Next Generation SDH
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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
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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