Broadband Metro and Access Networks


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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

Author: Raj Jain

Home Page: http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/

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