start optical networking

[nazimmd]

i want to know from where can i start learning optical networking,i have done CCNA and engineering in telecom . please let me know how to become a certified optical network engineer,if i want to prepare my self where whould i get the study material from.

thanks.

[kabelo12 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I passed the Cisco Optical Specialist exam in March 2003, its quite challenging but passable.

Here is a list of study materials I used to prepare:

1. Optical Networking: A Beginner's Guide by Robert C. Elsenpeter, Anthony Velte, Toby J. Velte.

2. SONET Test #1 by Boson, good prep exam for understanding Sonet but no where near the real exam.

3. Next Generation Optical Networks : The Convergence of IP Intelligence and Optical Technologies by Peter Tomsu, Christian Schmutzer.

4. DWDM Network Designs and Engineering Solutions by Ashwin Gumaste, Tony Anthony, Tony Antony.

5. Cisco website. Anything on Cisco website dealing with their Optical Solutions.

6. The internet. http://www.nortelnetworks.com/products/01/sonet/collateral/sonet_101.pdf

Good document to read.

Hope this info is helpful.

Thanks

Sean

seanleader@ieee.org

[nazimmd]

This will be really usefull.That's what I needed. Thanks!

[mmejia]

Hi, please I need the tools about desing optical solutions. please reference in cisco.

I need the validate optical network SDH level STM1 over support backbone MPLS.

[bhillman]

Thanks Kabelo12. I am reading Walter Goralskis's Optical Networking and WDM in preparation for that same test. I appreaciate the reading suggestions and congratulations.