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Modern optical technologies reach the Terabit range and revolutionize the network world. The course takes an inventory and shows development trends. It discusses the major changes in the fields of optical fiber types, access, and backbone, as well as optical networks and network protection and gives a compact overview of the innovative potential of high-performance, optical technologies. Students receive the know-how required for the planning, operation, and troubleshooting in WDM networks. Hands-on exercises on fiber optic analysis and troubleshooting via OTDR measurement serve to consolidate the imparted knowledge. The commissioning of a WDM trunk rounds off the practical part of the course.
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Course Contents
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- Optical Transmission and Interfaces
- Optical Fibers: MMF, SMF, DSF, NZ-DSF, DCF
- Connectors and their Designs
- Attenuation, Dispersion, and Dispersion Correction
- Application of Optical Repeaters, such as EDFA, RAMAN
- Laser: Protection Classes and Operational Safety
- Optical Technologies: 10G/40G/100G-Ethernet, 8G/16/32G Fibre Channel/li>
- CWDM, DWDM, WWDM, and Application Scenarios
- OADMs, Optical Switches
- Optical Networks: Setup, Operation, Network Protection Mechanisms
- Vendor Overview: Who is responsible for which task?
- OTNs, Optical Transport Networks, for Protected Optical Transmission
- Exercises on network design, acceptance measurement, and troubleshooting
You will receive the comprehensive documentation package of the ExperTeach Networking series – printed documentation, e-book, and personalized PDF! As online participant, you will receive the e-book and the personalized PDF.
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Target Group
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The course addresses employees of the carriers, enterprise network operators, and Internet service providers. It also specifically addresses users of networks with high data volumes and traffic by providing an overview of the market situation and of the development trends.
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Knowledge Prerequisites
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A profound knowledge of Synchronous Digital Hierarchy will facilitate the understanding of the course contents. Basic know-how of the optical transmission sector will also be helpful.
| 1 | And There Was Light! |
| 1.1 | The Growth of the Data Streams |
| 1.2 | Light—Interesting Facts about Fiber Optics |
| 1.2.1 | Behavior of Light: Reflection |
| 1.2.2 | Refraction |
| 1.2.3 | Diffraction |
| 1.2.4 | Interference |
| 1.2.5 | Wavelength |
| 1.2.6 | Frequency |
| 1.2.7 | Amplitude |
| 1.2.8 | Phase |
| 1.2.9 | Polarization Plane |
| 1.2.10 | Polarization Mode Multiplexing (Pol-Mux) |
| 1.3 | Propagation of Light |
| 1.4 | LASER—Ingenious and Unique |
| 1.4.1 | Basis of the LASER |
| 1.4.2 | Functionality of the LASER |
| 1.4.3 | Emission Spectra of LED and LASER Diodes |
| 1.4.4 | Tunable LASERs |
| 1.5 | Modulation |
| 1.5.1 | Amplitude Modulation |
| 1.5.2 | Phase Modulation |
| 1.5.3 | How a Modulator Works |
| 1.5.4 | Modulator for QPSK |
| 1.6 | Attenuation |
| 1.6.1 | Which Parameters Influence the Attenuation? |
| 1.6.2 | Link Planning |
| 1.6.3 | Optical Window of an Optical Fiber |
| 1.7 | Dispersion |
| 1.7.1 | Types of Dispersion |
| 1.7.2 | Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) |
| 1.8 | Optical Connectors and Interfaces |
| 1.8.1 | What Is Important? |
| 1.8.2 | Fiber Connectors |
| 1.8.3 | PC, APC, and HLR Models |
| 1.9 | Backscattering Measurements Using OTDR |
| 1.10 | Optical Amplifiers—The Power of Light |
| 1.10.1 | Optical Amplifiers (EDFA) |
| 2 | The World of Optical Fibers |
| 2.1 | Optical Fibers—The Infrastructure of the Modern World |
| 2.2 | Optical Fiber for Fibre Channel |
| 2.2.1 | OM4—The Classic Data Center |
| 2.2.2 | OM5—The Broadband Multi-Mode Fiber |
| 2.3 | Fibers with GPON |
| 2.4 | Optical Fiber Types of the Metropolitan and WAN Area |
| 2.5 | Overview of Mono-mode Optical Fiber Types |
| 2.5.1 | G.652 Single-Mode Fiber |
| 2.5.2 | G.653 Dispersion-Shifted Fiber (DSF) |
| 2.5.3 | G.654 Cut-off Shifted Single-Mode Fiber |
| 2.5.4 | G.655 Non-Zero Dispersion-Shifted Fiber |
| 2.5.5 | G.656 NZ-DSF for Broadband Transmission |
| 2.5.6 | Dispersion Compensation Fiber (DCF) |
| 2.5.7 | Resumé: Who Uses Which Fiber? |
| 2.6 | Network Optimization by Means of Optical Fibers |
| 2.6.1 | Functionality of Dispersion Correction |
| 2.7 | Multi-Core Fibers (MFC): Space-Division Multiplexing (SDM) |
| 2.7.1 | Multi-Core Fibers with Solid Core |
| 2.7.2 | Hollow Core and Photonic Crystal Fiber |
| 2.8 | Polymer Fibers—A Cost-Effective Alternative? |
| 3 | Optical Transmission in WAN, Metro, and Data Centers |
| 3.1 | From 1 to 400 Gigabit Ethernet |
| 3.1.1 | 10 Gbps Ethernet |
| 3.1.2 | 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet |
| 3.1.3 | 200 GE and 400 GE |
| 3.2 | SDH with 10 and 40 Gbps |
| 3.2.1 | Bit Rates of SDH |
| 3.2.2 | Clock Sources—There Can Be Only One |
| 3.2.3 | Network Protection Mechanisms |
| 3.3 | 10 Tbps Available on One Wavelength |
| 3.4 | WDM—A Universal Platform |
| 3.4.1 | Setup of a WDM Mux |
| 3.4.2 | Setup of a WDM Link |
| 3.4.3 | Important Benefits |
| 3.4.4 | DWDM Channel Spacing |
| 3.4.5 | Fixed Grid Spacing |
| 3.4.6 | Flexible Grid Spacing |
| 3.4.7 | Super Channels |
| 3.4.8 | Super Channels and Channel Spacing |
| 3.4.9 | CWDM—Coarse WDM, the Cost-Effective Variant |
| 3.4.10 | DWDM Channel Spacing |
| 3.4.11 | CWDM—Advantages and Disadvantages |
| 3.4.12 | DWDM—Dense WDM, Nearly Unlimited Transmission |
| 3.4.13 | CWDM and DWDM in Combination |
| 3.4.14 | WDM and Transparent Optical Networks |
| 3.4.15 | An Insight into Measuring |
| 3.4.16 | Pros and Cons—Disadvantages of WDM |
| 3.5 | Shortwave CWDM |
| 3.5.1 | A Glimpse of X.25 |
| 3.5.2 | 100G 4WDM-10 (MSA) |
| 3.6 | Fibre Channel over WDM |
| 3.6.1 | Storage Virtualization |
| 3.6.2 | Storage System-Based Virtualization |
| 3.6.3 | Virtualization Appliances |
| 3.6.4 | Flow Control Mechanisms |
| 3.6.5 | Buffer-to-Buffer Credit |
| 3.6.6 | End-to-End Credit |
| 3.6.7 | Buffer-to-Buffer Credits on Long-Range Connections |
| 3.6.8 | Port Types in the SAN |
| 3.6.9 | Routing in the SAN |
| 3.7 | WDM for GPON |
| 3.7.1 | GPON and Wavelength Ranges |
| 3.7.2 | Attenuation at 2.4/1.2 Gbps GPON |
| 3.7.3 | Optical Budget on the Line |
| 3.8 | Optical Technology in Cable Networks |
| 3.8.1 | Connectors and Distribution Units of the HFC Network |
| 4 | Optical Switching—A Wave Goes Its Way |
| 4.1 | Optical Switching—Why? |
| 4.2 | Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers (OADM) |
| 4.2.1 | Configurable OADMs |
| 4.3 | Optical Switching Technologies |
| 4.3.1 | Thin Filters—Rigid Switching |
| 4.3.2 | 2D-MEMS |
| 4.3.3 | 3D-MEMS—The 3rd Dimension |
| 4.3.4 | Thermo-Optical Switches |
| 4.4 | Application of OADM |
| 4.4.1 | Optical Cross-Connects |
| 4.4.2 | Schematic Setup of Optical Cross-Connects |
| 4.4.3 | Deployment Options |
| 5 | Optical Networks—Wavelengths all over the World |
| 5.1 | Network Design |
| 5.2 | Optical Networks in Practical Application |
| 5.2.1 | DWDM Networks |
| 5.2.2 | Transparent Optical Networks—Wavelength Path Routing |
| 5.2.3 | The Future—Virtual Wavelength Path Routing |
| 5.2.4 | MPLS and Optical Networks |
| 5.3 | Alone in the Dark? Optical Protection Concepts |
| 5.3.1 | Dedicated Protection |
| 5.3.2 | Shared Protection |
| 5.3.3 | Unidirectional and Bidirectional Rings |
| 5.3.4 | MS Shared Protection |
| 5.4 | Purely Optical Protection Mechanisms |
| 6 | OTN—Optical Transport Network, G.709 |
| 6.1 | OTN in an Overview |
| 6.2 | OTH Hierarchy (G.872) |
| 6.3 | The Structure of OTN |
| 6.4 | OTN—Frame Setup |
| 6.4.1 | FEC According to RS (255,239) |
| 6.5 | Container Sizes |
| 6.6 | OTUk Overhead |
| 6.7 | ODU Overhead |
| 6.8 | OPU Overhead |
| 6.9 | OTN Multiplexing |
| 6.10 | Alarms and Error Sources |
| 7 | Exercises WDM & OTDR |
| 7.1 | OTDR—Range and Resolution |
| 7.2 | Trunk Planning—Attenuation Allowance |
| 7.2.1 | Dispersion |
| 7.2.2 | Dispersion Compensation |
| 7.3 | Design of a CWDM Ring |
| 7.4 | Four-Wave-Mixing (FWM) |
| A | List of Abbreviations |
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Classroom training
- Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!
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Hybrid training
- Hybrid training means that online participants can additionally attend a classroom course. The dynamics of a real seminar are maintained, and the online participants are able to benefit from that. Online participants of a hybrid course use a collaboration platform, such as WebEx Training Center or Saba Meeting. To do this, a PC with browser and Internet access is required, as well as a headset and ideally a Web cam. In the seminar room, we use specially developed and customized audio- and video-technologies. This makes sure that the communication between all persons involved works in a convenient and fault-free way.
-
Online training
- You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.
-
Tailor-made courses
-
You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses
You can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.-
Modern optical technologies reach the Terabit range and revolutionize the network world. The course takes an inventory and shows development trends. It discusses the major changes in the fields of optical fiber types, access, and backbone, as well as optical networks and network protection and gives a compact overview of the innovative potential of high-performance, optical technologies. Students receive the know-how required for the planning, operation, and troubleshooting in WDM networks. Hands-on exercises on fiber optic analysis and troubleshooting via OTDR measurement serve to consolidate the imparted knowledge. The commissioning of a WDM trunk rounds off the practical part of the course.
-
Course Contents
-
- Optical Transmission and Interfaces
- Optical Fibers: MMF, SMF, DSF, NZ-DSF, DCF
- Connectors and their Designs
- Attenuation, Dispersion, and Dispersion Correction
- Application of Optical Repeaters, such as EDFA, RAMAN
- Laser: Protection Classes and Operational Safety
- Optical Technologies: 10G/40G/100G-Ethernet, 8G/16/32G Fibre Channel/li>
- CWDM, DWDM, WWDM, and Application Scenarios
- OADMs, Optical Switches
- Optical Networks: Setup, Operation, Network Protection Mechanisms
- Vendor Overview: Who is responsible for which task?
- OTNs, Optical Transport Networks, for Protected Optical Transmission
- Exercises on network design, acceptance measurement, and troubleshooting
You will receive the comprehensive documentation package of the ExperTeach Networking series – printed documentation, e-book, and personalized PDF! As online participant, you will receive the e-book and the personalized PDF.
-
Target Group
-
The course addresses employees of the carriers, enterprise network operators, and Internet service providers. It also specifically addresses users of networks with high data volumes and traffic by providing an overview of the market situation and of the development trends.
-
Knowledge Prerequisites
-
A profound knowledge of Synchronous Digital Hierarchy will facilitate the understanding of the course contents. Basic know-how of the optical transmission sector will also be helpful.
| 1 | And There Was Light! |
| 1.1 | The Growth of the Data Streams |
| 1.2 | Light—Interesting Facts about Fiber Optics |
| 1.2.1 | Behavior of Light: Reflection |
| 1.2.2 | Refraction |
| 1.2.3 | Diffraction |
| 1.2.4 | Interference |
| 1.2.5 | Wavelength |
| 1.2.6 | Frequency |
| 1.2.7 | Amplitude |
| 1.2.8 | Phase |
| 1.2.9 | Polarization Plane |
| 1.2.10 | Polarization Mode Multiplexing (Pol-Mux) |
| 1.3 | Propagation of Light |
| 1.4 | LASER—Ingenious and Unique |
| 1.4.1 | Basis of the LASER |
| 1.4.2 | Functionality of the LASER |
| 1.4.3 | Emission Spectra of LED and LASER Diodes |
| 1.4.4 | Tunable LASERs |
| 1.5 | Modulation |
| 1.5.1 | Amplitude Modulation |
| 1.5.2 | Phase Modulation |
| 1.5.3 | How a Modulator Works |
| 1.5.4 | Modulator for QPSK |
| 1.6 | Attenuation |
| 1.6.1 | Which Parameters Influence the Attenuation? |
| 1.6.2 | Link Planning |
| 1.6.3 | Optical Window of an Optical Fiber |
| 1.7 | Dispersion |
| 1.7.1 | Types of Dispersion |
| 1.7.2 | Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) |
| 1.8 | Optical Connectors and Interfaces |
| 1.8.1 | What Is Important? |
| 1.8.2 | Fiber Connectors |
| 1.8.3 | PC, APC, and HLR Models |
| 1.9 | Backscattering Measurements Using OTDR |
| 1.10 | Optical Amplifiers—The Power of Light |
| 1.10.1 | Optical Amplifiers (EDFA) |
| 2 | The World of Optical Fibers |
| 2.1 | Optical Fibers—The Infrastructure of the Modern World |
| 2.2 | Optical Fiber for Fibre Channel |
| 2.2.1 | OM4—The Classic Data Center |
| 2.2.2 | OM5—The Broadband Multi-Mode Fiber |
| 2.3 | Fibers with GPON |
| 2.4 | Optical Fiber Types of the Metropolitan and WAN Area |
| 2.5 | Overview of Mono-mode Optical Fiber Types |
| 2.5.1 | G.652 Single-Mode Fiber |
| 2.5.2 | G.653 Dispersion-Shifted Fiber (DSF) |
| 2.5.3 | G.654 Cut-off Shifted Single-Mode Fiber |
| 2.5.4 | G.655 Non-Zero Dispersion-Shifted Fiber |
| 2.5.5 | G.656 NZ-DSF for Broadband Transmission |
| 2.5.6 | Dispersion Compensation Fiber (DCF) |
| 2.5.7 | Resumé: Who Uses Which Fiber? |
| 2.6 | Network Optimization by Means of Optical Fibers |
| 2.6.1 | Functionality of Dispersion Correction |
| 2.7 | Multi-Core Fibers (MFC): Space-Division Multiplexing (SDM) |
| 2.7.1 | Multi-Core Fibers with Solid Core |
| 2.7.2 | Hollow Core and Photonic Crystal Fiber |
| 2.8 | Polymer Fibers—A Cost-Effective Alternative? |
| 3 | Optical Transmission in WAN, Metro, and Data Centers |
| 3.1 | From 1 to 400 Gigabit Ethernet |
| 3.1.1 | 10 Gbps Ethernet |
| 3.1.2 | 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet |
| 3.1.3 | 200 GE and 400 GE |
| 3.2 | SDH with 10 and 40 Gbps |
| 3.2.1 | Bit Rates of SDH |
| 3.2.2 | Clock Sources—There Can Be Only One |
| 3.2.3 | Network Protection Mechanisms |
| 3.3 | 10 Tbps Available on One Wavelength |
| 3.4 | WDM—A Universal Platform |
| 3.4.1 | Setup of a WDM Mux |
| 3.4.2 | Setup of a WDM Link |
| 3.4.3 | Important Benefits |
| 3.4.4 | DWDM Channel Spacing |
| 3.4.5 | Fixed Grid Spacing |
| 3.4.6 | Flexible Grid Spacing |
| 3.4.7 | Super Channels |
| 3.4.8 | Super Channels and Channel Spacing |
| 3.4.9 | CWDM—Coarse WDM, the Cost-Effective Variant |
| 3.4.10 | DWDM Channel Spacing |
| 3.4.11 | CWDM—Advantages and Disadvantages |
| 3.4.12 | DWDM—Dense WDM, Nearly Unlimited Transmission |
| 3.4.13 | CWDM and DWDM in Combination |
| 3.4.14 | WDM and Transparent Optical Networks |
| 3.4.15 | An Insight into Measuring |
| 3.4.16 | Pros and Cons—Disadvantages of WDM |
| 3.5 | Shortwave CWDM |
| 3.5.1 | A Glimpse of X.25 |
| 3.5.2 | 100G 4WDM-10 (MSA) |
| 3.6 | Fibre Channel over WDM |
| 3.6.1 | Storage Virtualization |
| 3.6.2 | Storage System-Based Virtualization |
| 3.6.3 | Virtualization Appliances |
| 3.6.4 | Flow Control Mechanisms |
| 3.6.5 | Buffer-to-Buffer Credit |
| 3.6.6 | End-to-End Credit |
| 3.6.7 | Buffer-to-Buffer Credits on Long-Range Connections |
| 3.6.8 | Port Types in the SAN |
| 3.6.9 | Routing in the SAN |
| 3.7 | WDM for GPON |
| 3.7.1 | GPON and Wavelength Ranges |
| 3.7.2 | Attenuation at 2.4/1.2 Gbps GPON |
| 3.7.3 | Optical Budget on the Line |
| 3.8 | Optical Technology in Cable Networks |
| 3.8.1 | Connectors and Distribution Units of the HFC Network |
| 4 | Optical Switching—A Wave Goes Its Way |
| 4.1 | Optical Switching—Why? |
| 4.2 | Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers (OADM) |
| 4.2.1 | Configurable OADMs |
| 4.3 | Optical Switching Technologies |
| 4.3.1 | Thin Filters—Rigid Switching |
| 4.3.2 | 2D-MEMS |
| 4.3.3 | 3D-MEMS—The 3rd Dimension |
| 4.3.4 | Thermo-Optical Switches |
| 4.4 | Application of OADM |
| 4.4.1 | Optical Cross-Connects |
| 4.4.2 | Schematic Setup of Optical Cross-Connects |
| 4.4.3 | Deployment Options |
| 5 | Optical Networks—Wavelengths all over the World |
| 5.1 | Network Design |
| 5.2 | Optical Networks in Practical Application |
| 5.2.1 | DWDM Networks |
| 5.2.2 | Transparent Optical Networks—Wavelength Path Routing |
| 5.2.3 | The Future—Virtual Wavelength Path Routing |
| 5.2.4 | MPLS and Optical Networks |
| 5.3 | Alone in the Dark? Optical Protection Concepts |
| 5.3.1 | Dedicated Protection |
| 5.3.2 | Shared Protection |
| 5.3.3 | Unidirectional and Bidirectional Rings |
| 5.3.4 | MS Shared Protection |
| 5.4 | Purely Optical Protection Mechanisms |
| 6 | OTN—Optical Transport Network, G.709 |
| 6.1 | OTN in an Overview |
| 6.2 | OTH Hierarchy (G.872) |
| 6.3 | The Structure of OTN |
| 6.4 | OTN—Frame Setup |
| 6.4.1 | FEC According to RS (255,239) |
| 6.5 | Container Sizes |
| 6.6 | OTUk Overhead |
| 6.7 | ODU Overhead |
| 6.8 | OPU Overhead |
| 6.9 | OTN Multiplexing |
| 6.10 | Alarms and Error Sources |
| 7 | Exercises WDM & OTDR |
| 7.1 | OTDR—Range and Resolution |
| 7.2 | Trunk Planning—Attenuation Allowance |
| 7.2.1 | Dispersion |
| 7.2.2 | Dispersion Compensation |
| 7.3 | Design of a CWDM Ring |
| 7.4 | Four-Wave-Mixing (FWM) |
| A | List of Abbreviations |
-
Classroom training
- Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!
-
Hybrid training
- Hybrid training means that online participants can additionally attend a classroom course. The dynamics of a real seminar are maintained, and the online participants are able to benefit from that. Online participants of a hybrid course use a collaboration platform, such as WebEx Training Center or Saba Meeting. To do this, a PC with browser and Internet access is required, as well as a headset and ideally a Web cam. In the seminar room, we use specially developed and customized audio- and video-technologies. This makes sure that the communication between all persons involved works in a convenient and fault-free way.
-
Online training
- You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.
-
Tailor-made courses
-
You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses
You can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.
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