Table of Contents
Broadband Metro and Access Networks
Overview
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers ...
Life Cycles of Technologies
Hype Cycles of Technologies
Industry Growth
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers vs Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers
Trend: Back to ILECs
Core Networks
LAN to WAN Convergence
Summary
Metro Networks
Optical Communication…History
Photonic Sensing
Overview
SONET/SDH
SDH Functions
Metro: Ethernet vs SDH
1 GbE: Key Design Decisions
10 GbE: Key Design Decisions
10 GbE PMD Types
10GbE PHYs
10GBASE-CX4
10GBASE-T
10 GbE over Dark Fiber
10 GbE over SONET/SDH
Metro Ethernet Market
Metro Ethernet Services
SONET/SDH vs Ethernet
SONET/SDH vs Ethernet: Remedies
Enterprise vs Carrier Ethernet
Networking and Religion
RPR: Key Features
Old House vs New House
Networking: Failures vs Successes
Requirements for Success
SONET/SDH Virtual Concatenation
SONET/SDH LCAS
Generic Framing Procedure (GFP)
Transparent GFP
Summary
Access Networks
56 kbps Modems
Residential Access Networks (RANs)
Why Modems are Low Speed?
DSL
QAM
Discrete Multi-Tone (DMT)
DMT vs QAM
Copper Broadband Systems I
Copper Broadband Systems II
ADSL
Why Asymmetric?
ADSL Spectrum
ADSL Lite (G.Lite)
G.Lite Installation
ADSL2
ADSL2+
VDSL
Cable TV Spectrum
Media Sharing
Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC)
Cable Modems
Access: Fiber To The X (FTTx)
Comparison of RANs
xDSL Vs Cable Modems
Satellites for Data
Bi-Directional Satellite
Wireless Standards
Broadband Wireless Access
Broadband Wireless Access (BWA)
WiMAX
IEEE 802.11 vs 802.16
802.16 Flavors
IEEE 802.16 Flavors
Mobile Broadband Wireless Access (MBWA)
Comparison of MBWA Stds
Handoff
Optical Wireless Access
Passive Optical Network (PON)
Types of PONs
EPON vs GPON
Sewer Networking
Fiber Access Thru Sewer Tubes (FAST)
FAST Installation
Summary
Broadband: Key References |