LAN Systems and SONET/SDH

Editor (Emma)

8 years ago

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