A Comprehensive, Thorough Introduction to High-Speed Networking Technologies and Protocols
Network Infrastructure and Architecture: Designing High-Availability Networks takes a unique approach to the subject by covering the ideas underlying networks, the architecture of the network elements, and the implementation of these elements in optical and VLSI technologies. Additionally, it focuses on areas not widely covered in existing books: physical transport and switching, the process and technique of building networking hardware, and new technologies being deployed in the marketplace, such as Metro Wave Division Multiplexing (MWDM), Resilient Packet Rings (RPR), Optical Ethernet, and more.
Divided into five succinct parts, the book covers:
Complete with case studies, examples, and exercises throughout, the book is complemented with chapter goals, summaries, and lists of key points to aid readers in grasping the material presented.
Network Infrastructure and Architecture offers professionals, advanced undergraduates, and graduate students a fresh view on high-speed networking from the physical layer perspective.Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction to Networking (pages 1โ29):
Chapter 2 Filer?Optic Transmission (pages 31โ86):
Chapter 3 Wavelength?Division Multiplexing (pages 87โ110):
Chapter 4 SONET (pages 111โ135):
Chapter 5 TCP/IP Protocol Suite (pages 137โ181):
Chapter 6 Protocol Stacks (pages 183โ217):
Chapter 7 VLSI Integrated Circuits (pages 219โ264):
Chapter 8 Circuits for Optical?to?Electrical Conversion (pages 265โ292):
Chapter 9 Physical Circuit Switching (pages 293โ341):
Chapter 10 Time?Division?Multiplexed Switching (pages 343โ381):
Chapter 11 Packet and Cell Switching and Queuing (pages 383โ430):
Chapter 12 Network Elements (pages 431โ477):
Chapter 13 Network Design: Efficient, Survivable Networks (pages 479โ532):