Tutorial: Tutorial Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Optical Networking
Topics include: * How fiber works (the basics, fiber types and limitations, etc) * Optical power (understanding dBm, loss, using light meters, etc) * Working with …
| Talk Title | Tutorial: Tutorial Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Optical Networking |
| Speakers | Richard A Steenbergen (PacketFabric) |
| Conference | NANOG67 |
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| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
| Date | Jun 13 2016 - Jun 15 2016 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
| Video | Talk Video |
Topics include:
- How fiber works (the basics, fiber types and limitations, etc) * Optical power (understanding dBm, loss, using light meters, etc) * Working with optics (choosing the right type, designing optical networks, etc) * DWDM (how it works, muxes, OADMs and ROADMs, amps, etc) * Dispersion and other impairments (what is it, why do we care, how do we fix it) * Optical Myths (can I hurt myself looking into fiber, can I overload my optic, etc)
- An update on the latest state-of-the-art optical technologies and trends.
