Optical Networking Best Practices Handbook

Optical Networking Best Practices Handbook

by John R. Vacca
Released November 2006
Publisher(s): Wiley-Interscience
ISBN: 9780471460527

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Book description

Optical Networking Best Practices Handbook presents optical networking in a very comprehensive way for nonengineers needing to understand the fundamentals of fiber, high-capacity, high-speed equipment and networks, and upcoming carrier services. The book provides a practical understanding of fiber optics as a physical medium, sorting out single-mode versus multi-mode and the crucial concept of Dense Wave-Division Multiplexing.

Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Dedication
  3. FOREWORD
  4. PREFACE
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  6. Optical Networking Fundamentals
    1. FIBER OPTICS: A BRIEF HISTORY IN TIME
    2. DISTRIBUTED IP ROUTING
    3. SCALABLE COMMUNICATIONS: INTEGRATED OPTICAL NETWORKS
    4. LIGHTPATH ESTABLISHMENT AND PROTECTION IN OPTICAL NETWORKS
    5. OPTICAL NETWORK DESIGN USING COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES
    6. DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL FRAME SYNCHRONIZED RING (DOFSR)
    7. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  7. REFERENCES
  8. Types of Optical Networking Technology
    1. USE OF DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
    2. OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING NETWORKS
    3. NEXT-GENERATION OPTICAL NETWORKS AS A VALUE CREATION PLATFORM
    4. OPTICAL NETWORK RESEARCH IN THE IST PROGRAM
    5. OPTICAL NETWORKING IN OPTICAL COMPUTING
    6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  9. REFERENCES
  10. Optical Transmitters
    1. LONG-WAVELENGTH VCSELS
    2. MULTIWAVELENGTH LASERS
    3. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  11. REFERENCES
  12. Types of Optical Fiber
    1. STRANDS AND PROCESSES OF FIBER OPTICS
    2. THE FIBER-OPTIC CABLE MODES
    3. OPTICAL FIBER TYPES
    4. TYPES OF CABLE FAMILIES
    5. EXTENDING PERFORMANCE
    6. CARE, PRODUCTIVITY, AND CHOICES
    7. UNDERSTANDING TYPES OF OPTICAL FIBER
    8. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  13. REFERENCES
  14. Carriers' Networks
    1. THE CARRIERS' PHOTONIC FUTURE
    2. CARRIERS' OPTICAL NETWORKING REVOLUTION
    3. FLEXIBLE METRO OPTICAL NETWORKS
    4. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  15. REFERENCES
  16. Passive Optical Components
    1. OPTICAL MATERIAL SYSTEMS
    2. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  17. REFERENCES
  18. Free-Space Optics
    1. FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION
    2. CORNER-CUBE RETROREFLECTORS
    3. FREE-SPACE HETEROCHRONOUS IMAGING RECEPTION
    4. SECURE FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION
    5. THE MINIMIZATION OF ACQUISITION TIME
    6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  19. REFERENCES
  20. Optical Formats: Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH), and Gigabit Ethernet
    1. SYNCHRONOUS OPTICAL NETWORK
    2. SYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL HIERARCHY
    3. GIGABIT ETHERNET
    4. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  21. REFERENCES
  22. Wave Division Multiplexing
    1. WHO USES WDM?
    2. DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXED BACKBONE DEPLOYMENT
    3. IP-OPTICAL INTEGRATION
    4. QOS MECHANISMS
    5. OPTICAL ACCESS NETWORK
    6. MULTIPLE-WAVELENGTH SOURCES
    7. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  23. REFERENCES
  24. Basics of Optical Switching
    1. OPTICAL SWITCHES
    2. MOTIVATION AND NETWORK ARCHITECTURES
    3. RAPID ADVANCES IN DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING TECHNOLOGY
    4. SWITCHED OPTICAL BACKBONE
    5. OPTICAL MEMS
    6. MULTISTAGE SWITCHING SYSTEM
    7. DYNAMIC MULTILAYER ROUTING SCHEMES
    8. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  25. REFERENCES
  26. Optical Packet Switching
    1. DESIGN FOR OPTICAL NETWORKS
    2. MULTISTAGE APPROACHES TO OPS: NODE ARCHITECTURES FOR OPS
    3. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  27. REFERENCES
  28. Optical Network Configurations
    1. OPTICAL NETWORKING CONFIGURATION FLOW-THROUGH PROVISIONING
    2. FLOW-THROUGH PROVISIONING AT ELEMENT MANAGEMENT LAYER
    3. FLOW-THROUGH CIRCUIT PROVISIONING IN THE SAME OPTICAL NETWORK DOMAIN
    4. FLOW-THROUGH CIRCUIT PROVISIONING IN MULTIPLE OPTICAL NETWORK DOMAIN
    5. BENEFITS OF FLOW-THROUGH PROVISIONING
    6. TESTING AND MEASURING OPTICAL NETWORKS
    7. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  29. REFERENCES
  30. Developing Areas in Optical Networking
    1. OPTICAL WIRELESS NETWORKING HIGH-SPEED INTEGRATED TRANSCEIVERS
    2. WAVELENGTH-SWITCHING SUBSYSTEMS
    3. OPTICAL STORAGE AREA NETWORKS
    4. OPTICAL CONTACTING
    5. OPTICAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS
    6. OPTICAL COMPUTING
    7. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  31. REFERENCES
  32. Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations
    1. SUMMARY
    2. CONCLUSION
    3. RECOMMENDATIONS
  33. REFERENCES
  34. Optical Ethernet Enterprise Case Study
    1. CUSTOMER PROFILE
    2. PRESENT MODE OF OPERATION
    3. FUTURE MODE OF OPERATION
    4. COMPARING THE ALTERNATIVES
    5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  35. REFERENCES
  36. Glossary
  37. Index

Product information

  • Title: Optical Networking Best Practices Handbook
  • Author(s): John R. Vacca
  • Release date: November 2006
  • Publisher(s): Wiley-Interscience
  • ISBN: 9780471460527