Nokia Advanced Optical Network Design
Ways to learn:
Instructor-led | Self-study materials | Learning labs
Course overview
This advanced course is designed for experienced network architects and senior-level network planning and design engineers. Participants will gain the skills and knowledge required to design medium to large-scale optical networks with complex configurations and requirements. It covers essential design topics, including network architectures, topology planning, traffic matrix analysis, amplification/regeneration, Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS), and network element configuration. Participants will also learn encryption, network synchronization, and advanced features of the 1830 Engineering and Planning Tool (EPT). The course includes lab exercises and case studies where participants design optical networks.
Ways to learn
Instructor-led
Virtual delivery with live instruction and hands-on labs.
Course number: TOP00005
Duration: 5 days
Price: €4500 (regional discounts may be available)
Self-study materials
Access the same materials from the hands-on course in a secure PDF format.
Course number: TOP00005-M-2108
Duration: N/A
Price: €450 (regional discounts may be available)
Course objectives
After completing the course, students should be able to:
- Describe advanced EPT design options (including CDC, GMPLS, flexible grid, C+L, etc.)
- Explain advanced customer requirements (resilience, latency, encryption, synchronization)
- Design a network accounting for medium to long-term growth
- Describe the concept of trail grooming (including backplane switching and cascading)
- Analyze traffic in the given double-ring design
- Configure grooming optimizing the equipment slot allocation
- Describe linear and non-linear impairments
- Describe link power budget, OSNR, Q-factor and BER
- Describe the advantages of Forward Error Correction (FEC)
- Describe available solutions (3R, ILA, DGE, Raman) for extending the optical reach
- Identify the advantages and limitations of Raman amplification
- Explain the advantages of DGE nodes in long-haul designs
- Design a mesh topology with ROADM architecture
- Find alternative routes with better OSNR
- Describe coherent transmission and modulation techniques
- Explain polarization multiplexing
- Explain the advantages of different modulation formats
- Explain the concept of Probabilistic Constellation Shaping (PCS)
- Define low Automatic Spontaneous Emission (ASE) OTs segregation
- Describe network design with alien signals
- Explain the concept of buckets
- Design a linear topology with flexible grid
- Design a network with no ASE noise OTs segregation
- Describe CDC-F 2.0 hardware with Integrated ROADMs (iROADMs)
- Explain the C+L band architecture
- Analyze C and L bands traffic demands
- Design a mesh topology based on CDC-F and CDC-F 2.0
- How to determine the number of network elements and their location
- Define NE hardware manually to optimize cost
- Describe the GMPLS (L0, L1 and MRN) control plane
- Design networks with control plane enabled
- List the possible restoration mechanisms
- Describe protection and restoration combinations
- Analyze nominal and restoration routes in EPT
- Describe SRG and “failure scope” configuration
- Describe the EPT GMPLS audit function
- Design a CDC-F network with GMPLS enabled
- Design SBR and PRC services
- Identify solutions for latency optimization and measurements
- Describe L1 encryption solution
- Explain OTDR implementation
- Describe how synchronization can be transported through a WDM network
- Design latency-constrained services
- Implement solutions for synchronized applications
Prerequisites
Nokia Optical Networking Fundamentals
Nokia Fundamentals of Optical Network Design
Alternatively, familiarity with the following topics:
- Optical transmission concepts (e.g., optical fiber types, WDM functional blocks, etc.)
- Basics of Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM)
- Experience designing small networks with different requirements
- Knowledge of optical node architectures such as Fixed Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (FOADM), Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) and Colorless-Directionless (CD)
- Basic knowledge of GMPLS
Exam
Related certifications
Course modules
- Module 1 – Introduction to advanced network design
- Module 2 – Assessing and improving the optical reach
- Module 3 – Bandwidth management
- Module 4 – Advanced architectures and networks
- Module 5 – Design networks with control plane enabled
- Module 6 – Advanced service requirements
My Nokia Optical Lab
My Nokia Optical Lab is designed for optical professionals that need access to an optical lab. The service offers flexible scheduling, and labs are available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Labs are reserved, and you can cancel your reservation within twenty-four hours if your schedule changes. The service is designed and managed by experts from the Nokia Optical Network Certification team and provides an ideal solution for a variety of needs.
