Module1 -     Executive Summary

Ø  Broadband Networks

Ø  B-ISDN, ATM, and SONET/SDH

Ø  Optical Networks

Ø  Fiber Optic Fundamentals

Ø  Access, metro, long hual networks

Ø  SONET/SDH Overview

Ø  Overview, Architectures and Services

Ø  SONET/SDH in Cable Television & Broadcast Networks

Ø  SONET/SDH in Enterprise Networks & LANs

Ø  Convergence of Services

Ø  Overview of SONET/SDH Structure & Formats

Ø  Overview of SONET/SDH Products & Features

Ø  Overview of SONET/SDH Networking

Ø  Introduction to Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)

Module2 -     Overview of Fiber Optics Communications

Ø  Fiber optic transmission

Ø  Optical fibers structure

Ø  Optical amplifiers

Ø  Light sources and transmitters

Ø  Photodiodes and receivers

Ø  Optical communication systems

Ø  Optical components

Module3 -     SONET/SDH Architectures & Services

Ø  Evolving CPE/ILEC/IXCs Infrastructure & Services

Ø  Inter-Office & Core Networking with SONET/SDH

Ø  SONET/SDH in the Feeder Section

Ø  Loop Section & the Last Mile

Ø  ADSL (Twisted Pair)

Ø  HFC (Coax)

Ø  FITL/FTTC/FTTH/FTTD (Fiber)

Ø  Strategies for DWDM & SONET/SDH in the 21st Century

Module4 -     What are the Benefits of SONET/SDH?

Ø  Pointers, MUX/ DEMUX

Ø  Reduced Back-to-Back Multiplexing

Ø  Optical Interconnect

Ø  Multipoint Configurations

Ø  Convergence, ATM, Video, and SONE/SDH

Ø  Grooming

Ø  Reduced Cabling and Elimination of DSX Panels

Ø  Enhanced OAM&P

Ø  Enhanced Performance Monitoring

Module5 -     SONET Frame Format Structure

Ø  STS-1 Building Block

Ø  STS-1 Frame Structure

Ø  STS-1 Envelope Capacity

Ø  Synchronous Payload Envelope (SPE)

Ø  STS-1 SPE in Interior of STS-1 Frames

Ø  STS-N Frame Structure

Ø  Overheads

Ø  Section Overhead Line Overhead

Ø  STS Path Overhead

Ø  VT Path Overhead

Ø  SONET Alarm Structure

Ø  Pointers

Ø  VT Mappings

Ø  Concatenated Payloads

Ø  Payload Pointers

Ø  Positive Stuffing

Ø  Negative Stuffing

Ø  Virtual Tributaries

Ø  STS-1 VT1.5 SPE Columns

Ø  DS1 Visibility

Ø  VT Superframe and Envelope Capacity

Ø  VT SPE and Payload Capacity

Ø  SONET Multiplexing

Module6 -     SONET/SDH Payloads

Ø  Digital and Analog Transmission Standards

Ø  Digital Hierarchy

Ø  Origin of SONET/SDH

Ø  Why SONET/SDH? Why DWDM and WDM?

Ø  SONET/SDH Signal Format

Ø  STS/OC

Ø  STS-1 Frame

Ø  SONET Payload Pointers

Ø  STS-3 SPE

Ø  STS-48 SPE

Ø  Virtual Tributaries

Module7 -     SONET Synchronization and Timing

Ø  Straturn Clock

Ø  Plesiochronous Clock

Ø  Overview of BITS

Module8 -     SONET/SDH Network Architecture

Ø  Technical Advantages

Ø  Redundancy

Ø  Layers & Functions

Ø  Network path, line, and section

Ø  Multiplexing Frame Structures/Formats

Ø  Ring Configurations (terminals, drops, inserts)

Ø  Network Synchronization (timing, modes, pointers, issues)

Ø  Applications & Services

Module9 -     SONET/SDH Network Elements

Ø  Terminal Multiplexer

Ø  Regenerator

Ø  Add/Drop Multiplexer

Ø  Digital Cross-Connects

Ø  Digital Loop Carrier

Ø  Protection and Survivability

Ø  SONET Rings

Ø  Element Managers

Module10 -     SONET/SDH Network Topologies and Configurations

Ø  Point-to-Point

Ø  Point-to-Multipoint

Ø  Hub Architecture

Ø  Ring Architecture

Module11 -     Span Engineering

Ø  Engineering a SONET/SDH and DWDM link

Ø  What are the factors?

Ø  Amplifier power

Ø  Amplifier spacing

Ø  Fiber types

Ø  Channel count and bit rate

Ø  Channel Bit Rate

Ø  Dispersion and polarization

Ø  Non-linear effects

Module12 -     Managing SONET/SDH Networks and Services

Ø  Customer and Carrier Advantages

Ø  OAM&P

Ø  Multi-vendor Interoperability and Management

Ø  Routing

Ø  Event Management

Ø  Performance Management

Ø  Integrated SONET/SDH Management

Ø  Standards for Network and Service Management

Ø  SONET Rings

Ø  SONET/SDH Services

Module13 -     Introduction to DWDM

Ø  Optical Networking and DWDM

Ø  Optical Network Breakthroughs

Ø  Special Fibers

Ø  S, C and L Bands

Ø  Optical Components

Ø  Optical Spectral Filters and Gratings

Ø  Optical Demultiplexers

Ø  The Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA)

Ø  The Tunable Laser Diode Operating at 1550 nm

Ø  In-Fiber Bragg Grating

Ø  Light Sources

Ø  Optical Cross-Connects

Ø  Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers

Ø  DWDM and SONET

Module14 -     DWDM Components and Architecture

Ø  DWDM Anatomy

Ø  DWDM Impairments

Ø  DWDM Optical Amplifiers

Ø  DWDM Filter Modules

Ø  Wavelength Converters

Ø  Integrated DWDM Modules

Ø  Modal Effects

Ø  Scattering Effects

Ø  Miscellaneous Effects

Module15 -     SONET/SDH, IP, ATM, WDM and DWDM Integration

Ø  Interworking Issues and Challenges

Ø  Protection and Restoration

Ø  Network Management and Service Delivery

Ø  Mapping IP on SONET

Ø  MPLS/GMPLS

Ø  QoS

Module16 -     SYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL HIERARCH-SDH (Optional)

Ø  Basic Rates

Ø  Frame Structure

Ø  Overhead Bytes

Ø  STM-4, STM-16 and STM-64

Ø  Tributary Units (TUs)

Ø  SONET and SDH Compatibility

Module17 -     SDH Overhead

Ø  Regenerator Section Overhead

Ø  Multiplex Section Overhead

Ø  Higher-Order Path Overhead (VC-4/VC-3)

Ø  Lower-Order Path Overhead (VC-2/VC-1)

Ø  SDH Anomalies, Defects, Failures, and Alarms

Ø  SDH Error Performance Monitoring

Ø  SDH Pointers

Ø  Payload Pointers

Ø  Positive Pointer Justification

Ø  Negative Pointer Justification

Ø  SDH Multiplexing

Ø  SDH Tributary Multiplexing

Ø  Tributary Unit Group

Ø  TU Multiframe

Ø  TU Payload Pointer

Ø  Automatic Protection Switching

Ø  Multiplex Section Protection, K1/K2 Bytes

Ø  1+1 Protection

Ø  1:N Protection