SDH Course Contents

Logical Functional Blocks of SDH Network

PART A SDH Fundamentals

CHAPTER-1 SDH Overview
SDH Overview Introduction Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy ( PDH) Standard Bit Rates in PDH Tributary Access in PDH Disadvantage of PDH Why SDH Characteristics of SDH Synchronization in SDH Networks Advantages of SDH Networks Disadvantages of SDH Networks

PART B SDH Networking

CHAPTER-6 Network Topology Structure
Topology Introduction Classification of Topology structures Chain Networks Star Networks Tree Networks Ring Networks Mesh Networks Sub Networks

CHAPTER-7 Protections
Introduction to Protection Types of Protections ( 1:1 ) or (N:1) Path Protection Multiplex Section Protection Sub-network connection Protection

CHAPTER-2 SDH Frame Structure & Multiplexing Methods

SDH Frame Introduction Bit Rate Calculation Path, Regenerator & Multiplex sections Frame structure Frame Transmission Sequence Multiplexing Structure & Procedure Multiplexing 140/34/2 Mbps signal into STM-1 Calculating the time slot number

CHAPTER-8 Timing & Synchronization

Synchronization modes Standardized clock levels Clock automatic protection switching Clock protection protocol Timing loops & Clock ID

CHAPTER-3 Overheads
Overheads Classifications of overheads Sections & Path overhead

CHAPTER-9 Network management

TCP/IP & ECC Network Element ID & IP Backup Gateway NE Extended ECC

CHAPTER-4 Pointers
Pointers introduction Floating VC-4 Administrative unit Pointer Negative & Positive Justifications AU-PTR Structure Tributary Unit Pointer TU-PTR Structure

CHAPTER-10 Work Examples

Work on live SDH nodes Comparative analysis of different vendor equipments How to choose required SDH equipment. Commonly used SDH equipment and Topologies in the field

CHAPTER-5 Logical Composition of SDH Network

Logical composition of SDH Network Common Network Elements