Overview of SONET and SDH
Overview/Description
To describe the structure and operation of SONET and SDH
Target Audience
Technical professionals; IT and business managers who need to learn about wide area network technologies; students investigating or researching telecommunications technologies; nontechnical business managers, project managers, and end-users who require information on the capabilities of communications technologies to make informed decisions on communications implementations
Prerequisites
An understanding of telecommunication fundamentals, basic data communications, internetworking, and LAN technologies
Expected Duration
220 Minutes
Objectives:
Overview of SONET and SDH
discuss SONET/SDH.
describe the format of a SONET frame.
describe the format of an SDH frame.
identify the consitituent parts of SONET and SDH frames.
describe the process of multiplexing lower order signals into SONET frames.
discuss how older signals are multiplexed into SDH frames.
discuss the operation of pointers in the transmission of lower order signals in both SONET and SDH.
identify the differences between SONET and SDH.
describe the elements of a SONET/SDH network.
discuss the advantages of the SONET/SDH standards in the implementation of a transport network.
identify the various elements and topologies that make up SONET and SDH networks.
Course Number: 77514_eng