Optical Networking Best Practices Handbook

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1: Optical Networking Fundamentals. 1.1 Fiber Optics: A Brief History in Time. 1.2 Distributed IP Routing. 1.3 Scalable Communications: Integrated Optical Networks. 1.4 Lightpath Establishment and Protection in Optical Networks. 1.5 Optical Network Design Using Computational Intelligence Techniques. 1.6 Distributed Optical Frame Synchronized Ring (doFSR). 1.7 Summary and Conclusions. 2: Types of Optical Networking Technology. 2.1 Use of Digital Signal Processing. 2.2 Optical Signal Processing for Optical Packet Switching Networks. 2.3 Next-Generation Optical Networks as a Value Creation Platform. 2.4 Optical Network Research in the IST Program. 2.5 Optical Networking in Optical Computing. 2.6 Summary and Conclusions. 3: Optical Transmitters. 3.1 Long-Wavelength VCSELs. 3.2 Multiwavelength Lasers. 3.3 Summary and Conclusions. 4: Types of Optical Fiber. 4.1 Strands and Processes of Fiber Optics. 4.2 The Fiber-Optic Cable Modes. 4.3 Optical Fiber Types. 4.4 Types of Cable Families. 4.5 Extending Performance. 4.6 Care, Productivity, and Choices. 4.7 Understanding Types of Optical Fiber. 4.8 Summary and Conclusions. 5: Carriers' Networks. 5.1 The Carriers' Photonic Future. 5.2 Carriers' Optical Networking Revolution. 5.3 Flexible Metro Optical Networks. 5.4 Summary and Conclusions. 6: Passive Optical Components. 6.1 Optical Material Systems. 6.2 Summary and Conclusions. 7: Free-Space Optics. 7.1 Free-Space Optical Communication. 7.2 Corner-Cube Retroreflectors. 7.3 Free-Space Heterochronous Imaging Reception. 7.4 Secure Free-Space Optical Communication. 7.5 The Minimization of Acquisition Time. 7.6 Summary and Conclusions. 8: Optical Formats: Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)/ Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH), and Gigabit Ethernet. 8.1 Synchronous Optical Network. 8.2 Synchronous Digital Hierarchy. 8.3 Gigabit Ethernet. 8.4 Summary and Conclusions. 9: Wave Division Multiplexing. 9.1 Who Uses WDM? 9.2 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexed Backbone Deployment. 9.3 IP-Optical Integration. 9.4 QoS Mechanisms. 9.5 Optical Access Network. 9.6 Multiple-Wavelength Sources. 9.7 Summary and Conclusions. 10: Basics of Optical Switching. 10.1 Optical Switches. 10.2 Motivation and Network Architectures. 10.3 Rapid Advances in Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing Technology. 10.4 Switched Optical Backbone. 10.5 Optical MEMS. 10.6 Multistage Switching System. 10.7 Dynamic Multilayer Routing Schemes. 10.8 Summary and Conclusions. 11: Optical Packet Switching. 11.1 Design for Optical Networks. 11.2 Multistage Approaches to OPS: Node Architectures for OPS. 11.3 Summary and Conclusions. 12: Optical Network Configurations. 12.1 Optical Networking Configuration Flow-Through Provisioning. 12.2 Flow-Through Provisioning at Element Management Layer. 12.3 Flow-Through Circuit Provisioning in the Same Optical Network Domain. 12.4 Flow-Through Circuit Provisioning in Multiple Optical Network Domain. 12.5 Benefits of Flow-Through Provisioning. 12.6 Testing and Measuring Optical Networks. 12.7 Summary and Conclusions. 13: Developing Areas in Optical Networking. 13.1 Optical Wireless Networking High-Speed Integrated Transceivers. 13.2 Wavelength-Switching Subsystems. 13.3 Optical Storage Area Networks. 13.4 Optical Contacting. 13.5 Optical Automotive Systems. 13.6 Optical Computing. 13.7 Summary and Conclusions. 14: Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations. 14.1 Summary. 14.2 Conclusion. 14.3 Recommendations. Appendix: Optical Ethernet Enterprise Case Study. A.1 Customer Profile. A.2 Present Mode of Operation. A.3 Future Mode of Operation. A.4 Comparing the Alternatives. A.5 Summary and Conclusions. Glossary. Index.

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