SONET/SDH: A Sourcebook of Synchronous Networking - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078031168X ISBN 13: 9780780311688

Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press, 1996

Synopsis

Gain a comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of SONET/SDH synchronous networking with this edited anthology of new, original contributions and classic, seminal papers from the foremost leaders in the field. Accurate, logically formatted, and complete with excellent diagrams, this book will be invaluable to communication network and switching engineers who want to stay on the cutting edge of this developing technology. It is adopted by virtually all leading global carriers and equipment.

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Electrical Engineering SONET/SDH A Sourcebook of Synchronous Networking "The editors have produced a rich sourcebook of design and deployment information for SONET/SDH. The chapters (papers) provide a close look at all aspects of SONET/SDH. ... This book gives the telephone engineer, the SONET/SDH vendor engineer, [and] the network manager and the network planner the complete story.... It includes hard-to-find material [and] excellent diagrams..." —Thomas G. Robertazzi, State University of New York at Stony Brook "Excellent insight into the standards and the theory behind the standards." —Yau-Chau Ching, Director, Bell Communications Research Gain a comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of SONET/SDH synchronous networks with this edited anthology of new, original contributions and classic, seminal papers introduced and written by the foremost leaders in the field. Adopted by virtually all leading global carriers and equipment vendors, these papers summarize in one place:

• Bit rates and signal formats
• Standards
• International deployment plans
• Survivability and robust architectures
• Network performance
• Operations, administration and management
• The future of SONET/SDH technology, including ATM

The book concludes with a glimpse of how SONET/SDH will pave the much-heralded information highway. Accurate, logically formatted, and complete with excellent diagrams, this book will be invaluable to communication network and switching engineers who want to stay on the cutting edge of this developing technology. Also of interest from IEEE Press... Performance Evaluation of High Speed Switching Fabrics and Networks ATM, Broadband ISDN, and Man Technology Edited by Thomas G. Robertazzi, State University of New York at Stony Brook 1993 / Hardcover / 480 pp / IEEE Order No. PC3335 / ISBN 0-7803-0436-5 Telecommunications Network Management into the 21st Century Techniques, Standards, Technologies, and Applications Edited by Salah Aidarous, Bell-Northern Research, and Thomas Plevyak, Bell Atlantic 1994 / Hardcover / 448 pp / IEEE Order No. PC3624 / ISBN 0-7803-1013-6

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 078031168X
• ISBN 13: 9780780311688
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 404
• Editor: Siller Jr. Curtis A., Shafi Mansoor