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Kasim, Abdul; Adhikari, Prasanna; Chen, Nan; Finn, Norman; Ghani, Nasir; Hajduczenia, Marek; Havala, Paul; Heron, Giles; Howard, Michael; Martini, Luca; Metcalfe, Bob; O'Connor, Mannix; Squire, Matt; Szeto, William; and White, Greg. Delivering Carrier Ethernet: Extending Ethernet Beyond the LAN. US: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2007.

Delivering Carrier Ethernet: Extending Ethernet Beyond the LAN

Authors: Abdul Kasim, Prasanna Adhikari, Nan Chen, Norman Finn, Nasir Ghani, Marek Hajduczenia, Paul Havala, Giles Heron, Michael Howard, Luca Martini, Bob Metcalfe, Mannix O'Connor, Matt Squire, William Szeto and Greg White

Published:  October 2007

eISBN: 9780071510929 0071510923 | ISBN: 9780071487474
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  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Background
  • Chapter 1 Ethernet: From LAN to the WAN
  • What Is Ethernet?
  • Ethernet—The Beginning
  • Ethernet: Evolution Beyond the LAN
  • Benefits of Ethernet Beyond the LAN
  • The Current State of Ethernet Services Deployment
  • Barriers to Deployment of Ethernet Beyond the LAN
  • References
  • Chapter 2 Carrier Ethernet
  • Defining Carrier Ethernet
  • Enabling Carrier Ethernet
  • Defining Carrier Ethernet Services
  • Carrier Ethernet: The Enablers
  • Carrier Ethernet: Field Realities
  • References
  • Chapter 3 The Ethernet Market Opportunity
  • Ethernet Service Providers and Their Offerings
  • Carrier Plans for Ethernet
  • The Effect of Worldwide CAPEX Patterns on Ethernet Adoption
  • The Carrier Ethernet Equipment Market
  • Technologies and Trends
  • Part II: Solutions
  • Chapter 4 The Solution Framework
  • Background
  • The Reference Model
  • The Landscape of Solutions
  • A Solution Framework
  • References
  • Chapter 5 Copper
  • Technology Description
  • Drivers for This Solution
  • When Does This Solution Fit
  • When Does This Solution Not Fit
  • Benefits and Shortcomings
  • Typical Deployment Scenarios
  • Ongoing Developments
  • Economic Assessment
  • Vendors Promoting This Solution
  • References
  • Chapter 6 Hybrid Fiber-Coax
  • Technology Description
  • Drivers for This Solution
  • When Does This Solution Fit?
  • When Does This Solution Not Fit?
  • Benefits and Shortcomings
  • Typical Deployment Scenarios
  • Ongoing Developments
  • Economic Assessment
  • Vendors Promoting This Solution
  • References
  • Chapter 7 Passive Optical Networks (PONs)
  • Technology Description
  • Drivers for This Solution
  • When Does This Solution Fit?
  • When Does This Solution Not Fit?
  • Benefits and Shortcomings
  • Typical Deployment Scenarios
  • Ongoing Developments
  • Economic Assessment
  • Vendors Promoting This Solution
  • References
  • Chapter 8 Fiber and WDM
  • Technology Description
  • Drivers for This Solution
  • When Does This Solution Fit?
  • Benefits and Shortcomings
  • Typical Deployment Scenarios
  • Ongoing Developments
  • Economic Assessment
  • Vendors Promoting This Solution
  • References
  • Chapter 9 Optical Wireless Mesh Networks
  • Technology/Solution Description
  • Drivers for This Solution
  • When Does This Solution Fit?
  • When Does This Solution Not Fit?
  • Benefits and Shortcomings
  • Typical Deployment Scenarios
  • Ongoing Developments
  • Economic Assessment
  • Vendors Promoting This Solution
  • References
  • Chapter 10 TDM: Circuit Bonding
  • Technology Description
  • Drivers for This Solution
  • Where This Solution Fits?
  • Benefits and Shortcomings
  • Typical Deployment Scenarios
  • Ongoing Developments
  • Economic Assessment
  • Vendors Promoting This Solution
  • Chapter 11 SONET/MSPP
  • Technology Description
  • Drivers for This Solution
  • When Does This Solution Fit?
  • When Does This Solution Not Fit?
  • Benefits and Shortcomings
  • Typical Deployment/Scenarios
  • Ongoing Developments
  • Economic Assessment
  • Vendors Promoting This Solution
  • References
  • Chapter 12 Resilient Packet Ring (RPR)
  • Technology Description
  • Drivers for This Solution
  • When Does this Solution Fit?
  • When Does This Solution Not Fit?
  • Typical Deployment Scenarios
  • Ongoing Developments
  • Economic Assessment
  • Vendors Promoting This Solution
  • References
  • Chapter 13 Ethernet Bridging
  • Technology Description
  • Drivers for This Solution
  • When Does This Solution Fit?
  • When Does This Solution Not Fit?
  • Benefits and Shortcomings
  • Typical Deployment Scenarios
  • Ongoing Developments
  • Economic Assessment
  • Vendors Promoting this Solution
  • References
  • Chapter 14 MPLS
  • Technology Description
  • Drivers for This Solution
  • When Does This Solution Fit?
  • When Does This Solution Not Fit?
  • Benefits and Shortcomings
  • Typical Deployment Scenarios
  • Ongoing Developments
  • Economic Assessment
  • Vendors Promoting This Solution
  • Chapter 15 WiMAX
  • Technology Description
  • Drivers for This Solution
  • When Does This Solution Fit?
  • When Does This Solution Not Fit?
  • Benefits and Shortcomings
  • Typical Deployment Scenarios
  • Ongoing Development
  • Economic Assessment
  • Vendors Promoting This Solution
  • Part III: A Look into the Future
  • Chapter 16 Evolution of Carrier Ethernet Solutions
  • Delivering Carrier Ethernet: A Summary of the Solutions
  • How Service Providers are Employing Carrier Ethernet Solutions Today
  • A Look into the Future of Delivering Carrier Ethernet
  • Evolution of Solutions Delivering Carrier Ethernet
  • References
  • Appendix: Final Thoughts
  • Index