SONET-based Metro Area Networks - Softcover

Minoli, Daniel; Johnson, Peter; Minoli, Emma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071402268 ISBN 13: 9780071402262

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2002

Synopsis

The hottest issue in telecom today is how to solve the Metro Area bandwith bottleneck - with SONET being the solution that appeals most to telecom companies. But to compete against Ethernet, SONET will need plenty of finetuning. This book will help service providers compare their options and fully understand what is really necessary to give current SONET installations "next generation" capabilities.
- Shows how to achieve new-generation features with enhanced SONET and other optical architectures
- Compares SONET's features and services with rival Ethernet-based offerings
- Offers design approaches and business models for real-world deployments
- Covers GMPLS (generalized MPLS), a red-hot switching technology for wavelength services

About this title

From the Back Cover:

MAKE SENSE OF COMPLEX TECHNOLOGIES AND BURGEONING MARKETS

SONET or Ethernet?

How to extend broadband through Metro Area Networks--that’s the question carriers are asking. Many are answering “SONET” – but that’s just the beginning of the questions. This expert guide offers serious help with the challenges of implementing enhanced SONET for converged services.

SONET Solutions for MANs

The perfect resource for evaluating and deploying SONET as a MAN solution, SONET-Based Metro Area Networks can help you sort out your options and put your choices into action. Detailed coverage prepares you to build business models, review protocols, contrast costs and features, and design and deploy next-generation platforms.

Eight insight-packed chapters help you:
* Review all emerging metro protocols and their interactions
* Decide with confidence on a cell or packet-switched network
* Choose ATM or point-to-point
* Achieve new features with enhanced SONET and multi-lambda rings
* Understand and apply GMPLS (Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching)
* Contend with municipal-owned infrastructures
* Discover workable design approaches for real-world deployments.

Don't jump into your next-generation architecture without a parachute. This book is a survival tool for those planning, designing, and building Metropolitan Area Networks.

About the Author:

Daniel Minoli, Managing Director, Econsultex, Inc., has 27 years of marquee corporate experience in technology and applications related to, and focused on, broadband enterprise and carrier communications, Metro Ethernet and next-gen optics, LAN technology, voice-over-IP, Internet and Intranet architectures and design, wireless LANs and WANs, e-commerce, and multimedia applications. Most recently, Mr. Minoli was founder and/or co-founder of several high-tech companies including InfoPort Communications Group, an Optical & Gigabit Ethernet Metro Carrier. In addition to a full-time corporate career, Mr. Minoli has taught graduate Optical Networking/datacom, Voice-over-IP, multimedia, and e-commerce at Stevens Institute, NYU, CMU, and Monmouth University as an adjunct professor for 18 years. He has been a technical analyst for Gartner Dataquest (Datapro) for 17 years. He has also been a consultant for numerous Venture Capitalists' high-tech investments (exceeding $125 million of investment). Mr. Minoli enjoys over 3,000 Web hits with his name (such as Google.com "Minoli Daniel"). He has been a columnist for trade periodicals (Computer World, NetworkWorld, Network Computing), has written dozens of technology reports for Datapro Corporation and the Gartner Group, and has written five full-fledged market reports for Probe Research Corporation. Mr. Minoli has spoken at over 75 conferences and published over 300 articles. He is often sought out for advice by companies, patent attorneys, and Venture Capitalists, and has been involved in mezzanine investments, providing in-depth reviews of technology and market baseline for high-tech companies in the multimedia, digital video, CTI/Java, VSAT, and telemedicine arenas.

Peter Johnson is a telecommunications business and technology professional. He has worked in a multitude of diverse positions within the industry, including those of independent consultant, business analyst, senior data engineer, lead project manager, senior product manager, and senior marketing manager.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0071402268
• ISBN 13: 9780071402262
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 526