Delivering Carrier Ethernet: Extending Ethernet Beyond the LAN (NETWORKING & COMM - OMG) - Hardcover

Kasim, Abdul; Adhikari, Prasanna; Chen, Nan; Finn, Norman; Ghani, Nasir; Hajduczenia, Marek; Havala, Paul; Heron, Giles; Howard, Michael; Martini, Luca; Metcalfe, Bob; O'Connor, Mannix; Squire, Matt; Szeto, William; White, Greg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071487476 ISBN 13: 9780071487474

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2007

Synopsis

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Understand and evaluate the delivery of Carrier Ethernet using different technologies

Carrier Ethernet is rapidly becoming the de facto platform for offering the next generation of high-bandwidth multimedia applications. Delivering Carrier Ethernet: Extending Ethernet Beyond the LAN provides, for the very first time, an in-depth assessment of the various network solutions that can be used to deliver Carrier Ethernet services. The book is based on extensive real-world deployments and is written by globally renowned experts. A standard solution framework is used consistently throughout to address each underlying technology, its benefits and pitfalls, deployment approaches, ongoing developments, economic assessments, and key vendors promoting the solution. The potential evolution of Carrier Ethernet itself is also considered in detail.

• Copper
• HFC (Hybrid Fiber-Coax)
• PONs (Passive Optical Networks)
• TDM (Time Division Multiplexing)
• Fiber and WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing)
• Optical Wireless Mesh Network/Free Space Optics
• SONET (Synchronous Optical NETworking)/MSPP (Multi-Service Provisioning Platform)
• RPR (Resilient Packet Ring)
• Bridging/Switching
• MPLS (MultiProtocol Label Switching)
• WiMAX/WiMAC

About this title

Synopsis

This is a practical, in-depth technical guide to understanding and deploying Carrier Ethernet technologies. This is the only book on the market to address how Carrier Ethernet - the emerging high-speed access solution - is fast becoming the de facto technology in Service Provider networks. "Delivering Ethernet in Access Networks" provides engineers and telecom professionals with an in-depth technical guide to understanding and deploying Carrier Ethernet technologies. Each chapter includes deployment and implementation strategies and examples written by global experts.

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About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0071487476
• ISBN 13: 9780071487474
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 550