Sonet/SDH, 3/e

The best guide to SONET/SDH available!

Take advantage of the speed, scalability, and manageability of fiber optics with this definitive and comprehensive guide to SONET/SDH technology. Packed with real-world examples of SONET/SDH implementations, this resource details all you need to know about frame and overhead architecture, payloads, deployment, and equipment. Written by SONET/SDH and telecommunications expert Walter J. Goralski, this book completely explains the technology behind SONET/SDH like no other, and provides you with proven techniques for achieving greater bandwidth.

• Understand how optical fiber networks operate
  
• Trace the evolution of SONET/SDH and current high-speed optical networks
  
• Find out about the different classes of SONET/SDH equipment
  
• Discover the advantages of SONET and SDH ring architectures
  
• Learn DWDM techniques, including transmission, cross-connecting, switching, and more
  
• Become familiar with synchronous digital hierarchies both in North America and globally
  
• Use SONET/SDH to connect routers for data applications (IP over SONET)
  

Important topics include:

• Fiber optics overview
  
• Integrated SDH coverage
  
• WDM and DWDM
  
• Architecture and protocols
  
• Basic and advanced overhead and payload pointers
  
• Network equipment
  
• Customer and carrier advantages
  
• SONET/SDH rings
  

Contents            

  Part I: Introduction to Fiber Optics and SONET/SDH
   1: B-ISDN, ATM, and SONET/SDH
   2: A Fiber Optic Tutorial
   3: Optical Networking, WDM, and DWDM
   4: The Digital Hierarchy

  Part II: How SONET/SDH Works
   5: The Evolution of SONET/SDH
   6: SONET/SDH Architecture and Frame Structures
   7: SONET/SDH Overhead
   8: SONET/SDH Payloads
   9: SONET/SDH Synchronization and Timing

  Part III: SONET/SDH Network Equipment
   10: SONET/SDH Networks
   11: SONET/SDH Equipment
   12: SONET/SDH Equipment Providers

  Part IV: SONET/SDH Advantages
   13: Customer and Carrier Advantages
   14: SONET/SDH OAM&P
   15: SONET/SDH Network Management
   16: SONET/SDH Protection and Rings

  Part V: SONET/SDH Service Deployment
   17: SONET/SDH Deployment
   18: SONET/SDH Services
   19: SONET/SDH Futures and Issues

   A: Acronym and Abbreviation List
   B: Sonet Quick Reference
   C: SDH Quick Reference