1.0 Architectural Evolution of Telecommunication Networks
1.1 The beginnings of the Telephone Service
1.2 The Digital Revolution
2.0 Functional Architecture of Transport Networks
2.1 Partitioning of a Layer Network
2.2 Interlayer Relationships and Adaptation
2.3 Layer Network Reference Points
2.4 Classification of Network Layers
2.5 Layer Structure of the SDH
2.6 Further Considerations of Partitioning in a Layer Network
2.7 Further Considerations on Layering
2.8 Structure of Networks Based on the SDH
2.9 Structure of the LO Path Layer
2.10 Structure of the HO Path Layer
2.11 Structure of the Transmission Media Layers
2.12 Connectedness and Client Layer Fragmentation
3.0 Network Node Interfaces Based on the Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
3.1 Digital Transmission and the PDH
3.2 Principles of Synchronous Multiplexing
3.3 Evolution of the Synchronous Transport Module
3.4 Signal Structure of the Transmission Media Layers
3.5 The Path Layers
3.6 The HO Path Layers
3.7 Organization of the VC-4 Payload into TUG-3s
3.8 Clients of the SDH Path Layers
3.9 SDH Physical Interfaces
4.0 Timing Aspects of SDH
4.1 Characteristics and Sources of Phase Variation
4.2 Phase Locked Loops
4.3 Synchronization Networks
5.0 Transmission Performance
5.1 Requirements for the Performance Monitoring
5.2 Performance Parameters: Error Performance and Availability
5.3 An Historical View of Error Performance
5.4 Sources of Transmission Errors in SDH Based Networks
5.5 An Historical View of Availability
5.6 Definition of Transmission Failures and Restoration Time
5.7 Mathematical Model of Error Performance and Unavailability
5.8 Mechanisms Within the SDH Frame for Detecting Transmission Errors
5.9 Error Performance and Unavailability Parameters for SDH
5.10 Error Performance and Unavailability Objectives for SDH
5.11 Examples of Observed Results
6.0 Management and Control
6.1 Distributed Architecture and Open Systems
6.2 Development of Generic Telecommunications Management Systems
6.3 Telecommunications Management Levels and Functions: Phase 1 "The
Problem Space"
6.4 The object Model: Phase 2 "The things in the Problem Space"
6.5 The information Model: Phase 3 " What the things Talk About"
6.6 The Open Management Interface: Phase 4 "How the things talk in each other"
7.0 Equipment Specification and Implementation
7.1 General Requirements of SDH Transmission Equipment
7.2 Functional Specification Methodology
7.3 Practical Design and Implementation
7.4 Implementation of Software Systems Embedded in Network Elements
8.0 Network Design and Deployment
8.1 The Client Layer Requirements
8.2 A New Approach to Transport Network Design and Deployment
8.3 Identifying Client-Server Relationships
8.4 Specifying the Features of Each SDH Section and Path Layer Network
8.5 Designing the Management and Control Structure of SDH Path and Section Layer Networks
8.6 Designing the Topology for SDH Path and Section Layer Networks
8.7 Selecting an Implementation of SDH Path and Section Layer Networks
8.8 The Fully Automated Network
Length:
Approximately 45 class hours and 15 lab/workshop hours
Method of Evaluation:
1. A mid-term examination, worth 30% of the final grade
2. A final examination, worth 40% of the final grade
3. Several assignments, worth 30% of the final grade
Teaching Method:
The course is to be offered in a standard lecture format.
Textbooks:
Transmission Networking: SONET and The Synchronous Digital Hierarchy,
1992
Mike Sexton, Andy Reid
Artech House
Location:
All classes will be conducted at the campus of the Institute.
Theory/Skill Objectives:
Upon completion of this subject, the successful student will:
1. Have basic knowledge of functional architecture of transport networks.
2. Have basic knowledge of network node interfaces based on the
synchronous digital hierarchy.
3. Have basic knowledge of synchronization and transmission Performance.
4. Have basic understanding of Management and control.
5. Have basic knowledge of equipment specification and implementation.
6. Have basic knowledge of network design and deployment. |