Optical Networking Crash Course : The Marketplace, The Fundamentals, The Market Players Solutions

Get the latest information on optical networking technologies, companies and trends.

Penetrate the facts behind the speculation on optical networking’s promise as a potential solution to skyrocketing Internet traffic. With Steve Shepard’s Optical Networking Crash Course, you’ll discover what’s what, who’s who, and how it all works together in the speed-of-light world of optical networking. From technologies, equipment, companies and competitors to nitty-gritty issues such as security, signal sinks, backhoe fade, add-drop mix and much, much more, this state-of-the-art guide is a must-read if you want to :

• Compare optical and other strategies such as cable, DSL, and LMDS
• Understand optical technology means, methods, potentials, and constraints
• Learn what DWDM (Dense Wave Division Multiplexing) is and why it could change everything
• Get straight answers on optical transport issues, routing, switching and more.

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface
Overall Design

Part 1 : The Optical Networking Marketplace
Chapter 1 : Toward a New Network Model
Chapter 2 : A Corollary : The Data Network
Chapter 3 : The Local Service Provider’s Response
Chapter 4 : Service Regions of the Optical Network
Chapter 5 : The Optical Networking Applications Set
Chapter 6 : A Brief History of the Network
Chapter 7 : The Traditional Digital Hierarchy
Chapter 8 : The Birth of Optical Networking : SONET and SDH
Chapter 9 : Switching and Routing
Chapter 10 : The Service Provider’s World : Back to Switching and Routing
Chapter 11 : Ring Architectures in the Optical Domain
Chapter 12 : Amplification and Regeneration
Chapter 13 : Summary

Part 2 : From Copper to Glass
Chapter 14 : Overview of Optical Technology
Chapter 15 : Total Internal Reflection
Chapter 16 : Later Developments in Optical Transmission
Chapter 17 : Fundamentals of Optical Networking
Chapter 18 : Optical Sources
Chapter 19 : Optical Fiber
Chapter 20 : Optical Fiber
Chapter 21 : Putting It All Together
Chapter 22 : Fiber Nonlinearities
Chapter 23 : Intermodulation Effects
Chapter 24 : Scattering Problems
Chapter 25 : An Aside : Optical Amplification
Chapter 26 : Pulling It all Together
Chapter 27 : Optical Receivers
Chapter 28 : Photodetector Types
Chapter 29 : Optical Fiber
Chapter 30 : Multimode Fiber
Chapter 31 : Single-Mode Fiber
Chapter 32 : Why Do We Care?
Chapter 33 : Summary

Part 3 : Corollary Technologies
Chapter 34 : Introduction
Chapter 35 : Optical Cable Assemblies
Chapter 36 : Fiber Cable Architectures
Chapter 37 : The Special Case of Submarine Cables
Chapter 38 : Fiber Installation Techniques
Chapter 39 : Cable Installation Options
Chapter 40 : Commercial Fiber Products
Chapter 41 : An Aside : Freespace Optics
Chapter 42 : Summary
Chapter 43 : Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
Chapter 44 : Optical Switching and Routing
Chapter 45 : Network Management

Part 4 : Solutions and Applications
Chapter 46 : The Optical Hierarchy of Motivation
Chapter 47 : Players in the Network Game
Chapter 48 : Reinventing the Network
Chapter 49 : Toward a New Network Paradigm
Chapter 50 : Why the Evolution?
Chapter 51 : The Evolving IP Protocol Model
Chapter 52 : IP’s Promise
Chapter 53 : Protocol Assemblies : Putting It Together
Chapter 54 : One More Time : Putting It All Together
Chapter 55 : The Future

Glossary
Bibliography
Common Industry Acronyms
Index
About the Author