission Standards
- Digital Hierarchy
- Origin of SONET/SDH
- Why SONET/SDH? Why DWDM and WDM?
- SONET/SDH Signal Format
- STS/OC
- STS-1 Frame
- SONET Payload Pointers
- STS-3 SPE
- STS-48 SPE
- Virtual Tributaries
- SONET/SDH NETWORKS
SONET/SDH Hierarchy
- SONET/SDH Interface Specifications
- SONET/SDH Overhead: A Closer Look
- SONET/SDH Equipment Interfacing with Today's Network
- SONET/SDH: Engineering Transport Facilities
SONET Synchronization and Timing
- Straturn Clock
- Plesiochronous Clock
- Overview of BITS
SONET/SDH Networks
- Technical Advantages
- Redundancy
- Layers & Functions
- Network path, line, and section
- Multiplexing Frame Structures/Formats
- Ring Configurations (terminals, drops, inserts)
- Network Synchronization (timing, modes, pointers, issues)
- Applications & Services
- SONET/SDH Network Elements
- Terminal Multiplexer
- Regenerator
- Add/Drop Multiplexer
- Digital Cross-Connects
- Digital Loop Carrier
- SONET/SDH Network Configurations
- Point-to-Point
- Point-to-Multipoint
- Hub Architecture
- Ring Architecture
SONET/SDH Standards
- ITU-T
- Telcordia/Bellcore
- ETSI
- SIF
- ANSI
Managing SONET/SDH Networks and Services
- Customer and Carrier Advantages
- OAM&P
- Multi-vendor Interoperability and Management
- Routing
- Event Management
- Performance Management
- Integrated SONET/SDH Management
- Standards for Network and Service Management
- SONET Rings
- SONET/SDH Services
- OPTICAL NETWORKING
Introduction to Optical Networking
- Optical Networking and DWDM
- Optical Network Breakthroughs
- Special Fibers
- Optical Components
- Optical Spectral Filters and Gratings
- Optical Demultiplexers
- The Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA)
- The Tunable Laser Diode Operating at 1550 nm
- In-Fiber Bragg Grating
- Light Sources
- Optical Cross-Connects
- Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers
- WDM
- WDM and SONET
DWDM Components and Architecture
- 1550 nm Band
- Other Wavelength Band
- Multiwavelength Transmitters
- Multichannel Receivers
- DWDM Optical Amplifiers
- DWDM Filter Modules
- Wavelength Converters
- Integrated DWDM Modules
- DWDM Anatomy
- DWDM Impairments
- Modal Effects
- Scattering Effects
- Miscellaneous Effects
- INETRWORKING
Interworking of SONET/SDH with the Optical Layer
- TDM and WDM
- WDM and DWDM
- OC-48, OC-192 and DWDM
- All Optical Network
- Combining SONET and the Optical Layer
- Network Reliability and Interworking
- Deployment Studies
DWDM/WDM/SONET/SDH Vendors
- SDH/SONET Networks
- SONET networking vendor profiles
- Alcatel
- Fujitsu
- Lucent
- Nortel
- Tellabs
- Marconi
- Optical networking vendor profiles
- Ciena
- Cisco Systems/Cerent
- Cyras Networks
- Redback Networks/Siara
- Sycamore
- Corvis
SONET/SDH, IP, ATM, WDM and DWDM Integration
- Interworking Issues and Challenges
- Protection and Restoration
- Network Management and Service Delivery
- Mapping IP on SONET
- MPLS
- QoS
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