Next Generation Optical Networks: The Convergence of IP Intelligence and Optical Technologies [Paperback]

Peter Tomsu (Author), Christian Schmutzer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 6, 2001 | ISBN-10: 013028226X | ISBN-13: 978-0130282262 | Edition: 1

TomorrowÕs networks will integrate optical transmission and IP to deliver unprecedented performance and manageability. Next Generation Optical Networks gives both electrical and data networking engineers essential information for building these networks. It reviews emerging standards such as MPLS and MPLmS, key optical technologies, and critical applications for enterprise, ISP, and carrier environments.

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TomorrowÕs networks will integrate optical transmission and IP to deliver unprecedented performance and manageability. Next Generation Optical Networks gives both electrical and data networking engineers essential information for building these networks. It reviews emerging standards such as MPLS and MPLmS, key optical technologies, and critical applications for enterprise, ISP, and carrier environments.

About the Author

PETER TOMSU, Ph.D., Senior Consulting Engineer at Cisco Systems, has worked with Cisco since 1996. He is involved in numerous network designs for service provider backbones to large enterprise backbones, and is significantly driving new technologies during their definition, development, introduction, and final deployment phases. For many years, Tomsu has been a requested speaker at international conferences in the United States and worldwide. He received his Ph.D. from the Technical University of Vienna.

CHRISTIAN SCHMUTZER, M.S., Systems Engineer at Cisco Systems, has been with the company since 1998. He works primarily on the design and deployment of large service provider backbones and concentrates on optical networking as well as routing technologies. As a speaker for technical tutorials throughout Europe, he frequently shares his practical experience. He received his Masters from the Fachhochschule Technikum-Wien, Austria.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (September 6, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 013028226X
• ISBN-13: 978-0130282262
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,488,440 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Bright Optical Future, November 17, 2001

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Paul Skritek (Vienna, Austria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Next Generation Optical Networks: The Convergence of IP Intelligence and Optical Technologies (Paperback)

Convergence and unification of protocols for optical networks is a must to bring next generation high-speed applications with low-costs to any individual customer.
This book prepares the practitioning network-engineer and -designer optimally for this task: SDH/SONET vs. ATM vs. MPLS is today's struggle for unified protocols in future fiber optic networks providing the delivery of any IP-service to the customer at low-cost and high quality of service.
The book is strictly future oriented, well written and covers all relevant topics with sufficient depths, but is not overloaded with details. For those readers interested in more specific aspects, it provides a lot of "further readings" and references.
I have enjoyed reading "Next Generation Optical Networks" very much and it is always at hand at the pile top of my book shelf.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, June 8, 2002

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Randy "randycarlson" (West Point, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Next Generation Optical Networks: The Convergence of IP Intelligence and Optical Technologies (Paperback)

Great job at making sense of the unification of IP, Optical technologies and MPLS. Super reference!!!