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Seminar - An Overview of Communications Technologies

Module 5 - SONET, WDM, DWDM and B-ISDN Technologies                                                                Slide 2 of 76 _________________                                                                                  __________

                                                     Outline

                                        Optical Transmission Basics

                                        Optical Transmission Hierarchy

                                        Optical Transmission Standards

                                        SONET Technology

                                        Why SONET Technology was Developed?

                                        Who Developed SONET Technology?

                                        SONET Network Architecture

                                        WDM and DWDM Technologies

                                        SONET Standards

                                        ATM, SONET, WDM and DWDM Relationship

                                        SONET, WDM and DWDM Technologies Applications

                                        Case Studies

                                        Quiz For Module 5

                                        Answers to Quiz for Module 5

                                        Glossary

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