SONET/SDH Demystified

✍ Scribed by Steven Shepard

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 282
• Series: McGraw-Hill telecommunications
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Clear explanations of SONET (Synchronous Optical Network), the industry standard for high speed transmission over optical fiber, for the non-engineer Provides detailed SONET case studies and business models *Includes coverage of DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) and WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing

✦ Table of Contents

1 Beginnings......Page 1
2 SONET Basics......Page 37
3 SDH Basics......Page 79
4 Overview
of Optical
Technology......Page 99
5 Asynchronous
Transfer Mode
(ATM)......Page 145
6 Players and
Futures in the
SONET/SDH
Game......Page 173
7 SONET
and SDH
Applications......Page 233