IP over WDM: Building the Next Generation Optical Internet [Hardcover]

Sudhir Dixit (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471212482 | ISBN-13: 978-0471212485 | Publication Date: March 28, 2003 | Edition: 1

• The key technology to delivering maximum bandwidth over networks is Dense Wave-length Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
• Describes in detail how DWDM works and how to implement a range of transmission protocols
• Covers device considerations, the pros and cons of various network layer protocols, and quality of service (QoS) issues
• The authors are leading experts in this field and provide real-world implementation examples
• First book to describe the interplay between the physical and IP (Internet Protocol) layers in optical networks

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"…an excellent reference for engineers and architects engaged in building tomorrow's networks. As a textbook for a challenging graduate level class, it could well lead the students in a number of exciting research directions." (Optics & Photonics News, April 2004)

From the Back Cover

The next generation of optical networking

To keep up with the demand for internet bandwidth, network providers are increasingly deploying fiber-optic systems that can carry hundreds of wavelengths in a single fiber. With high-data-rate wireless networks on the verge of being interfaced with the fiber backbone, the implementation of dense wavelength division multiplexing, or WDM, is poised to revolutionize communications technology. It is already opening the way to new business opportunities and can be expected to determine the future of SONET/SDH, ATM, and other key technologies.

Though its potential is obvious, Internet Protocol(IP) over WDM has not received the comprehensive technical treatment it warrants. This book, edited by a leader in the field and contributed to by a stellar collection of experts from around the world, offers comprehensive and practical information on the transport of the IP over the optical/WDM layer.

Balancing theory and application, the reference explains how the physical WDM layer works and how to implement a range of transmission protocols, along with:

• Switching and routing techniques (IP, MPLS, MP_S, GMPLS)
• Quality of service (QoS) issues
• Standards considerations
• The pros and cons of various network layer protocols
• Practical implementation examples
• Network engineering and planning

Featuring an in-depth discussion of the evolution toward all-optical IP packet switching networks and other emerging technologies, IP over WDM: Building the Next Generation Optical Internet is a highly useful, one-volume resource for anyone interested in the interplay between the optical layer and the Internet Protocol layer of any network.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 500 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 1 edition (March 28, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471212482
• ISBN-13: 978-0471212485
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,006,856 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Inevitable growth, February 22, 2004

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This review is from: IP over WDM: Building the Next Generation Optical Internet (Hardcover)

This book claims to be the first to describe how to combine the physical layer of a DWDM optical network with the Internet Protocol layer of a TCP/IP structure. Can this be so? It was published in late 2003. Seems rather late. Surely another earlier book would have described this topic.

Certainly, there is no gainsaying the importance of the topic. DWDM is used in long haul optical networks, because those fibres are at a premium. But DWDM is probably also increasingly used in shorted optical networks, like inside a city. If the net is used primarily for phone transmission, then those protocols are quite different from TCP/IP. But the growth rates of data transmission are greater in the developed world than those for voice, typically. And it appears that eventually, the Internet will subsume other communications protocols. Hence the need for this topic and a book like this.

It explains DWDM to a newcomer to the field. Experienced readers can safely skip entire sections of the book. On discussions of Quality of Service, IPv6 is mentioned. Because it is really only in this that QoS can be implemented at a fundamental level. The current IP (version 4) was never designed with QoS in mind.