Price 2,094 ILS

DURATION 1 Day

Course Overview

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy, SDH, standardized the way information is multiplexed and transmitted in today’s optical transport networks. This course will teach how data/Ethernet is carried efficiently over SDH. This course will also teach the more advanced SDH topics, including: how to track who is responsible for any signal degradation as the traffic crosses through independent networks; the various line, sub-network and path protection options; and various extensions added to the SDH protocol. Additional topics that will be explained on a basic level will be: the packet protocols for transport such as MPLS, T-MPLS, PBB and PWE3; the new management protocols GMPLS and ASON; and a quick look at DWDM and the Optical Transport Network or OTN with range extending FEC. Finally the course will review the technologies competing for the Packet Optical Transport Market

Prerequisite:

This course is a continuation of the course Introduction to SDH and assumes that the student has taken the introductory course and is familiar with the basics of PDH and SDH.

Course Outline:

1. General SDH Review:

  • STS-1 Frame; STM-1 Frame
  • Low-Order /High-Order Multiplexing
    • KLM Numbering Scheme
    • Contiguous Concatenation

2. Data/Ethernet Over SDH

  • Packet Over SDH/Sonet (POS)
  • GFP/VCAT/LCAS Virtual Concatenation HO/LO:
    • Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme
    • Generic Frame Procedure
    • Generic Framing Format: GFP-F/GFP-T

3. Tandem Connection Monitoring

  • High Order TCM – N1 Byte extensions
  • Low Order TCM – N2 Byte extensions

4. Protection Options:

  • Line Protection/MS-SPRing
  • Sub-Network Protection – SNCP
  • Automatic Protection Switch Protocol

 

5. Packet Transport Protocols

  • Layer 1 vs. Layer 2 Transport
  • RPR vs. MPLS
  • T-MPLS vs. PBB/PBT
  • Packet over TDM vs. TDM over Packet – PWE3

6. Management Protocols

  • DCC: ISO vs. OSPF
  • GMPLS and ASON

7. 2.5 Gbps and beyond

  • Black & White vs. DWDM/CWDM
  • Optical Transport Network
  • Multi-service capability
  • FEC for Extended Reach

8. The Packet Optical Transport Market

  • SDH MSPP/MSTP
  • Ethernet over WDM
  • Carrier Ethernet Switches and Routers

9. Summary

10. Glossary