Network Infrastructure and Architecture: Designing High-Availability Networks

INDEX

1R regeneration, 439

2R regeneration, 439

3R regeneration, 439, 461

802.1D spanning tree protocol (STP), 471

802.1p packet prioritization, 471

802.3 frame forwarding, 471

AAL, 189

Absorption edge, 48

Access networks, 6, 7

Acquisition time, 282

ADC, 221

Add–drop multiplexers (ADMs), 22, 114, 251, 432, 480

Adiabatic, 46

ADM, 22, 114, 251, 432, 480

ADM rings, 115

Advanced intelligent network (AIN), 460

AIN, 460

Amplification, 223, 226, 439

Amplitude-modulated systems, 79

Analog integrated circuits, 221

Analog-to-digital conversion (ADC), 221

Anomalous regime, 79

Any-layer switch, at layer X, 449

Any-layer switch, at layer X, protocol Y, 449

APDs (avalanche photodiodes), 44, 45, 82

Application layer, 139

Application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), 222

APS, 23

Arbitration bias, 421

Arbitration computations, 423

ASIC, 222

ASON, 481, 501, 503, 506, 517

ASON architecture principles, 518

ASON/ASTN CP transport network (signaling network), 524

ASON control plane, 520

ASON functional architecture, 521

ASON reference model, 503

ASON reference points, 518, 521

ASON standards, 507

Assigning, 446

Associated signaling, 525

ASTN/ASON, 501

Asynchronous time-division multiplexing, 15

Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), 18, 184, 188, 451, 465, 467, 480, 500

ATM, 18, 184, 188, 451, 465, 467, 480, 500

ATM adaptation layers (AALs), 189

ATM switch, 21, 470

Attenuation, 33

Attenuation spectrum, 39

Automatically switched optical network (ASON), 481, 501, 506

Automatically switched optical network ...