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Optical Networking and Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM)

Course Type:
Onsite
Duration: 2 Days
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Who Should Attend

Communications managers, MIS professionals, network managers, equipment providers, carrier and service provider personnel with a need to understand optical access, metropolitan, national and international networks.

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What You Will Learn

  • Understand the fundamental technical concepts of fiber optic transmission and the major elements of fiber networks.
  • Learn the differences between the various types of fiber cable, why certain wavelengths are used for optical transmission, and the major impairments that must be addressed.
  • Understand the basic technology of wave division multiplexing, the major areas for increasing capacity, and how SONET, Gigabit Ethernet and other optical formats can be combined on a fiber link.
  • Compare the different types of optical transmitters including LEDs, side-emitting/surface-emitting, tuned and tunable lasers.
  • Understand why factors like chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion become more important at higher bit rates and the techniques that can be employed to compensate for them.
  • Review the function of various passive optical components such as Bragg gratings, arrayed waveguides, optical interleavers, dispersion compensation modules, etc.
  • Evaluate the Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet optical interfaces and how Resilient Packet Ring technology might allow Ethernet to replace SONET in data applications.
  • Compare and contrast the basic categories of all-optical and O-E-O switches, and evaluate their strengths and limitations for edge, grooming, and core applications.
  • Evaluate the options for free-space optical transmission and the particular impairments that must be addressed.
  • Learn the fundamental challenges for optical routing and how optical burst switching could work with MPLS and GMPLS to provide the basis for optical routing networks.
  • Explore current and evolving public network applications, including next-generation digital loop carrier, wavelength services/Virtual Dark Fiber, passive optical networks (PONs), Multiservice Provisioning Platforms, and Virtual SONET Rings.

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—Claudette Mikhail, Systems Analyst, Simon & Schuster, Inc.