ZANOG is excited to be holding training, with Flexoptix and Adtran the day before the main ZANOG26 event.
Date: 20 April 2026
Time: 09h00 - 16h00
Venue: Irene Country Lodge
Title: WDM & IPoWDM Workshop
Agenda:
- 09:00 – 09:10 (10 min) – Welcome & Introduction
- 09:10 – 10:10 (1 hr) – Introduction to WDM
- DWDM fundamentals (Adtran)
- Coherent signalling (Flex)
- IP-over-WDM overview (Flex/Adtran)
- 10:10 – 10:30 (20 min) – WDM Network Topologies
- Point-to-point, linear, ring, ROADM/mesh (Adtran)
- Where IPoWDM fits (Flex)
- 10:30 – 11:30 (1 hr) – WDM Architecture
- Pluggables & transponders (Flex/Adtran)
- Add/Drop structures (Adtran)
- Amplification (Adtran)
- 11:30 – 12:30 (1 hr) – Planning a WDM System
- Power budgeting (Adtran)
- Optical selection (Adtran)
- OSNR (Flex)
- Spectral efficiency (Flex)
- 12:30 – 13:15 (45 min) – Lunch
- 13:15 – 14:15 (1 hr) – Practical WDM Lab
- Coherent pluggables (Flex)
- Transponder system (Adtran)
- Traffic testing (Adtran/Flex)
- 14:15 – 14:35 (20 min) – Troubleshooting & Best Practices, follow the light
- 14:35 – 15:00 (25 min) – Q&A, Summary & Closing
Prerequisites:
While this training is free because of sponsorship, there are limited spaces and therefore a vetting process is in place to ensure the candidates meet the requirements and will attend the session.
Limited to two registrations per organisation.
Please bring a laptop running some *NIX variant.
