Optical Switching and Networking Handbook

Very well written and thorough...goes through the end users perspective, the IS/IT staffs perspective, and the typical decision process to make sure the design is appropriate....excellent description of each technology...helps in sounding more intelligent in front of my customers. - Online customer review of the authors Broadband Telecommunications Handbook

INSTANT EXPERTISE ON THE HOTTEST NEW TECHNOLOGY

With patentable clarity, thoroughness, and foresight, expert Regis J. Bud Bates - whose earlier books are telecom classics - answers the essential questions about optical switching and networking -

1)What is it?

2)What do I need to know about it?

3)Whats it going to do for me?

4)How much is it going to cost?

HOLD THE ACES IN THE NEW PARADIGM

Get the answers to help you make all needed decisions: financial, management, marketing, equipment, applications, and protocols

This one-of-a-kind volume gives you a practical approach to optical technologies and their applications. Heavily illustrated, and featuring a basics-up organization, the Handbook gives you a succinct analysis of systems and options without burying you in technical details.

JARGON-FREE

You get straightforward, jargon-free translations of techspeak into clear-eyed, business-based descriptions of products, applications, and standards - with emphasis on key comparisons and factors needed for decision-making. No matter where you work in telecom or convergence, this guide provides facts and insights you need on everything from basic to advanced issues. Look inside to learn whats new in:

*The optical networks that are reshaping the telecom/computing worlds

*SONET and SDH - dead or just getting started?

*DWDM - all the bandwidth in the world

*Copper vs. fiber (legacy vs. speed) - in-depth comparisons

*Cost and performance - optical vs. fixed-point wireless and other competitors

Theres no other guide that tackles new and in-development fiberoptic protocols, products, and technologies like this one. For an unequaled overview of this rapidly advancing field - one that can help you make the most profitable business, technical, and career decisions - no guide but Optical Switching and Networking Handbook will do.

Contents            

    Chapter 1: Introduction to Fiber Optics.
    Chapter 2: Photon vs. Electron.
    Chapter 3: Basic Fiber Multiplexing.
    Chapter 4: SONET.
    Chapter 5: SONET and ATM.
    Chapter 6: SDH.
    Chapter 7: Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM).
    Chapter 8: Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM).
    Chapter 9: Optical Switching.
    Chapter 10: Optical Switching as They Emerging.
    Chapter 11: Optical Switches--Players, Technologies, Strategies.
    Chapter 12: High Speed Applications.
    Chapter 13: Deployment of Optical Systems.
    Chapter 14: Transport and Routing.
    Chapter 15: Installation and Muxing.
    Chapter 16: Cost of Installation.
    Chapter 17: Coming Standards.