Automation of Optical Networks within the Nokia Ecosystem

Course number: OP00125-V
Course duration: 4 days
Price: €3,200

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.

Recommended prerequisites

Familiarity with the following ONC courses:

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)

Exam

No exam is available at this time.

Certification

This course is currently not associated with any exam or certification.

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

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

Schedule and registration

OP00125-V