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Summary:

Understand the foundations of today's high-speed communications networks -- and tomorrow's. SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) is a transport technology for sending high-speed signals of optical fiber. SONET is expected to underlie most telephone companies'' implementations of ATM. In other words, SONET will be a strategic technology for anyone concerned about high-speed networking. This is the first comprehensive guide to SONET, and how it compares with T1, the current widely-accepted standard for high-speed communications. It includes a tutorial on digital carrier systems. It explains the development of SONET, and how it compares with current T1 networks. It also describes the elements, topologies and configurations of synchronous networks, and covers timing issues in detail. It presents SONET operations, administration and maintenance. Current manufacturers' and vendors' SONET systems are described in detail. This is the next title in the Uyless Black Series in Advanced Communications Technologies. For communications engineers, and other decision makers involved in specifying very high-speed networks.

Features

Comprehensive coverage of SONET, as well as T1 operations relevant to the SONET standard.
Understand the critical timing and synchronization issues at the heart of SONET networks.
Covers SONET configuration, administration and maintenance.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Notes for the Reader
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Digital Transmission Carrier Systems
Chapter 3 Timing and Synchronization in Digital Networks
Chapter 4 The T1 Family
Chapter 5 SONET Operations
Chapter 6 Payload Mapping & Management
Chapter 7 Topologies and Configurations
Chapter 8 Operations, Administration, and Maintenance
Chapter 9 Manufacturers' and Vendors' Systems
Appendix A Transmission Media
Appendix B The Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
References
Acronyms
Index