Sonet / Sdh

Jacket Description/Back: The best guide to SONET/SDH available!Take advantage of the speed, scalability, and manageability of fiber optics with this definitive and comprehensive guide to SONET/SDH technology. Packed with real-world examples of SONET/SDH implementations, this resource details all you need to know about frame and overhead architecture, payloads, deployment, and equipment. Written by SONET/SDH and telecommunications expert Walter J. Goralski, this book completely explains the technology behind SONET/SDH like no other, and provides you with proven techniques for achieving greater bandwidth. Understand how optical fiber networks operate Trace the evolution of SONET/SDH and current high-speed optical networks Find out about the different classes of SONET/SDH equipment Discover the advantages of SONET and SDH ring architectures Learn DWDM techniques, including transmission, cross-connecting, switching, and more Become familiar with synchronous digital hierarchies both in North America and globally Use SONET/SDH to connect routers for data applications (IP over SONET) Important topics include: Fiber optics overview Integrated SDH coverage WDM and DWDM Architecture and protocols Basic and advanced overhead and payload pointers Network equipment Customer and carrier advantages SONET/SDH ringsMarc Notes: Includes bibliographical reference (p. 647-663) and index.; Description based on print version record.; EBSCO complete collection. Publisher Marketing: A guide to Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) architecture, deployment, equipment and services. This edition offers expanded coverage of SDH, SONET equipment and providers, OAM&P, and more. It also contains new coverage of virtual tributaries, and ring configuration and protection.

Contributor Bio:  Goralski, Walter J WALTER J. GORALSKI is an instructor and course developer at Juniper Networks, the number-two vendor of network routing products. Goralski has more than 35 years of experience in data communications, including 14 years at AT&T. He has written seven books on networking topics, the most recent one on optical networking.