SDH Course Benefits
This unique SDH training course has been designed to meet the needs of network support staff requiring a comprehensive and relevant grounding in SDH networks and technologies.
The course provides a solid grounding in SDH. The course examines the impact on SDH (originally designed for voice traffic) of the steady increase of bursty IP traffic, and the new extensions to SDH, Generic Framing Procedure and LCAS, designed to allow legacy SDH networks to carry this new traffic type efficiently.
A comparison with SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) is also included, along with a brief description of SONET terminology, and some of the differences between SDH and Sonet.
Who should attend?
All staff responsible for the planning, design, management or support of networks employing SDH technology. Network managers, network engineers and all involved with SDH-based networks will find this course invaluable.
Other staff who will benefit from this SDH course include:
- New employees in an SDH manufacturer, service provider, integrator or major SDH user.
- Staff with a PDH background wishing to move into SDH.
- Network Managers needing to become aware of the capabilities and benefits of SDH.
Pre-requisites
A knowledge of networking fundamentals, data transmission principles and the OSI 7-layer model is required prior to attending this course.
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SDH Training Course 345: Content
Why SDH?
The Pleisiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH)
PDH Limitations
SDH Goals
An Open Ended Hierarchy
Network Topology
Optical Fibres
Rings and Trees
Closing the Ring
SDH Frame Structure
Containers and Virtual Containers
The SDH Frame
Section Overhead
Administrative Units
Tributary Units
The Synchronous Transport Module - N
Higher Level Multiplexing – to 2.4 Gigabits and Beyond
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SDH Architecture
Paths, Trails and Sections
Layered Networks
SDH Management
Maintenance Signals
Routing of Management Information
Protection Schemes & Failure Modes
Multiplex Protection
Protection Switching
Shared Protection
Drop and Continue
New Life for Legacy SDH
GFP
Virtual Concatenation
LCAS
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