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9780071396868

Ethernet-Based Metro Area Networks

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  • ISBN13:

    9780071396868

  • ISBN10:

    0071396861

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-01-01
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Summary

Suddenly the action in telecom is on the local segment of the carrier network--the Metropolitan Area Network (MAN). The big challenge in 2002 and beyond will be to re-architect MANs for broadband services and hee is the perfect resource for assessing the technology options in terms of next-generation platforms, products, and business models. This book will help service providers answer questions such as "SONET or Ethernet?", and "ATM or point-to-point?" * Sorts out the options and reviews each likely solution against application requirements * Discusses complicated issues such as municipal-owned infrastructure * First book to review all emerging metro protocols and their interactions * Offers design approaches and business models for real-world deployments

Author Biography

DAN MINOLI is President and CEO of InfoPort Communications Group. Previously, he was Director of Engineering and Development at cable giant Teleport Communications Group (now AT&T), and Senior Member of Technical Staff at AT&T.

PETER JOHNSON is Vice President of Marketing for InfoPort Communications Group and has five years of experience in wireless LANs and WAN telmetry at AT&T.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Metro Access/Metro Core Environment

Chapter 2: Gigabit Ethernet and Bridging-Based Architectures

Chapter 3: Performance in Ethernet Environments

Chapter 4: Virtual LANs and VLAN-Based Architectures

Chapter 5: Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

Chapter 6: New-Generation Carriers and the Ethernet LEC Advocacy

Chapter 7: Resilient Packet Ring Systems

Chapter 8: 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel

Chapter 9: IEEE 802.EFM: Ethernet in the First Mile

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