YOUR SURVIVAL GUIDE TO MAKING SENSE OF THE COMPLEX TECHNOLOGIES AND BURGEONING OPPORTUNITIES OF ETHERNET IN THE METRO ACCESS AND CORE

Suddenly all 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. Of course, great promise comes with great risk, and in today’s confusing telecom market people are searching for ways to minimize the unknowns.

Ethernet-Based Area Networks is the perfect first resource for assessing your technology options in terms of next-generation platforms, products, and business models. This is the first book to review all emerging metro protocols and their interactions and likely market impact. Written by hands-on industry insiders, Ethernet-Based Area Networks

* Sorts out options and reviews each proposed solution against application requirements
* Helps you find your way through complicated regulatory issues
* Offers design approaches and business models for real-world deployments
* Details new and proposed standards for the metro environment
* Critically examines broadband architectures
* Challenges providers to think out of the box

If you’ve been looking for an informative, plainspoken reference that sheds light on all corners of the metro access and metro core environments – your search ends here.

MAKE SENSE OF COMPLEX TECHNOLOGIES AND BURGEONING MARKETS

SONET or Ethernet?

How to extend broadband through Metro Area Networks--that’s the question carriers are asking. Many are answering “SONET” – but that’s just the beginning of the questions. This expert guide offers serious help with the challenges of implementing enhanced SONET for converged services.

SONET Solutions for MANs

The perfect resource for evaluating and deploying SONET as a MAN solution, SONET-Based Metro Area Networks can help you sort out your options and put your choices into action. Detailed coverage prepares you to build business models, review protocols, contrast costs and features, and design and deploy next-generation platforms.

Eight insight-packed chapters help you:
* Review all emerging metro protocols and their interactions
* Decide with confidence on a cell or packet-switched network
* Choose ATM or point-to-point
* Achieve new features with enhanced SONET and multi-lambda rings
* Understand and apply GMPLS (Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching)
* Contend with municipal-owned infrastructures
* Discover workable design approaches for real-world deployments.

Dont jump into your next-generation architecture without a parachute. This book is a survival tool for those planning, designing, and building Metropolitan Area Networks.