Broadband Communications Signature Edition

Name: Broadband Communications Signature Edition
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ISBN: 9780070382930

ISBN-10: 007038293X

ISBN-13: 9780070382930

Edition: 1st 1998

Authors: Balaji Kumar

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With this Signature Edition, Balaji Kumar provides network professionals with a comprehensive guide to broadband communications. The book includes coverage of new technologies, including DSL, intelligent networks and gigabit ethernets.

Book details

List price: $59.95
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 704
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 3.234
Language: English

Introduction	p. xxv
Acknowledgments	p. xxxi
Acronyms and Abbreviations	p. xxxiii
Overview of Communications Networks
Communication Basics	p. 3
Introduction	p. 4
What Is a Communications Network?	p. 6
Telecommunications Network	p. 9
Computer Communications Network	p. 13
Video Networks	p. 30
What Is Broadband?	p. 33
The Need for Broadband	p. 33
Overview of Broadband Technologies	p. 36
Summary	p. 37
Evolution toward Broadband	p. 39
Overview	p. 40
Drivers for Broadband	p. 40
Residential and Business Broadband Service
Summary	p. 57
The Basics
FDDI and DQDB	p. 61
Overview	p. 62
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)	p. 62
Distributed Queue Dual Bus	p. 87
Summary	p. 93
Frame Relay	p. 95
Overview	p. 96
Frame-Relay Standards	p. 96
Frame-Relay Field Format	p. 98
Frame-Relay Architecture	p. 101
How Does Frame Relay Work?	p. 102
Frame-Relay Services and Features	p. 105
Frame-Relay Applications	p. 108
Summary	p. 112
Advanced Frame Relay	p. 113
Overview	p. 114
Service Description	p. 114
Core Aspects	p. 120
Access Signaling	p. 122
Network-to-Network Interface	p. 124
Summary	p. 126
Switched Multimegabit Data Service	p. 127
SMDS Overview	p. 128
SMDS Standards	p. 128
SMDS Architecture	p. 129
The SMDS Protocol	p. 131
How Does SMDS Work?	p. 136
SMDS Features and Services	p. 139
Summary	p. 142
ATM	p. 145
ATM Overview	p. 146
The ATM Principle	p. 147
ATM Standards	p. 149
ATM Protocol	p. 153
How Does ATM Work?	p. 158
ATM Application Environment	p. 164
Summary	p. 175
SONET/SDH	p. 177
Overview	p. 178
Standards	p. 180
SONET/SDH Protocol	p. 182
Basic SONET Frame	p. 185
SONET Overhead Capabilities	p. 188
How Does SONET/SDH Work?	p. 193
Summary	p. 202
Broadband Access Technologies	p. 203
Overview	p. 204
Broadband Access Technologies	p. 204
Summary	p. 216
Broadband Architecture
BISDN Lower Layers	p. 221
Overview	p. 222
Broadband Protocol Reference Model	p. 224
Broadband Functional Architecture	p. 228
Physical Layer of BISDN Protocol	p. 235
ATM Layer of the BISDN Protocol	p. 242
ATM Adaptation Layer of BISDN Protocol	p. 250
Summary	p. 258
BISDN Higher Layers	p. 259
Overview	p. 260
Management Plane	p. 260
User Plane	p. 267
Control or Signaling Plane	p. 268
Summary	p. 283
Other Aspects of BISDN	p. 285
Overview	p. 286
Broadband Service Aspects	p. 286
Network Aspects	p. 295
User-Network Interface Aspects	p. 303
Summary	p. 306
Broadband Access Architecture	p. 309
Overview	p. 310
Broadband Access Architecture	p. 310
Summary	p. 322
Broadband Access, Switching, Transmission, and Intelligent Network
ATM-Based Broadband Switching	p. 327
Overview	p. 328
Switching Technologies Background	p. 328
ATM-Based Switching	p. 330
ATM Switching Principle	p. 335
ATM Switching Requirements	p. 336
ATM Switch Building Blocks	p. 339
ATM Switching Matrix or Network	p. 341
ATM Cell Processing in a Switch	p. 345
Summary	p. 347
Broadband Transmission Network	p. 349
Overview	p. 350
Broadband Transmission Functional Components	p. 351
Broadband Transmission Functions	p. 356
Broadband Reference Network Architecture	p. 361
Summary	p. 365
Broadband Intelligent Network	p. 367
Overview	p. 368
Current IN Architecture	p. 368
ATM-Based Broadband IN Architecture	p. 371
Comparison of ATM-Based Broadband IN Architecture	p. 375
Summary	p. 376
ATM Environments
ATM in Local Area Network	p. 379
Overview	p. 380
LAN Requirements	p. 380
Technology Options for LANs	p. 381
LAN Environment	p. 384
Architecture Alternatives	p. 388
Transition to ATM-Based LAN	p. 391
Applications Driving ATM in LAN	p. 395
Summary	p. 397
ATM in Wide Area Networks	p. 399
Overview	p. 400
ATM-Based Hubs	p. 400
WAN Technology Requirements	p. 404
Technology Option for a WAN Network	p. 408
Transition to ATM-Based WAN	p. 410
Summary	p. 414
ATM in Public Networks	p. 415
Overview	p. 416
Public Network Requirements	p. 417
ATM in Local Access Networks	p. 419
ATM in Backbone Networks	p. 421
Public Network Trends	p. 423
Transition to ATM-Based Public Networks	p. 426
Summary	p. 433
Broadband Network Design
Broadband Access Network Design	p. 437
Overview	p. 438
Broadband Access Network Definition	p. 439
Network Design Requirements for Broadband Access	p. 440
Broadband Access Network Design	p. 444
Broadband Access Network Topologies	p. 455
Summary	p. 458
Broadband Backbone Network Design	p. 459
Overview	p. 460
Broadband Backbone Network Design Requirements	p. 460
Broadband Backbone Network Design	p. 465
Broadband Backbone Network Topologies	p. 474
Summary	p. 476
Miscellaneous
Broadband Around the World	p. 479
Overview	p. 480
ATM/Broadband Trials in North America	p. 481
ATM/Broadband Trials in Europe	p. 488
ATM/Broadband Trials in Asia	p. 495
Intercontinental ATM/Broadband Trials	p. 497
Broadband Access Technology Trials	p. 498
Summary	p. 499
Telecommunications Standards	p. 507
Overview	p. 508
Standards-Making Process	p. 508
Standards Architecture	p. 511
Standards Organizations Worldwide	p. 513
ITU-T Related BISDN Standards	p. 522
Summary	p. 523
Broadband Equipment Vendors	p. 525
Overview	p. 526
Reference ATM Network Configuration	p. 526
ATM Equipment Vendors for LAN Products	p. 528
ATM Hub or Campus Backbone	p. 530
ATM Equipment Vendors in WAN	p. 531
ATM Vendors' Strategy in Public Networks	p. 532
Equipment Vendors in ATM/Broadband Testing	p. 532
Summary	p. 532
The Future of Broadband Communications	p. 543
Overview	p. 544
B-ISDN and ATM-Based Broadband Networks	p. 544
Challenges in Deploying the Broadband Network	p. 546
Future Broadband Technology Trends	p. 550
Areas of Broadband Not Covered	p. 553
Final Thoughts	p. 554
Telecommunications Operating Companies	p. 555
Regulators	p. 563
Telecommunications Journals and Magazines	p. 565
Bibliography	p. 577
Index	p. 595
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