Automation of Optical Networks within the Nokia Ecosystem
Ways to learn:
Instructor-led | eLearning | Self-study materials | Learning labs
Course overview
This course equips students with the skills and knowledge required to automate optical networks. It focuses on the foundational building blocks necessary to support critical automation use cases, emphasizing the key components of the Nokia WaveSuite ecosystem. Students will gain hands-on experience implementing and utilizing these use cases by leveraging standard enablers such as standardized interfaces, protocols, data representation, and encoding models.
The course explores essential components, including the WaveSuite Network Operations Center, Planner, Resource Controller, Service Enablement, Health & Analytics, Optimizer, Advanced Diagnostics and Synchronizer. Through various hands-on exercises, students will engage with practical functionalities and real-world scenarios.
Ways to learn
Instructor-led
Virtual delivery with live instruction and hands-on labs.
Course number: OP00125-V
Duration: 4 days
Price: €3600 (regional discounts may be available)
eLearning
Self-paced online interactive course.
Course number: OP00124
Duration: 4 hours
Price: €400 (regional discounts may be available)
Self-study materials
Access the same materials from the hands-on course in a secure PDF format.
Course number: OP00125-M-2505
Duration: N/A
Price: €450 (regional discounts may be available)
Course objectives
After completing the course, students should be able to:
- Describe the concept of optical network automation and its benefits
- Discuss trends in network automation techniques
- Describe the Nokia optical digital delivery strategy
- Explain the Nokia optical network automation ecosystem, its associated building blocks and their purpose
- Understand how the building blocks support automation use cases
- Plan the network with WaveSuite Planner
- Manage the network with WaveSuite NOC
- Enable services with WaveSuite Service Enablement
- Analyze network performances with WaveSuite Health & Analytics
- Optimize the network with WaveSuite Optimizer
- Synchronize the network with WaveSuite Synchronizer
- Troubleshoot the network with WaveSuite Advanced Diagnostics
- Operate optical network automation enablers, which include standard interfaces, protocols, data models, and encoding formats
Prerequisites
Familiarity with the following ONC courses:
- Nokia Optical Networking Fundamentals (ER00835)
- Nokia Optical Network Management with WaveSuite NOC (ER00836)
Alternatively, familiarity with the following topics:
- Optical transmission concepts (e.g., optical fiber types, WDM functional blocks), equipment and protection schemes
- Typical basic procedures related to WaveSuite NOC (formerly NFM-T) operation and administration (e.g., nodes supervision, PM retrieval, infrastructure, and services creation/management)
Course modules
Module 1 – Introduction to optical network automation
- Benefits and trends of optical network automation
- Nokia building blocks in optical network automation
- Use case categories in optical network automation
Module 2 – WaveSuite ecosystem as a unique platform to drive automation
- Plan the network with WaveSuite Planner
- Manage the network with WaveSuite Network Operations Center
- Enable services with WaveSuite Service Enablement
- Analyze the network with WaveSuite Health & Analytics
- Optimize the network with WaveSuite Optimizer
- Synchronize the network with WaveSuite Synchronizer
- Troubleshoot the network with WaveSuite Advanced Diagnostics
Module 3 – Network automation models and interfaces
- Introduction to interfaces, protocols, and data models
- Northbound interfaces, protocols, and data models
- T-APIs implementation
