Metro and Access Networks


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Core and Metro Networks


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Find out everything you need to know about how current networks will have to evolve to provide for future broadband services In this book, the authors provide an overview of the status, challenges, architectures, and technological solutions for core and metropolitan networks. Furthermore, the book describes the current state of core and metropolitan telecommunication networks, as well as the drivers and motives behind the current paradigm shift in the telecommunications industry. Moreover, the authors elaborate system design guidelines for both point-to-point and multi-hop optical networks taking into consideration the analogue nature of the transmission channel. Key Features: Provides coverage of all aspects of core and metro networks supporting future broadband services, and a detailed description of the state-of-the-art Presents a clear path for migrating from point-to-point to data-centric, dynamic, multi-hop optical networks Shows how current systems will need to evolve over the coming years, summarizing challenges and issues to be investigated in future research Covers a wide range of topics from network architectures, to control plane, to key optical and optoelectronic devices, and best practice in transmission and system design Provides results, best practices and guidelines for various technical problems, including numerous hands-on examples Written by authors from cutting-edge companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, Siemens, Lucent, France Telecom, BT, and Telefonica Optical Core and Metro Networks will be of interest to researchers in industry and academia, and advanced (final year undergraduate) and postgraduate students undertaking communications, networking and optics courses.




Core and Metro Networks


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Find out everything you need to know about how current networks will have to evolve to provide for future broadband services In this book, the authors provide an overview of the status, challenges, architectures, and technological solutions for core and metropolitan networks. Furthermore, the book describes the current state of core and metropolitan telecommunication networks, as well as the drivers and motives behind the current paradigm shift in the telecommunications industry. Moreover, the authors elaborate system design guidelines for both point-to-point and multi-hop optical networks taking into consideration the analogue nature of the transmission channel. Key Features: Provides coverage of all aspects of core and metro networks supporting future broadband services, and a detailed description of the state-of-the-art Presents a clear path for migrating from point-to-point to data-centric, dynamic, multi-hop optical networks Shows how current systems will need to evolve over the coming years, summarizing challenges and issues to be investigated in future research Covers a wide range of topics from network architectures, to control plane, to key optical and optoelectronic devices, and best practice in transmission and system design Provides results, best practices and guidelines for various technical problems, including numerous hands-on examples Written by authors from cutting-edge companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, Siemens, Lucent, France Telecom, BT, and Telefonica Optical Core and Metro Networks will be of interest to researchers in industry and academia, and advanced (final year undergraduate) and postgraduate students undertaking communications, networking and optics courses.




Long-haul and Access Networks, Optical Metro, and WDM


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This volume contains the proceedings of the NOC 2001 at Adastral park, UK, June 26-29 2001. With about 70 papers, this book highlights the gigabit ethernet PON developments, and other work on standard broadband PONs such as, dynamic bandwith assignment. There are 10 papers on optical packet switiching and work on optical cross-connects and DWDM for long-haul systems is presented.




Ethernet-based Metro Area Networks


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Covers the realities of implementation in an incredible technology.




Coherent Optics for Access Networks


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This book will highlight the motivation for coherent optics in access and introduce digital coherent optical system in detail, including advanced modulation formats, architecture of modulation and detection, and DSP flow for both transmitter and receiver. This book will also demonstrate potential approaches to re-design and re-engineer the digital coherent concept from long-haul and metro solutions to the access network, leveraging reduction in complexity and cost as well as the benefits of capacity increases and operational improvements. This book will illustrate the details on optimization of the digital, optical, and electrical complexity and standardization and interoperability.




SONET-based Metro Area Networks


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The hottest issue in telecom today is how to solve the Metro Area bandwidth bottleneck--with SONET being the solution tha appeals to most telecom companies. But to compete against Ethernet, SONET will need plenty of fine-tuning. This book will help service providers compare their options and fully understand what is really necessary to give current SONET installations "next generation" capabilities. * Shows how to achieve new-generation features with enhanced SONET and other optical architectures * Compares SONET's features and services with rival Ethernet-based offerings * Offers design approaches and business models for real-world deployments * Covers GMPLS generalized MPLS), a red-hot switching technology for wavelength services In 2001 the telecom industry spent money on solving the Metro Area bandwidth bottleneck. SONET appeals to the telcos because it is widely deployed, reliable, robust, and scalable. But it will need multiple changes and enhancements to compete against the emerging rivil--Ethernet.




Design and Optimization of Metro-access Networks Supporting 5G Services


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The Internet data traffic constant growth caused by the popularization of cloud services, mobile and social networks, demand changes to the networks in order to enable scalable growth in traffic volume, while supporting a high level of dynamic connectivity, full flexibility, reduced end-to-end latency and increased energy-efficiency. Cost-effective and energy efficient solutions for flexible network subsystems are also required to provide future sustainable networks. This thesis is focused on pushing the current state of the art of metro and access networks to provide a new flexible infrastructure supporting 5G services. To achieve that objective, it is presented cost-effective and flexible all-optical commutation nodes--reconfigurable add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) and optical cross-connect (OXC)--and transceivers that can be remotely managed by a software defined networking (SDN) controller, able to satisfy the requirements of future converged metro-access networks. Network simulations are conducted to prove the capabilities of presented solutions as network elements for different traffic conditions. Benefits of proposed solutions are the usage of off-the-shelf components, reduced cost, pay-as-you-grow, low response time, reduced power consumption and coexistence with legacy systems. This thesis also investigates experimentally new modulation formats that can triple the current transmission data rate in both metro and access networks, while simultaneously reducing the total power consumption, using low-cost commercial devices. Thanks to that, the use of investigated modulation can also be extended to mobile fronthaul and data center (DC) networks, where cost and power consumption are key parameters as well. Specifically, alternative 5G multicarrier modulation formats--filter bank multicarrier (FBMC), universal filtered multicarrier (UFMC) and generalised frequency division multiplexing (GFDM)--and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) are assessed and compared for a high-layer split fronthaul scenario. Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) combined with multi-band carrierless amplitude phase modulation (MB-CAP) is proposed and evaluated for high-capacity passive optical networks (PONs) and DC optical interconnects. Finally, it is also demonstrated the convergence of wireless NOMA-CAP waveform and PAM-4 wired signal in a PON scenario.




Broadband Access Networks


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Considering the key evolutions within the access network technologies as well as the unprecedented levels of bandwidth demands by end users, this book condenses the relentless research, design, and deployment experience of state-of-the-art access networks. Furthermore, it shares the critical steps and details of the developments and deployment of these emergent technologies; which is very crucial particularly as telecommunications vendors and carriers are looking for cost-effective ultra-broadband “last-mile” access solutions to stay competitive in the “post bubble” era. The book is written to provide a comprehensive overview of the major broadband access technologies and deployments involving internationally recognized authors and key players. Due to its scope and depth, the proposed book is able to fill an important gap of today’s available literature.




Broadband Access Networks


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Considering the key evolutions within the access network technologies as well as the unprecedented levels of bandwidth demands by end users, this book condenses the relentless research, design, and deployment experience of state-of-the-art access networks. Furthermore, it shares the critical steps and details of the developments and deployment of these emergent technologies; which is very crucial particularly as telecommunications vendors and carriers are looking for cost-effective ultra-broadband “last-mile” access solutions to stay competitive in the “post bubble” era. The book is written to provide a comprehensive overview of the major broadband access technologies and deployments involving internationally recognized authors and key players. Due to its scope and depth, the proposed book is able to fill an important gap of today’s available literature.