LAN Systems and SONET/SDH

Courses: Optical Networks (GPON, SONET/SDH, DWDM)
  • Course:LAN Systems and SONET/SDH
  • Course ID:SONET-LAN Duration:4 days Where: Your Office (7+ Persons)
  • Available as a private, customized course for your group at your offices or ours and in some cases as a WebLive(TM) class.

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Course Outline

  • Course and Participant Introductions
    • Course Overview
    • Participant Introductions and Their On-the-job LAN and SONET/SDH Issues
    • A Key Networking Concept: The OSI 7-Layer Architecture
      • Where SONET/SDH Fits in the 7-Layer Structure
      • Where Hubs, Switches, and Routers Fit in the 7-Layer Structure
  • Understanding the SONET/SDH Technology
    • SONET/SDH Frame Format Structure
      • STS-1 Building Block
      • STS-1 Frame Structure
      • STS-1 Envelope Capacity
      • Synchronous Payload Envelope (SPE)
      • STS-N Frame Structure
      • Overheads
      • Section Overhead Line Overhead
      • STS Path Overhead
      • SONET/SDH Alarm Structure
      • Pointers
      • VT Mappings
      • Concatenated Payloads
      • Payload Pointers
      • DS1 Visibility
      • SONET/SDH Multiplexing
    • SONET/SDH Synchronization and Timing
      • Stratum Clock
      • Plesiochronous Clock
      • Overview of BITS
    • SONET/SDH Network Elements
      • Terminal Multiplexer
      • Regenerator
      • Add/Drop Multiplexer
      • Protection and Survivability
      • SONET/SDH Rings
    • SONET/SDH Network Topologies and Configurations
      • Point-to-Point
      • Point-to-Multipoint
      • Hub Architecture
      • Ring Architecture
    • Span Engineering
      • Engineering a SONET/SDH and DWDM Link
      • What are the Factors?
      • Amplifier Power
      • Amplifier Spacing
      • Fiber Types
    • Managing SONET/SDH Networks and Services
      • Customer and Carrier Advantages
      • OAM&P
      • Multi-vendor Interoperability and Management
      • Event Management
      • Performance Management
  • Transmission Characteristics
    • Path Terminating Equipment
    • Line Terminating Equipment
    • Section Terminating Equipment
    • Section Overhead: Error Checking and Synchronization
    • Line Overhead: Pointers and Protection Switching
    • Path Overhead: Payload Management
    • Concatenation
    • Section
    • Line
    • Path
    • Terminal, Repeater, ADM (Add Drop Mux), Ring
  • LAN Systems
    • The OSI 7-Layer Stack Revisited
      • Application Layer
      • Presentation Layer
      • Session Layer
      • Transport Layer
      • Network Layer
      • Data Layer
      • Physical Layer
    • Introduction to Ethernet – Layer 2
    • Where the Equipment Fits in the OSI 7-Layer Model
      • Hubs – Physical
      • Switch – Data Layer
      • Router – Network Layer
  • Discussion of Client-specific Equipment
  • Laboratory Work
  • Course Wrap-up and Post-evaluation
    • Review of the OSI 7-Layer Model
    • Review of the SONET/SDH Technology
    • Review of LAN Systems