by Daniel Minoli, Peter Johnson, and Emma Minoli
Sales Rank: 1141833
List Price: $69.95 $69.95 At Amazon
Paperback: 666 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition January 1, 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0071396861
ISBN-13: 978-0071396868
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.3 x 1.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
Book Description
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
Book Info
First book to review all emerging metro protocols and their interactions. Offers design approaches and business models for real-world deployments. Your survival guide to making sense of the complex technologies and burgeoning opportunities of ethernet in the metro access and core. Softcover.
