Optical Networking Best Practices Handbook

JOHN R. VACCA, MS, MBA, is an information technology consultant and internationally known author. He has authored more than forty books and hundreds of articles in a wide range of technologies, including telecommunications, software, intelligence systems, and networks. His book The World's 20 Greatest Unsolved Problems was named one of Amazon.com's Best Books of 2004. Mr. Vacca was also a configuration management specialist, computer specialist, and the computer security official (CSO) for NASA's space station program (Freedom) and the International Space Station Program, from 1988 until his early retirement from NASA in 1995. Additionally, he is also an Independent online book reviewer and was one of the security consultants for the MGM movie Antitrust.

"…a useful supplement to an advanced undergraduate or graduate curriculum…a helpful reference work for networking engineering professionals." (Computing Reviews.com, February 16, 2006)

• Foreword xxiPreface xxiiiAcknowledgments xxix1 Optical Networking Fundamentals 11.1 Fiber Optics: A Brief History in Time 11.2 Distributed IP Routing 71.3 Scalable Communications: Integrated Optical Networks 141.4 Lightpath Establishment and Protection in Optical Networks 191.5 Optical Network Design Using Computational Intelligence Techniques 251.6 Distributed Optical Frame Synchronized Ring (doFSR) 261.7 Summary and Conclusions 292 Types of Optical Networking Technology 332.1 Use of Digital Signal Processing 362.2 Optical Signal Processing for Optical Packet Switching Networks 402.3 Next-Generation Optical Networks as a Value Creation Platform 492.4 Optical Network Research in the IST Program 612.5 Optical Networking in Optical Computing 712.6 Summary and Conclusions 763 Optical Transmitters 783.1 Long-Wavelength VCSELs 813.2 Multiwavelength Lasers 893.3 Summary and Conclusions 944 Types of Optical Fiber 954.1 Strands and Processes of Fiber Optics 954.2 The Fiber-Optic Cable Modes 954.3 Optical Fiber Types 974.4 Types of Cable Families 974.5 Extending Performance 984.6 Care, Productivity, and Choices 1004.7 Understanding Types of Optical Fiber 1014.8 Summary and Conclusions 1065 Carriers' Networks 1085.1 The Carriers' Photonic Future 1085.2 Carriers' Optical Networking Revolution 1115.3 Flexible Metro Optical Networks 1295.4 Summary and Conclusions 1336 Passive Optical Components 1376.1 Optical Material Systems 1396.2 Summary and Conclusions 1587 Free-Space Optics 1607.1 Free-Space Optical Communication 1607.2 Corner-Cube Retroreflectors 1627.3 Free-Space Heterochronous Imaging Reception 1657.4 Secure Free-Space Optical Communication 1687.5 The Minimization of Acquisition Time 1707.6 Summary and Conclusions 1758 Optical Formats: Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)/ Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH), and Gigabit Ethernet 1798.1 Synchronous Optical Network 1798.2 Synchronous Digital Hierarchy 2158.3 Gigabit Ethernet 2268.4 Summary and Conclusions 2309 Wave Division Multiplexing 2339.1 Who Uses WDM? 2339.2 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexed Backbone Deployment 2359.3 IP-Optical Integration 2369.4 QoS Mechanisms 2419.5 Optical Access Network 2499.6 Multiple-Wavelength Sources 2559.7 Summary and Conclusions 25910 Basics of Optical Switching 26310.1 Optical Switches 26310.2 Motivation and Network Architectures 27310.3 Rapid Advances in Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing Technology 28210.4 Switched Optical Backbone 29110.5 Optical MEMS 29910.6 Multistage Switching System 30310.7 Dynamic Multilayer Routing Schemes 30710.8 Summary and Conclusions 31411 Optical Packet Switching 31811.1 Design for Optical Networks 32111.2 Multistage Approaches to OPS: Node Architectures for OPS 32111.3 Summary and Conclusions 32512 Optical Network Configurations 32612.1 Optical Networking Configuration Flow-Through Provisioning 32612.2 Flow-Through Provisioning at Element Management Layer 32812.3 Flow-Through Circuit Provisioning in the Same Optical Network Domain 32912.4 Flow-Through Circuit Provisioning in Multiple Optical Network Domain 32912.5 Benefits of Flow-Through Provisioning 33012.6 Testing and Measuring Optical Networks 33212.7 Summary and Conclusions 33513 Developing Areas in Optical Networking 33713.1 Optical Wireless Networking High-Speed Integrated Transceivers 33813.2 Wavelength-Switching Subsystems 34413.3 Optical Storage Area Networks 35213.4 Optical Contacting 36213.5 Optical Automotive Systems 36513.6 Optical Computing 36913.7 Summary and Conclusions 37114 Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations 37414.1 Summary 37414.2 Conclusion 38514.3 Recommendations 391Appendix: Optical Ethernet Enterprise Case Study 415A.1 Customer Profile 416A.2 Present Mode of Operation 418A.3 Future Mode of Operation 419A.4 Comparing the Alternatives 421A.5 Summary and Conclusions 423Glossary 425Index 453