Here's an exciting book that gives you a comprehensive understanding of the emerging and proven technologies that allow high-speed remote access to the Internet and to broadband services such as Video-on-Demand. It shows you how to design the network that provides broadband links between end-users and service providers, and the operations systems that control networks. From discussions on broadband and IP signaling to an examination of ADSL and optical transmission, this book reveals the path beyond conventional telephone and ISDN lines and guides you in planning the evolution of ATM and IP networks. It covers mature ATM, SONET/SDH and IP technologies, more recent ADSL and VB5 technology, and future optical and WDM technology as applied to ATM PONs and IP. Over 200 illustrations help to clarify key concepts.
Preface - Conventions. Acknowledgments.; Overview - Broadband and ATM. The Evolution Toward Broadband. Access Networks, Core Networks, and Service Providers. Broadband Technology.; Network Architecture - Computer Networks. Broadband Access and Service Providers. Broadband Access Architecture. The ATM Core.; Economic Considerations - Broadband Service Considerations. Broadband Connection Considerations.; SONET/SDH - The Historical Background. Multiplexing and Architecture. The Three Laws. Adaptation Overheads and Synchronization. Layer-Specific Overheads and OAM Flows. The Management Interface and Management Model.; ATM Fundamentals and Management Modeling - Paths, Channels, and Cells. ATM Layers and Functions. The Basic Management Model for ATM.; ATM Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) Flows - OAM Flow Layers and Ranges. OAM Cell Types and Functions. The Operations System (OS) Interface. The Notification for Defect Reporting. Problems and Deficiencies.; ATM Adaptation for Client Services -Introduction. Asynchronous Traffic; Original (AAL3/4). Asynchronous Traffic-Streamlined (AAL5). The Signaling ATM Adaptation Layer (SAAL). Comments on ATM Adaptation.; ATM Signaling - Background. Services, Addresses, and Topology. UNI Signaling. NNI Signaling; Management of ATM Switches - Background. ATM Interfaces. Service Profiles. Configuration of the Routing Algorithm.; Internet Communication -Introduction. IP Addresses and Address Resolution. IP Over ATM. Internet Control Messages. End-to-End Transport. Routing.; Internet Applications -Introduction. User-Friendly Addresses: The Domain Name System. The Internet Trinity. Hypertext and the World Wide Web. Remote Procedure Calls.; Management of the Internet (SNMP) - Messages and MIBs. Basic MIB-II Groups and Their Evolution. Additional Groups. The Technology-Specific Groups. Summary.; ADSL Transmission - Tones, Modulation, and Coding. Frames, Superframes, and Symbols. Forward Error Correction. Channels, Ports, and Framing.; ADSL Management - The ADSL MIB Module. The CMIP Model for the Management of ADSL.; VB5 Access Architecture - Service Nodes (SNs) and VB5 Interfaces. Logical Ports and Physical Ports. Signaling and UNI Accesses. Comments on the VB5 Architecture.; VB5 Protocols - VB5 Messages and Message Format. Protocol Errors. The Real-Time Management Coordination (RTMC) Protocol. The Broadband Bearer Connection Control (B-BCC) Protocol.; VB5 Management - Background. VPs, Logical User Ports, and Logical Service Ports . The Relationship with VB5 Messages. Broadband Access Coordination: X-VB5.; Optical Access - Background. ATM PON Architecture. PLOAM Cells on ATM PONs. OLT/ONU Coordination.; ATM Enhancements - Background. Enhanced OAM Flows. ATM (Automatic Protection Switching) APS. Paths and Connections. Traffic, Services, and Quality.; Optical Technology for IP - Background. IP over Serial Data Links. Optical IP Transmission. Optical IP Networks.; The Way Forward - Background. Multiprotocol Label Switching. Internet Protocol Version 6. The Resource Reservation Protocol. Shortcut Routing RSVP for ATM.; Acronyms and Abbreviations. About the Author. Index.;
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Alex Gillespie
Alex Gillespie holds a masters in Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University and a Ph.D. in Particle Physics from Durham University. Since 1988, he has been with BT and has edited several international standards. He is the chairman of the Access and Switch Management group in ETSI and has been a guest editor of special issues of major communications magazines.