Synopses & Reviews
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
Synopsis
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.
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 the Author
Abdul Kasim is vice president for ethernet business development at ADVA Optical Networking, a global provider of optical and ethernet solutions for metropolitan networks.
Table of Contents
Part I: Setting the StageChapter 1: CARRIER ETHERNET – AN INTRODUCTION (AK)Chapter 2: THE MARKET OPPORTUNITY (MICHAEL HOWARD/INFONETICS RESEARCH)Part II: Access SolutionsChapter 3: SOLUTION FRAMEWORK (KASIM)Chapter 4: ETHERNET OVER COPPER - SQUIRE/HATTERAS CTOChapter 5: ETHERNET OVER HYBRID FIBER COAXIAL - WHITE/CABLELABSChapter 6: ETHERNET OVER FIBER/WAVE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (AK)Chapter 7: ETHERNET OVER PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS (PON)– KRAMER/TEKNOVUS Chapter 8: ETHERNET OVER SONET/MSPP – HAVALA/FUITSU Chapter 9: ETHERNET OVER RPR – O’CONNOR/CORRIGENTChapter 10: ETHERNET OVER LAYER 2 SWITCHING – HADDOCK/EXTREME CTOChapter 11: ETHERNET OVER VPLS/MPLS – LASSERRE/ RIVERSTONE CTO\Chapter 12: ETHERNET OVER WIRELESS (TBD)Part III: Putting it All TogetherAPPENDIX A: SUMMARY (AK)APPENDIX B: A GLIMPSE IN TO THE FUTURE (AK)