Tips for testing and troubleshooting today’s DWDM networks

Technologies like 5G and cloud services have fueled a tremendous increase in bandwidth demand. Installation of high-count fiber and an increase in bandwidth to 100G+ have helped meet some requirements, but to fully meet unsatisfied demand, advanced technologies like dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) must be deployed. DWDM has long been a technology used on backbone transport but it’s now pushing out into the metro environment to feed bandwidth-hungry services. 

Front line technicians and contractors who install, maintain, and troubleshoot metro services today will need to prepare for advanced technologies like DWDM.  

 This 45-minute webinar will cover the following topics: 

• introduction to DWDM (5 minutes) 
• architecture and components of a DWDM network (10 minutes) 
• passive vs active xWDM testing (5 minutes) 
• qualifying and maintaining a healthy network (20 minutes) 
• understanding OSNR and how it impacts your network (5 minutes)