Optical Networking Standards: A Comprehensive Guide

✍ Scribed by Khurram Kazi (auth.), Khurram Kazi Ph.D (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 847
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Optical Networking Standards: A Comprehensive Guide for Professionals provides a single source reference of over a hundred standards and industry technical specifications for optical networks at all levels: from components to networking systems through global networks, as well as coverage of networks management and services. This book focuses on the recently approved, adopted and implemented standards that have fueled the development of versatile switches, routers and multi-service provisioning platforms. These networking elements have enabled the service-providers world-wide to offer flexible yet customized bundled-services based on IP, MPLS and Carrier-Grade Ethernet. Highlights include recent advancements involving:

- Critical technical standards and implementation from ITU-T, IETF, MEF, and OIF

- Optimization of SONET/SDH and OTN infrastructure for data delivery, GFP, VCAT and LCAS

- IP, MPLS, Ethernet and Fibre Channel services over public networks

- Optical control plane for dynamically switched optical networks, ASON

- Network survivability and recovery

- Timing in global optical networks

- Architecture of optical transport networks

- Network element design using standardized components and inter-components communication

- Numerous illustrative examples showing actual situations or cases implemented

Lead implementers, contributors and editors of the new standards from networking equipment and VLSI manufacturers and service providers such as AMCC, Agere Systems, British Telecom, Ciena Corporation, Cisco Systems, Lucent Technologies, Marconi, Nortel, Tellabs, PMC-Sierra, Strix Systems and other independent consultants have come together to produce this uniform and complete reference. The volume has been edited by Dr. Khurram Kazi, a networking veteran with over 19 years of real-world expertise in architecting and designing ASICs and systems for SONET, IP, ATM, PDH and Ethernet networks. Dr. Kazi has published refereed articles and conference tutorials on topics ranging from optical components to ASICs and Optical Networks.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiv
Overview....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Architecture of Transport Networks....Pages 17-62
Interfaces for Optical Transport Networks....Pages 63-117
Multiplex Structures of the Optical Transport Network....Pages 119-152
Generic Framing Procedure (GFP)....Pages 153-188
Synchronization of Optical Networks....Pages 189-256
Synchronization Architectures for SONET/SDH Systems and Networks....Pages 257-294
Network Survivability....Pages 295-319
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Metro Ethernet Overview and Architecture....Pages 323-341
Ethernet Services Over Metro Ethernet Networks....Pages 343-372
Ethernet Services Over Public Wan....Pages 373-424
Ethernet Services Over MPLS Networks....Pages 425-456
Metro Ethernet Circuit mulation Services....Pages 457-496
Metro Ethernet Network Resiliency and Traffic Management....Pages 497-526
Sonet Services for Storage Area Networks....Pages 527-548
Front Matter....Pages 549-549
Architecting the Automatically Switched Transport Network....Pages 551-658
Front Matter....Pages 659-659
Intra-Network Elements Communication....Pages 661-689
Itu Optical Interface Standards....Pages 691-734
High-Speed Serial Interconnect....Pages 735-764
Front Matter....Pages 765-765
Standards Development Process....Pages 767-783
Back Matter....Pages 785-827

✦ Subjects

Communications Engineering, Networks; Computer Communication Networks; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices; Electronic and Computer Engineering