Introduction
Book Content and Organization
Using This Book
Acknowledgments
Drivers for Telecommunication Network Evolution
Market of Telecom Carriers
Requirements for Next Generation Networks
Networks Fundamentals and Present Architectures
Network Infrastructure Architecture
Network Functional Architecture
Network Convergence over IP
Comparison among Different Core Architectures
Technology for Telecommunications: Optical Fibers, Amplifiers, and Passive Devices
Optical Fibers for Transmission
Optical Fiber Amplifiers
Optical Filters
Technology for Telecommunications: Integrated Optics and Microelectronics
Semiconductor Lasers
Semiconductor Amplifiers
PIN and APD Photodiodes
Optical Modulation Devices
Optical Switches
Electronic Components
Electronics for Transmission and Routing
Interface Modules and Transceivers
Transmission Systems Architectures and Performances
Intensity Modulation and Direct Detection Transmission
Intensity Modulation and Direct Detection Systems Using Optical Amplifiers
Alternative Modulation Formats
Hardware Architecture of Optical Transmission Systems
Switching Systems: Architecture and Performances
Space Division Switch Fabrics
Time Division Switch Fabrics
Wavelength Division Switch Fabrics
Hardware Platforms for Switching Network Elements
On the Performances of Core Switching Machines
Circuit Switching in the Transport Layer
Packet Switching at MPLS and IP Layers: Routers
Packet Switching at Ethernet Layer: Carrier Class Ethernet Switches
Convergent Network Management and Control Plane
ASON Architecture
GMPLS Architecture
Design and Optimization of ASON/GMPLS Networks
GMPLS Network Design for Survivability
Impact of ASON/GMPLS on Carriers OPEX
Next-Generation Transmission Systems Enabling Technologies, Architectures, and Performances
100 Gbit/s Transmission Issues
Multilevel Optical Transmission
Alternative and Complementary Transmission Techniques
Design Rules for 100 Gbit/s Long Haul Transmission Systems
Summary of Experimental 100 Gbit/s Systems Characteristics
Next-Generation Networking: Enabling Technologies, Architectures, and Performances
Optical Digital Network
Transparent Optical Transport Network
Transparent Optical Packet Network (T-OPN)
The New Access Network Systems and Enabling Technologies
TDMA and TDM Overlay Passive Optical Network
WDM Passive Optical Network
WDM-PON versus GPON and XG-PON Performance Comparison
Enabling Technologies for Gbit/s Capacity Access
Appendix A: SDH/SONET Signaling
Appendix B: Spanning Tree Protocol
Appendix C: Inter-Symbol Interference Indexes Summation Rule
Appendix D: Fiber Optical Amplifiers: Analytical Modeling
Appendix E: Space Division Switch Fabric Performance Evaluation
Appendix F: Acronyms
Biography
Eugenio Iannone received his university degree in electronic engineering from Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. He is a well-known executive consultant working mainly for small and medium-size companies. He consults on optimizing methods to drive key innovation processes or to transfer technologies from research institutes and universities to the industrial environment. With 15 years of experience in the telecommunication industry, Iannone has held several managerial positions. Since 2002, Iannone has been a senior vice president of application engineering at Pirelli Labs OI, the company’s research and design center for telecommunications and strategy. He has also served as marketing director at PGT Photonics, the arm devoted to telecommunication components and subsystems business. During the course of his career, Iannone has authored more than 100 papers and developed several international patents on optical transmission, optical switching, and the architecture of optical networks.
