Optical Networks: Third Generation Transport Systems (Prentice Hall Series in Advanced Communications Technologies) - Hardcover

Black, Uyless N.

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9780130607263: Optical Networks: Third Generation Transport Systems (Prentice Hall Series in Advanced Communications Technologies)

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ISBN 10: 0130607266 ISBN 13: 9780130607263

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2002

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A guide to light-based networks. Advantages of optical nets include greater bandwidth and speed. Covers architecture, design, and monitoring/management issues.

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A comprehensive introduction to optical networking: current solutions and emerging breakthroughs.

The authoritative, comprehensive guide to next-generation optical networking
Coverage includes DWDM, Optical-over-IP, MPLS, passive optical, ASON, and OLMP
Presents new techniques for maximizing bandwidth, simplifying provisioning, and controlling QoS
Includes a detailed review of current fiber systems, signaling schemes, and SONET/SDH standards

In Optical Networks: Third Generation Transport Systems, leading telecom consultant Uyless Black presents an authoritative introduction to the emerging technologies that will drive the next communications revolution. From MPLS to Optical-over-IP to the new Optical Link Management Protocol (OLMP), Black's expert explanations and practical insight will be invaluable to every professional building, deploying, or managing optical networks. Engineers new to the field will especially appreciate his review of current fiber systems, signaling, SONET/SDH standards, and how these technologies lay the foundation for tomorrow's 3G advances.

DWDM: Driving massive bandwidth increases through existing optical infrastructure
MPLS: understanding its role in today's networks and tomorrow's optical core
Controlling QoS in current and future optical networks
Network topologies and protection/restoration―including advanced passive optical systems
Optical routers, switching in optical Internets, and optical bandwidth-on-demand
ASON: Automating the routing and signaling of optical connections
OLMP: Simplifying the configuration and management of tomorrow's optical networks
Comparing ATM with IP in optical networks

Optical Networks: Third Generation Transport Systems is the first book to cover every key optical technology for building networks of unprecedented power, flexibility, and manageability.

Synopsis:

This is a complete and authoritative introduction to optical technology for communications engineers that includes detailed coverage of the latest emerging technologies. The book begins with an overview of contemporary telecommunications infrastructure and the characteristics of optical fiber technology. Uyless Black presents a detailed introduction to timing and synchronization in optical networks, as well as today's SONET/SDH optical transport network standards. He introduces today's powerful WDM and DWDM optical technologies, and reviews leading optical network topologies and restoration schemes. The book includes up-to-the-minute coverage of MPLS, switching in optical networks, IP-over-Optical, QoS, and optical bandwidth on demand. It is one of the first books to present detailed coverage of the new Optical Link Management Protocol, designed to simplify the configuration and management of next-generation optical networks. For every communications professional currently working with optical networks, or planning to work with them.

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