Certified Optical Network Engineer (CONE)

Training Course

This 5-day, expert certification is for architects and engineers designing 100G-800G+ networks. Go beyond CONA and master the complexities of coherent transmission, DSP, and disaggregated architectures. Learn to model for non-linear effects, plan Open ROADM and flexgrid systems, and make the critical capex/opex decisions for your next-gen network.

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Your 10G “Rules of Thumb” Are Now Liabilities

Designing optical networks used to be a deterministic process. Today, designing 400G, 800G, and 1.2T networks means you’re no longer just fighting attenuation. Now, you’re fighting physics.

Your old rules for loss budgets and dispersion are obsolete. You’re trying to calculate OSNR in a C+L band system, mitigate a dozen non-linear effects, and evaluate the real-world opex of 400ZR vs. the capex of high-performance transponders. You’re stuck in a strategic battle: do you commit to your incumbent vendor’s monolithic system, or do you take on the massive integration risk of a disaggregated, Open ROADM architecture?

Every strategic decision is a multi-million dollar, 10-year bet. You cannot afford to guess.

Go from Engineer to Architect. Earn Your CONE Certification.

The Certified Optical Network Engineer (CONE) is a 5-day, intensive certification program that moves beyond foundational theory (CONA) into real-world strategic design.

This is not a product pitch. This is a deep-dive, vendor-neutral program on how to make the right architectural decisions. We teach you the “why” behind coherent transmission and Digital Signal Processing (DSP). This enables you to build complex link models, evaluate competing technologies, and understand the trade-offs between spectral efficiency, cost, and power consumption.

Using a course-long case study and our unique ‘WhizzieKit’ virtual network training system, you won’t just learn the theory. You’ll design a next-generation network from the ground up and defend your decisions.

Who Should Attend?
This program is designed exclusively for senior professionals who are making long-term, high-impact decisions on the network. If you are moving from operations to design, or from IP to optical, this course is your essential bridge.

  • Optical Network Architects & Senior Engineers
  • Core Network & DWDM Strategic Planners
  • IP/MPLS Architects (who now must master Layer 0)
  • SDN & Network Automation Engineers (working on disaggregated systems)
  • Technical Team Leads & Managers (responsible for network evolution & budgets)

What You Will Master:
Upon completing your CONE certification, you will be able to:

  • Design High-Performance Links: Master coherent transmission, modulation formats, and FEC. Learn to build link budgets that accurately model for OSNR, chromatic dispersion (CD), polarization mode dispersion (PMD), and critical non-linear effects.
  • Evaluate Next-Gen Hardware: Go beyond datasheets. Confidently assess the real-world application of C+L band components, flexgrid, new fibre types (e.g., G.654), and advanced amplification schemes (EDFA, Raman, hybrid).
  • Master 400G+ Pluggables: Differentiate and plan for the entire “ZR” family (OIF 400ZR, OpenZR+, and vendor-specific solutions) and understand their true cost/performance impact on DCI and metro/regional networks.
  • Architect Open & Disaggregated Networks: Master the concepts and trade-offs of modern architectures. Plan for Open ROADMs, evaluate white box solutions, and understand the role of SDN in managing a disaggregated optical layer.
  • Optimize for Latency & QoS: Move beyond “bandwidth” as the only metric. Learn to design networks that meet stringent latency requirements and understand the implications of different restoration and protection schemes.
  • Justify Your Strategy: Develop a methodical, vendor-neutral process for making key design decisions and confidently present the capex/opex and power consumption trade-offs of your strategy to management.

Stop Piecing It Together. Get the Complete Strategic Picture.

The future of your network depends on the decisions you make today. Stop trying to navigate the “tera-era” with vendor white papers and fragmented information.

Enroll in the CONE program and gain the comprehensive, vendor-neutral expertise you need to build the next generation of optical networks with confidence.

Prerequisite: Successful completion of the Certified Optical Network Associate (CONA) course or equivalent, verifiable industry experience. CONE builds directly on the foundational (direct detection) principles taught in CONA.