The ComSoc Guide to Next Generation Optical Transport: SDH/SONET/OTN (ComSoc Guides to Communications Technologies)

✍ Scribed by Huub van Helvoort

• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 225
• Series: The ComSoc Guides to Communications Technologies
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A comprehensive guide to SDH, SONET, and OTN

The ComSoc Guide to Next Generation Optical Transport provides a unique overview of SDH and OTN for engineers who are new to the field, as well as manufacturers, network operators, and graduate students who need a basic understanding of the topics. Fully up-to-date with the latest research and written by one of the foremost experts in the field, it covers:

• Network architectures

• Frames and structures

• Network modeling

• Packet transport network modeling

• Frequency justification

• Protection mechanisms

• Mapping methodologies

• Concatenation

• SDH and SONET overhead processing

The book is complemented with 200 illustrations that explain key concepts in an easy-to-understand format, while references point readers to the appropriate standards documents for further reading. Whether you're new to the field or just need a basic understanding of SDH, this is a must-have guide.

✦ Table of Contents

THE COMSOC GUIDE TO NEXT GENERATION OPTICAL TRANSPORT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 9
PREFACE......Page 13
1. INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL TRANSPORT......Page 15
1.1 History......Page 16
1.2 Conventions......Page 18
1.3 Standard Documents from Different SDOs......Page 20
2.1 Network Topology......Page 25
2.2 Network Functional Model......Page 32
3.1 SDH Frames and Structures......Page 41
3.2 OTN Frames and Structures......Page 55
3.3 PDH Frame Structures......Page 59
3.4 PTN Frame Structures......Page 62
4.1 The Synchronous Digital Hierarchy SDH......Page 67
4.2 The SDH Higher Order Path (Sn) Layer......Page 68
4.3 The SDH Lower Order Path (Sm) Layer......Page 78
4.4 The SDH Multiplex Section (MSn) Layer......Page 81
4.5 The SDH Regenerator Section (RSn) Layer......Page 89
4.6 The SDH Optical Section (OSn) Layer......Page 94
4.7 The SDH Electrical Section (ES1) Layer......Page 96
4.9 The Optical Transport Network OTN......Page 97
4.10 The OTN Optical Channel Data Unit Layer (ODUk)......Page 98
4.11 The OTN Optical Channel Transport Unit Layer (OTUk)......Page 109
4.12 The OTN Optical Channel Layer (OCh)......Page 111
4.13 The OTN Optical Multiplex Section Layer (OMSn)......Page 114
4.14 The OTN Optical Transmission Section Layer (OTSn)......Page 116
4.15 The OTN Optical Physical Section Layer (OPS)......Page 117
5. PACKET TRANSPORT NETWORK MODELING: EXTENDING THE MODEL TO NGN......Page 119
5.1 The Generic PTN Layer......Page 120
5.2 The PTN-Specific OAM Traffic Units......Page 125
6. FREQUENCY JUSTIFICATION: POINTERS AND STUFFING......Page 127
6.1 Pointer Processing......Page 128
6.2 Bit Stuffing......Page 137
6.3 Positive and Negative Justification......Page 138
7.1 Availability......Page 141
7.2 Protection Architectures......Page 142
7.3 Protection Classes......Page 146
8.1 SDH/SONET—Container C-n Mapping......Page 163
8.2 OTN—Container OPUk Mapping......Page 167
8.3 GFP Mapping......Page 169
9.1 Contiguous Concatenation (CCAT)......Page 175
9.2 Virtual Concatenation (VCAT)......Page 177
9.3 Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS)......Page 182
10. SDH VS. SONET OVERHEAD PROCESSING: COMMONALITIES AND DIFFERENCES......Page 185
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 205
REFERENCES......Page 213
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 217
INDEX......Page 219