Packet over SONET

I will try to make my posts according to the CCIE Service Provider Written Exam Checklist v3.0.  This post cover the topics in paragraph 1.1. It took me about 10 hours to check all the references.

Packet over SONET

This post includes following topics:

1. Cisco HDLC(cHDLC) Encapsulation
2. PPP Encapsulation
3. Frame-Relay Encapsulation
4. Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)
5. Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)
6. Keepalive Timer
7. Frame-Relay DLCI on point-to-point sub-interface
8. SONET Controller
9. POS Channel
10. Channelized SONET
11. SONET APS

References:

1. A Brief Overview of SONET Technology
2. Cisco Tech Note: Differences between SDH and SONET
3. Configuring POS Interfaces on Cisco IOS XR 3.9 Software (CRS-1)
4. Configuring POS Interfaces on Cisco IOS XR 3.9 Software (XR12K)
5. Packet-over-SONET Interface Commands on Cisco IOS XR 3.9 Software (XR12000)
6. Configuring Serial Interfaces on Cisco IOS 12.2 SR Software
7. Understanding SONET/ SDH

SDH/SONET

I just finished "Cisco Self-Study: Building Cisco Metro Optical Networks (METRO)" as a part of my preparation for written exam.

What can I say about this book - less than 1/5 of the whole book is about SONET/SDH/DWDM, the other part is more like marketing material with screenshots of management system, etc.

I am comfortable on this topic, hence can go to next one.

Looking forward to read more about IPoDWDM:

1.2.1. Optical channel payload unit (OPU)
1.2.2. Optical channel data unit (ODU)
1.2.3. Optical channel transport unit (OTU)
1.2.4. Optical channel (OCh)
1.2.5. Shared Risk Link Group (SRLG)
1.2.6. Virtual Transponder (VTXP)
1.2.7. FEC-FRR Triggering
1.2.8. Optical Parameters- Rx-los-threshold, Wavelength and Transmit-power
1.2.9. G.709 Parameters 

Actually, don't see here any IP (except as a payload) :))

Here you can find some Cisco IPoDWDM propaganda (slides).

Converge IP and DWDM Layers in the Core Network (white paper)


UPD: Looks like this is updated version of the METRO book: Building Multiservice Transport Networks