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Sonet & T1: Architectures for Digital Transport Networks

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This is the best book I have found for a detailed over-view of how the entire telecommunications system is hung together, including how all the legacy, current, and dis-similar systems are pieced together to make today's global telecom network. Further, author Waters is a professional teacher, and it shows in her clear understandable writing. I am a chip designer, had been assigned to a telecom chip project, and found that many of the more technical texts start in the middle, are far less broad, and may assume that the reader is an old-school telecom insider. Yet many an experienced telecom technician could learn something from this book. Telecom has a long legacy of first rate engineering, and I can recommend this book to anyone looking to come up to speed. This is not a circuits book; there is no circuit theory and no transistor-level schematics, but there are a large number of diagrams detailing the structure of how the black boxes are connected together, and the structure of the data, the data formating of SONET and many of the older standards. Yes, there are typos, and there are missing subjects, but this book was the most popular introductory telecom book at my work site and in my pervue.

It is hard to find much of the information contained in this book in similar (textbook) formats. However, Professor Black is clearly not paying attention to the quality of the material he is attaching his name too. The bottom line is you CAN learn alot from this book, but with a modicum more effort on the part of the authors, it could have really been a very good book. Best part is the treatment of T1 and the SONET frame format. The worst part is the fact that it is 50% filler. Also, I did not mind the abundance of typos - they were so obvious that they didn't detract too much from the learning process.

I cannot judge the content of the book, as i am a SONET novice. However, the preponderance of mislabeled diagrams and typos is certainly not helping the educational process.

This book is an excellent introduction to SONET/T1 transport systems. It is not sloppily written in my opinion, as one of the review says. I do not have an EE background yet the book was very clear and precise. Recommended for your CCIE prep. Bellamy's book Digital Telephony covers some topics but it is geared towards the EE. Bellamy's book is difficult for people who dont have an EE.

Great book. Explains SONET and T1 from the ground up. A must have for anyone who wants to gain knowledge in this subject.

This book is a good "introduction" to SONET and T1. You may want to try some other book to get a complete picture of SONET and it's difference with new Technologies like DWDM.