TELECOM

Optical Networking

Nº 2002
DATE: CALL
PRICE NIS: 2120 + VAT
DURATION: 2 Days

Course Overview:

This seminar will present WDM Networks, their building blocks and design concepts, aspects of control and management and survivability. A short overview on Optical Access Networks will conclude the seminar. This seminar will complement the "hardware" description of the Optical Communication.

Who should attend?

This seminar is addressed to Telecom Engineers, wishing to get a full understanding of the potential of the emerging Optical Networks. This seminar assumes a basic understanding of Communication Protocols (such as given in the Intro to Modern Data Communications seminar).

Prerequisities:

Previous participation in the Optical Communication - Technology and Potential seminar is recommended but not mandatory.

Course Outline:

1. Introduction

2. Optical fiber

Light wave principles
Wavelength, Loss, Reflection and refraction
Fiber Types (S.M and M.M) and characteristics
Ribbon Fibers
Dispersion and Non-linear effects
Non-silica fibers and fibreless optics
Specifications and data pages
- MM – Step and Graded index
- SM – SMF-28/G.652, DSF and NZDSF fibers

3. Optical Network components

Optical Cables (indoors, outdoors, Ribbons) Fiber connections
- Connectors (types and applications)
- Splices

4. Measurements

End-to-end Loss budget measurement and calculation,
Test equipment (OTDR, Power Meter...)
Acceptance tests and validation

5. Security in Optical networks

Principle, Tapping, Clip-on device
Intrusive tapping on optical Networks and detection
RFTS – Network Monitoring

6. Optical Components

Couplers
WDM, CWDM and DWDM
Isolators and circulators
Diffraction gratings
Multiplexers and filters (Fiber bragg gratings, Fabry-Perot, Thin-films, Mach-Zehnder, Arrayed waveguide and Acousto-optic tunable filters)
Dispersion Compensators
LEDs, LDs transmitters and Detectors
Erbium Doped-fiber amplifiers (EDFA)
Modulators

7. Optical Switching

Types, principles and applications
Optical Switching components
- Types, principles and characteristics
- MEMS, Liquid-crystal , Inkjet bubble, Electro/thermo/acoustic-optical and others
Optical switching subsystems and engineering
Networking and trends

8. WDM Technologies

DWDM and CWDM
Principle, wavelength and operation
Wavelength planning
Uni and Bi-directional
Optical Add/drop multiplexer
Applications, advantages and disadvantages
Provisioning, Control and management

9. Introduction to Optical Networks

End-to-end Network architecture
Customer side, access, metro and core
First, Second and Third generation networks
Optical layer
Network layers (IP/Ethernet over MPLS over SDH or Optic layers)
Network survivability and protection

10. Market Strategy, Companies and Activities

Explanation of different Network Strategies and targets
Example of some Operator's optical networks

11. Summary

12. Bibliography

13. Glossary

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