13 July - 17 July 2009 (Mon - Fri)
5-day instructor-led training, 0900 - 1700
Accra, Ghana

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Overview of the technologies and concepts that make DWDM and optical network
• Understand modulation schemes, fiber optic concepts including non- linearities like PMD and CD
• Couplers, Splitters, Switches, & WDM, Fiber Optic Connectors,
• Connector Loss Test Measurements, Fiber Optic Connectors, Fiber Optic Light Emitter & Detectors, Transmitters, Receivers,
• Explain advanced DWDM Network designs and Engineering
• Design and evaluate optical components in a DWDM network
• Learn about the effects of noise in signal propagation, especially form OSNR and BER perspectives
• Design optical amplifier-based links
• EDFA, Optical Amplifiers, Number of channels, channel speed, channel spacing
• DWDM Networks Architecture, Protection, Design
• Learn how to design optical links based on power budget, dispersion, and non-linearity′s
• Design optical links based on OSNR
• Classify and design DWDM networks based on size and performance
• Identify varying test and measurement parameters in DWDM networks and optical systems
• Understand the migratory path toward an OTN
• Optical networking in the metro and access networks

The course includes:

• Discussion of DWDM concept and vision.
• The key enabling technologies required for implementing DWDM (i.e. stable transmitter, suitable fibres, erbium-doped optical amplifiers, optical filters and wavelength converter).
• The DWDM optical network architecture (static and reconfigurable networks) and network applications are included in the discussion.
• Optical layer management (configuration, performance, and fault management) is discussed.
• Optical networking in the metro and access networks.

The attendees will understand the Optical Communications and DWDM from basic concepts to advanced areas. They will go through designing and planning issues in addition to deployment and operations problems, and this knowledge should help them in their jobs. They will get acquainted with the new trends and emerging technologies in the areas of Optical Communications and DWDM.

This course is an advance level course, and the attendees, should have working knowledge of Optical fibre, SDH and DWDM.

This course is designed for planners, strategic or technical managers, consultants, deployment staff, operations staff, communications professionals, systems engineers, network professionals, marketing and sales professionals, IT professionals, and others who plan on using, evaluating, or working on DWDM and optical networks applications and services.

Day 1

Fiber Optic

• Types of fiber,
• Single Mode,
• Multi Mode,
• Graded Indes,
• Step Indes, Laying,
• Loose Tube,
• Aerial Cable,
• Direct Burried,
• Connector Types,
• Light Refraction,
• Snell`s Law

Transmission Principals

• Modulation Schemes,
• Analog vs. Digital Transmission,
• Digital Modulation,
• Frequency Modulation,
• Amplitude Modulation

DWDM Concepts

• Advantages,
• System Components,
• Behavior,
• ITU Standards

Day 2

Fiber Nonlinearities

• Stimulated Brillouin Scattering,
• Stimulated Raman Scattering,
• Four Wave Mixing,
• Self-phase Modulation,
• Cross-phase Modulation

Fiber Components

• Couplers,
• Splitters,
• Switches & WDM,
• Fiber Optic Connectors,
• Connector Loss
• Test Measurements,
• Fiber Optic Connectors,
• Fiber Optic Light Emitter & Detectors,
• Transmitters, Receivers & Transceivers,
• Optical Amplifiers & External Modulators

Optical Fiber & Fiber Cable

• Types of Optical Fiber,
• Handling Fragile Optical Fibers and Fiber Pigtail Assemblies,
• Determining Fiber Size,
• Fiber Nonlinearities,
• Fiber Dispersion

Day 3

DWDM Advanced

• EDFA,
• Optical Amplifiers,
• Number of channels,
• channel speed,
• channel spacing,
• Total spectral

EDFA Details

• Advantages,
• EDFA Disadvantages,
• Limited to C and L bands,
• Pump Laser,
• Erbium Doped Fibre,
• Wavelength Selective Coupler,
• Isolator,
• Comparison between EDFE, Raman Amplifier, and SOAs

DWDM Networks

• Architecture,
• Protection,
• Design

DWDM Design

• Optical Power Budget,
• OSNR,
• Distance calculations,
• Fiber Types,
• Protection

DWDM Design2

• OSNR Calculations,
• CD & PMD Formulas,
• ROADM, OTU/OA-Selection,
• The impact of PMD on nonlinear interchannel crosstalk,
• Impact of fiber nonlinearity on PMD penalty

Day 4

IP over DWDM

• Optical Transmission,
• Packet Switching,
• Unifying Optical Layers,
• IP over DWDM Issues,
• Error Detection,
• Wavelength Routing,
• Interoperability,
• MPLS

Acceptance Tests

• Receiver Sensitivity,
• Transmit Power,
• ALS,
• Insertion Loss,
• BER Test,
• Center Wavelength

Test Instruments

• Power Meter,
• Light Srouce,
• OTDR,
• BER Tester,
• Fiber Scope

Vendors

• Vendors of Optical Networks,
• Vendors of Optical Components,
• Vendors of Test Instruments,
• Vendors of Optical Fiber

Case Studies

• Various Case Studies based on Vendor or Operator Research

Day 5

NG-DWDM

• Recent Trends,
• OTN,
• Metro DWDM,
• ITU Standards,
• NMS,
• Acceptance Tests,
• Test Instruments,
• ASON,
• Passive Optical Components,

DWDM Future Trends

• Evolution,
• Challenges and Enabling Technologies for Future WDM-Bas ed Opt ical Access Networks

ITU Standards

• G 709,
• Interface for the OTN,
• G.798 (Characteristics of OTN Hierarchy Equipment Functional Blocks),
• G.805 (Generic Functional Architecture of Transport Networks),
• G.871 (Framework for OTN Recommendations),
• G.872 (Architecture for OTNs),
• G.874 (Management Aspects of the OTN Element)

Optical Networking:Recent Developments

• Life Cycles of Technologies,
• Hype Cycles of Technologies,
• Core Optical Networks,
• Optical Transport Products,
• OEO vs OOO Switches,
• Trend: LAN - WAN Convergence,
• RPR: Key Features,
• Access: Fiber To The X(FTTx),
• Why PONs?,
• IP over DWDM (Future),
• IP over DWDM Issues,
• GMPLS