SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) is an international standard for synchronous data transmission on optical media. This course provides details of SDH technology, its network elements, framing, overheads, mapping of PDH on to SDH as well as multiplexing to achieve higher order SDH speeds.
EXPECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Master the functions of the basic logic functional blocks and topologies supported by SDH
- Understand SDH framing, mapping and multiplexing
- Interpret SDH alarms to locate faults
- Examine the pros and cons of the different protection mechanisms used in SDH
- Describe how the timing signals of the ADM system are distributed and how the NE gets synchronized
On completing this course, participants will be equipped with the technical understanding of SDH networks.
Technical personnel responsible for the planning, design, management or support of optical networks.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This course primarily intended for technical personnel involved in the planning, design, management or support of SDH Networks.
COURSE DETAILS
Introduction
- PDH vs SDH comparison
- SDH Network Components
- SDH topologies
SDH Framing, Mapping and Multiplexing
- SDH Frame Structure
- RSOH, MSOH and POH
- Pointers
- Mapping of 2Mbps, 34 Mbps and 140 Mbps to STM-1
- SDH multiplexing : STM-4, STM -16, STM-64 and STM-256
SDH Maintenance and Alarm Management
- Anomalies, defects and failures
- Alarm severities and reporting
- Path and section failure
- Section failure alarms
- Major alarms in SDH.
SDH Protection, Synchronization and Network Management
- Protection switching.
- MS-SPRING protection
- SNC protection
- Network synchronization.
- Primary reference clock (PRC)
- Synchronization supply unit (SSU)
- Secondary equipment clock (SEC)
- Network management system
- Alarm and performance management