Optical Network Control: Architecture, Protocols, and Standards [Hardcover]

Greg Bernstein (Author), Bala Rajagopalan (Author), Debanjan Saha (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 24, 2003

Optical Network Control is the first expert guide and single-source reference for controlling and managing optical networks. This book fills the gap between optical network engineering and routing/signaling-helping both optical and IP professionals build networks that are more robust, flexible, manageable, and profitable. Coverage includes: *Designing networks to deliver a range of on-demand services from mission-critical, time-sensitive protected services to low-cost unprotected services *Network control and operations in WDM/DWDM and SONET/SDH environments *Control principles and features for evolving mesh-based optical networks and existing ring networks-with practical examples *Emerging, proposed, and future optical routing/signaling protocols and standards including GMPLS, ASON and Optical UNI *Optical network control planes: design, scenarios, interworking, and interactions with existing network management systems *Crucial IETF, ITU-T, OIF, ANSI, Bellcore, and industry information-brought together for the first time

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Optical Network Control is the first expert guide and single-source reference for controlling and managing optical networks. This book fills the gap between optical network engineering and routing/signaling—helping both optical and IP professionals build networks that are more robust, flexible, manageable, and profitable. Coverage includes:

• Designing networks to deliver a range of on-demand services from mission-critical, time-sensitive protected services to low-cost unprotected services
• Network control and operations in WDM/DWDM and SONET/SDH environments
• Control principles and features for evolving mesh-based optical networks and existing ring networks—with practical examples
• Emerging, proposed, and future optical routing/signaling protocols and standards including GMPLS, ASON and Optical UNI
• Optical network control planes: design, scenarios, interworking, and interactions with existing network management systems
• Crucial IETF, ITU-T, OIF, ANSI, Bellcore, and industry information—brought together for the first time

About the Author

GREG BERNSTEIN, chief consultant with Grotto Networking, served as Senior Technology Director for CIENA, supervising network control and management architectures. At Lightera Networks, he led the software development effort for a widely deployed optical switch, applying advanced signaling and routing techniques. He holds several optical networking patents.

BALA RAJAGOPALAN, Principal Architect at Tellium, has worked extensively on IP-centric control of optical networks and optical internetworking architectures. He has also researched IP and wireless data networks for AT&T Bell Laboratories, Bellcore, and NEC, and he has made significant contributions to IETF, ATM Forum, and Optical Interworking Forum standards.

DEBANJAN SAHA is a senior researcher at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. At IBM, Bell-Labs, and Tellium he designed and developed protocols for optical switches, IP routers, and Internet servers. He is one of the first developers of MPLS. All three authors are principal contributors to the IETF GMPLS standards.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 464 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (July 24, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201753014
• ISBN-13: 978-0201753011
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,683,300 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A comprehensive yet digestible intro to optical networks, December 19, 2003

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Roch Guerin (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Optical Network Control: Architecture, Protocols, and Standards (Hardcover)

This was a book I wanted to read but could not convince myself to start on, primarily because its title was rather "ominous" given the range of topics it seemed to span. I was afraid that I would actually have to essentially go through what would mostly be a series of back to back RFCs, which is certainly not the most pleasant way of getting introduced to a topic.

However, I ultimately got started and was very pleasantly surprised. The book does indeed cover all those topics, and they are all important to a good comprehension of network control issues in optical networks. However, it does so in a logical and progressive way that introduces the key concepts and provides the appropriate level of details without overwhelming the reader. The three authors clearly have both an extensive practical knowledge of the topics and a deep understanding of the underlying technologies and analytical tools. This is reflected in the exposition of the different topics that the book cover, as well as the flow and organization of the material.

The end result is a concise yet complete book that walks you effectively through the concepts, protocols and technologies used to control modern optical networks.

Definitely a book to read if you are interested in the domain.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great intro to the most important area of optical networking, August 5, 2003

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This review is from: Optical Network Control: Architecture, Protocols, and Standards (Hardcover)

Optical networks have long had very advanced physical layer management, but have been manually planned and provisioned at extremely high operational cost. Applying technology derived from IP routing to the optical network control plane is the most exciting new development in the optical systems field since the 1970's. The authors are early pioneers that first brought this technology to market about 3 years ago. They have done the industry a great favor by laying out a concise and well architected roadmap for others to follow. This will be the standard reference work on the optical control plane for many years to come.