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IN

TR

OD

UT

IO

NO

SITh

e O

pen

Syste

m In

terc

onne

ctio

n Re

fere

nce

Mod

el is

an

abstr

act d

escr

iptio

n fo

r lay

ered

com

mun

icat

ions

and

com

pute

r net

wor

k pr

otoc

ol d

esig

n. It

was

de-

velo

ped

as p

art o

f the

Ope

n Sy

stem

Inte

rcon

nect

ion

(OSI

) ini

tiativ

e. I

n its

mos

t bas

ic fo

rm, i

t divi

des

netw

ork

arch

itect

ure

into

sev

en la

yers

whi

ch, f

rom

top

to

botto

m, a

re th

e Ap

plic

atio

n, P

rese

ntat

ion,

Ses

sion,

Tra

nspo

rt, N

etw

ork,

Dat

a-Lin

k, a

nd P

hysic

al La

yers.

It is

ther

efor

e of

ten

refe

rred

to a

s th

e O

SI S

even

Laye

r M

odel

.

A la

yer i

s a

colle

ctio

n of

con

cept

ually

sim

ilar f

unct

ions

that

pro

vide

serv

ices

to th

e la

yer a

bove

it a

nd re

ceive

s se

rvic

e fro

m th

e la

yer b

elow

it. O

n ea

ch la

yer

an in

stanc

e pr

ovid

es s

ervic

es to

the

insta

nces

at t

he la

yer a

bove

and

requ

ests

serv

ice

from

the

laye

r bel

ow. F

or e

xam

ple,

a la

yer t

hat p

rovid

es e

rror-f

ree

com

-m

unic

atio

ns a

cros

s a

netw

ork

prov

ides

the

path

nee

ded

by a

pplic

atio

ns a

bove

it, w

hile

it c

alls

the

next

low

er la

yer t

o se

nd a

nd re

ceive

pac

kets

that

mak

e up

th

e co

nten

ts of

the

path

. Con

cept

ually

two

insta

nces

at o

ne la

yer a

re c

onne

cted

by

a ho

rizon

tal p

roto

col c

onne

ctio

n on

that

laye

r...

Tele

com

mun

icat

ions

Inf

rast

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ure

is t

he m

ost

imp

ort

ant

a

nd

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ain

ab

le

tech

nolo

gic

al

inve

stm

ent

with

in y

our

Faci

lity.

It

is

crit

ical

to

unde

rsta

nd a

ll la

yers

of

this

inv

estm

ent

and

the

esse

ntia

l com

pone

nts

whi

ch w

ill s

uppo

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all…

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test

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SI L

ayer

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ro,

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wor

k Pr

ofes

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Beni

Ble

ll, R

CD

D,

is th

e di

rect

or o

f bus

ines

s de

velo

pmen

t fo

r Nor

th a

nd C

entra

l Am

eric

a, a

nd is

resp

onsi

ble

for s

ales

an

d m

arke

ting

activ

ities

for t

he e

ntire

line

of N

exan

s ca

bles

an

d ca

blin

g sy

stem

s in

Mex

ico,

Cen

tral A

mer

ica,

and

the

Car

ibbe

an. B

lell

has

been

with

Nex

ans

for s

even

yea

rs a

nd

prev

ious

ly h

eld

the

posi

tion

of fi

ber o

ptic

pro

duct

bus

ines

s m

anag

er f

or N

exan

s Be

rk-T

ek.

Blel

l has

ove

r 15

yea

rs o

f ex

perie

nce

in th

e te

leco

mm

unic

atio

ns c

ablin

g in

dust

ry a

nd

has

auth

ored

sev

eral

tec

hnic

al p

aper

s an

d pr

esen

ted

at

num

erou

s in

dust

ry f

orum

s in

clud

ing

IWC

S (In

tern

atio

nal

Wire

an

d C

able

Sy

mpo

sium

), N

CTA

(N

atio

nal

Cab

le

Tele

visi

on A

ssoc

iatio

n),

and

CO

MD

EX (

now

IN

TERO

P).

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l gr

adua

ted

with

a B

S in

Aer

ospa

ce E

ngin

eerin

g an

d a

Mas

ters

in

Engi

neer

ing

from

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

. Pr

ior

to j

oini

ng N

exan

s, B

lell

held

pro

duct

de

velo

pmen

t, ap

plic

atio

ns a

nd s

yste

ms

engi

neer

ing,

and

m

arke

t de

velo

pmen

t po

sitio

ns w

ith o

ther

fib

er o

ptic

ca

bler

s in

clud

ing

Cor

ning

Cab

le S

yste

ms,

Com

mSc

ope,

an

d Su

mito

mo

Elec

tric.

OSI

The

OSI

pro

gram

gre

w o

ut o

f a n

eed

for i

nter

natio

nal n

etw

orki

ng s

tand

ards

and

is d

esig

ned

to (c

onsis

tent

ly) fa

cilita

te c

omm

unic

atio

n be

twee

n ha

rdw

are

and

softw

are

syste

ms

desp

ite d

iffer

ence

s in

und

erlyi

ng a

rchi

tect

ures

. T

he O

SI 7

laye

rs m

odel

has

cle

ar c

hara

cter

istic

s. La

yers

7 th

roug

h 4

deal

with

end

to e

nd

com

mun

icat

ions

bet

wee

n da

ta s

ourc

e an

d de

stina

tions

. Lay

ers

3 to

1 d

eal w

ith c

omm

unic

atio

ns b

etw

een

netw

ork

devic

es.

On

the

othe

r han

d, th

e se

ven

laye

rs of

the

OSI

mod

el c

an b

e di

vided

into

two

grou

ps: u

pper

laye

rs (la

yers

7, 6

& 5

) and

low

er la

yers

(laye

rs 4,

3, 2

, 1).

The

uppe

r lay

ers

of th

e O

SI m

odel

dea

l with

app

licat

ion

issue

s an

d ge

nera

lly a

re im

plem

ente

d on

ly in

sof

twar

e. T

he h

ighe

st la

yer,

the

appl

icat

ion

laye

r, is

close

st to

the

end

user

. The

low

er la

yers

of th

e O

SI m

odel

han

dle

data

tran

spor

t iss

ues.

The

phy

sical

laye

r and

the

data

link

laye

r are

impl

emen

ted

in h

ardw

are

and

softw

are.

The

low

est l

ayer

, the

phy

sical

laye

r, is

close

st to

the

phys

ical

net

wor

k m

ediu

m a

nd is

resp

onsib

le fo

r pla

cing

dat

a on

the

med

ium

. Th

e ph

ysic

al la

yer

is de

fined

as t

he c

able

or p

hysic

al m

ediu

m it

self,

e.g

., th

inne

t, th

ickn

et, u

nshi

elde

d tw

isted

pai

rs, fi

ber o

ptic

cab

le.

How

ever

, Lay

er 1

doe

s not

inclu

de Pa

thw

ays

or P

hysic

al S

uppo

rt - r

acks

, cab

inet

s, c

able

tray

s, a

nd c

able

man

agem

ent.

So w

hat L

ayer

sup

ports

the

phys

ical

laye

r?

How

do

we

supp

ort t

he c

able

s an

d co

mpo

nent

s w

hich

mak

e up

the

OSI

Mod

el?

Let u

s in

trodu

ce y

ou to

Laye

r Ze

ro...

SE

SS

ION

S &

SP

EA

KE

RS

Laye

r O

ne &

The

mig

ratio

n of

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dwid

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rds

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Laye

r Ze

roTh

e fo

unda

tion

of t

he N

etw

ork

Bria

n En

sign

D

alla

s Ke

llerm

an

Bria

n is

a D

irect

or f

or L

egra

nd/O

rtron

ics

resp

onsi

ble

for

the

trai

ning

and

tec

hno

logy

act

iviti

es f

ocu

sed

on

del

iver

ing

tra

inin

g,

solu

tio

ns,

an

d v

alu

e a

dd

ed

init

iativ

es to

our

cus

tom

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and

the

indu

stry

. Br

ian

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n ac

tive

mem

ber

of B

ICSI

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TR4

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EE 8

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hnic

al

Com

mitt

ees

and

was

the

vice

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ir of

the

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Con

sorti

um.

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n is

the

curr

ent B

ICSI

Nor

thea

st R

egio

n D

irect

or a

nd s

erve

s on

the

BIC

SI B

oard

of D

irect

ors.

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is f

orm

er p

ositi

on a

t ITS

/ETL

Tes

ting

Serv

ices

, he

was

in

stru

men

tal i

n th

e cr

eatio

n of

ETL

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ifica

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ram

s.

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n is

cu

rren

tly

a BI

CSI

C

onve

ntio

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eake

r an

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gula

rly c

ondu

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indu

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sem

inar

s.

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n gr

adua

ted

from

the

Sta

te U

nive

rsity

of

New

Yor

k (S

UN

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stitu

te o

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chno

logy

at

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a w

ith a

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helo

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ence

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ectri

cal E

ngin

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chno

logy

Beni

Ble

ll

SE

SS

ION

S &

SP

EA

KE

RS

OSI

Laye

r Zer

o so

lutio

ns a

dd a

new

leve

l of s

tabi

lity

to th

e ne

twor

k by

intro

duci

ng a

n ad

ditio

nal l

ayer

to th

e tra

ditio

nal n

etw

ork

arch

itect

ure.

The

OSI

net

wor

k m

odel

is

the

acce

pted

fram

ewor

k fo

r net

wor

k de

sign

and

spec

ifies

sev

en la

yers

to u

se fo

r net

wor

k pl

anni

ng. T

he b

otto

m la

yer o

f thi

s m

odel

is La

yer O

ne-th

e ph

ysic

al

laye

r, w

hich

is th

e str

uctu

red

cabl

ing

itsel

f, bu

t wha

t Lay

er O

ne d

oes

not i

nclu

de is

the

phys

ical

sup

port,

or t

he in

frastr

uctu

re, f

or th

e ca

blin

g. O

rtron

ics/

Legr

and

intro

duce

s La

yer Z

ero-

The

Infra

struc

ture

Laye

r, as

a n

ew fo

unda

tion

for t

he O

SI m

odel

to a

ddre

ss th

e cr

itica

l rol

e th

at in

frastr

uctu

re p

lays

in n

etw

ork

perfo

rman

ce

and

prov

ide

a ne

w le

vel o

f sta

bilit

y to

the

netw

ork.

Usin

g th

e rig

ht e

quip

men

t at L

ayer

Zer

o ca

n re

duce

pow

er c

onsu

mpt

ion,

coo

ling

costs

, and

redu

ce th

e ris

k of

equ

ipm

ent f

ailu

re, a

s w

ell a

s en

hanc

e ov

eral

l sys

tem

per

form

ance

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Sean

Mag

uire

brin

gs o

ver

25 y

ears

of i

ndus

try e

xper

ienc

e to

his

role

as

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side

nt, S

trate

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ns,

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stry

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omm

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t ITS

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ting

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was

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stru

men

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ence

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Tech

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Jim

Dav

is

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