Table of Contents
Optical Networking: Recent Developments, Issues, and Trends
Future
Overview
Networking Trends
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers ...
Life Cycles of Technologies
Hype Cycles of Technologies
Industry Growth
Glut-sters vs Gap-sters
Traffic vs Capacity Growth
Predictions
Trend: Ethernet Everywhere
Before
After
Trend: LAN - WAN Convergence
Ethernet in the First Mile
Power over Ethernet
Summary
DWDM, SONET, SDH, OTN
Overview
Optical Communication…History
Photonic Sensing
Sparse and Dense WDM
Recent DWDM Records
Attenuation and Dispersion
Four-Wave Mixing
Recent Products Announcements
Optical Crossconnect Architectures
OEO vs OOO Switches
SONET
SONET Functions
Optical Transport Network (OTN)
OTN Layers and Frame Format
Summary
1G/10G Ethernet, RPR, Next Gen SONET
Overview
The Magic Word ?
Distance-B/W Principle
1 GbE: Key Design Decisions
1000Base-X
1000Base-T
10 GbE: Key Design Decisions
10 GbE PMD Types
10 GbE over Dark Fiber
10 GbE over SONET/SDH
Future Possibilities
Ethernet vs SONET
Networking and Religion
RPR: Key Features
RPR Protection Mechanisms
RPR Issues
Old House vs New House
Data over SONET: Problems
Data over SONET: Solutions
SONET Virtual Concatenation
SONET LCAS
Generic Framing Procedure (GFP)
Transparent GFP
Summary
IP over DWDM
Overview
IP over DWDM
IP over DWDM (Past)
IP over DWDM: Protocol Layers
IP over DWDM (Future)
Telecom vs Data Networks
Telecom vs Data Networks
IP over DWDM Issues
Issue: Control and Data Plane Separation
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Label Switching Example
Label Assignment
IP-Based Control Plane
MPlS
GMPLS
GMPLS: Layered View
GMPLS: Hierarchical View
MPLS vs GMPLS
Carriers vs Enterprise
Issue: UNI vs Peer-to-Peer Signaling
ASTN/ASON
Draft Martini
L2 Circuits over IP
VC Label
Upcoming Technologies
Free Space Optical Comm
Free Space Optical Comm
Optical Packet Switching
Sewer Networking
Fiber Access Thru Sewer Tubes (FAST)
FAST Installation
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