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Metro Area Networking

ISBN10: 0071501061 | ISBN13: 9780071501064

Metro Area Networking
ISBN10: 0071501061
ISBN13: 9780071501064
By Steven Shepard

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GET “SHEPARDED” TO THE REAL DEAL ON MANs Promising delivery of backbone-size bandwidth locally, where it’s needed, the metro area glows with vast profit potential—and some of the most brazen hype and outrageously confusing counterclaims in communications. Now Steven Shepard puts things in focus. One of tech's top writers, Shepard brings you clarity, breadth, and depth of vision—and a winning wit—to make understanding metro area networking a pleasure. You must read this book if— * You intend to explore the most potentially lucrative area of telecom *Unlimited bandwidth appeals to you * You work in communications management or technology but are not thoroughly versed in metro area networking * It’s your job to open the MAN bottleneck and let the bandwidth flow * Robust recovery, ease of local routing, and features such as QoS (Quality of Service), OSS (Operations Support Systems), and MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) could be useful bottleneck-breakers * Orders of magnitude increases in bandwidth on a given strand of fiber are desirable * The question of which technologies are most likely to succeed in MANs falls into your need-to-know category A roadmap to Sonet, DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing), Fibre Channel, InfiniBand, 10 Gb Ethernet, Bluetooth, and other technologies in the MAN would be a valuable commodity * Knowing how VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) and SANs (Storage Area Networks) fit into Metro Area Networks sounds rewarding * The words dynamic routing, bandwidth increase, and packet addressing send shivers down your spine * You have a stake in business, and your business has a stake in the Internet * Investing in businesses crucial to the future of the Internet makes your wallet pocket tingle Metro Area Networks are going to be major telecom profit centers for years to come. If you are a networking professional—an investor or a manager—you must absorb this cutting edge insight into MANs today—and tomorrow.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART 1: A LESSON IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY

The Evolution of Modern Networks

Further Diversification

Core Versus Edge: A Few Words

The Birth of Metro

Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)

Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS)

The Maturing Metro Market

Metro Market Segments

Carrier-Class Ethernet

MPLS/GMPLS-Enabled Networks

DWDM

The Next-Generation Intelligent Network

Network Management

An Aside: Resilient Packet Ring (RPR)

Anatomy of the Metro Network: The Edge

The Multiservice Metro Network

Network Inversion

Cisco's Central Role

The Metro Network: Access

Anatomy of the Metro Network: The Core

Optical Burst Switching

Freespace Optics

synchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

Metro Topologies

Point-to-Point Architectures

Ring Architectures

Summary

PART 2: THE METRO NETWORK

What is a Metro Network?

Metro Touch Points

Long-Haul Networks

Access Networks

The Metro Area Itself

The Evolving Metro Network

Metro Demographics

Regulatory Impacts

Likely Regulatory Solutions

Summary

PART 3: ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES

Introduction

Overview and Terminology

Ethernet Services

Ethernet: A Brief History

Phase Two: Xerox and DEC

The Arrival of Fast Ethernet

Full-Duplex Ethernet

Up the Stack: The Ethernet Physical Layer

The Arrival of Fast Ethernet (100BaseT)

One Step Up: Gigabit Ethernet (1000BaseT)

10-Gigabit Ethernet

Ethernet Summary

Service Providers

Alternative Premises Schemes

Access Technologies

Marketplace Realities

ISDN

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

Cable-Based Access Technologies

Wireless Access Technologies

Transport Technologies

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

Optical Networking

Putting It All Together

Fiber Nonlinearities

Intermodulation Effects

Optical Amplification

Optical Receivers

Dense Wavelength: Division Multiplexing (DWDM)

Course Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM)

Optical Switching and Routing

Switching Versus Routing: What's the Difference?

Switching in the Optical Domain

Multipoint Circuit Support

Nonintrusive Monitoring

New Services

Transporting Subrate Payloads: Virtual Tributaries

SDH Nomenclature

Metro Networking: SONET and Ethernet

Summary

PART 4: METRO APPLICATIONS

Corporate Evolution

The Importance of Corporate Knowledge

The ERP Process

Data Mining

Knowledge Management

Obstacles to Effective Knowledge Management

Managing Quality of Service (QoS)

An Aside: The SLA

Supply-Chain Issues

ERP in the Telecomm Space

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Putting It All Together

Network Management in Metro Networks

Summary

PART 5: PLAYERS IN THE METRO GAME

Component Manufacturers

The Component Players

Systems Manufacturers

Service Provider Issues

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX A: COMMON INDUSTRY ACRONYMS

APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY

INDEX

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