Artech House Telecommunication Library

By: Leo A. Wrobel

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Hardcover | 1 July 1990

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A book offering advice on how to safeguard a company's telecommunication and computer networks against natural disaster, sabotage and human error. It aims to help identify the vulnerabilities of a system and describes specific risk avoidance measures.

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Technology in General

Preface	p. ix
An Overview of the Public Network	p. 1
Understanding the Scope of the Task	p. 1
General Topology of the Switched Network	p. 1
Historical Overview of the Switching Hierarchy	p. 2
Overview of the Current Switching Hierarchy	p. 4
Private Line Circuit Topology	p. 6
The ATandT Toll Office	p. 10
The Bell Regional Toll Office	p. 11
Central Office Cross-Connection Methods	p. 12
Designing the Network to Survive	p. 15
The Typical Network	p. 15
Going T1--The "Whys"	p. 16
Reduced Cost	p. 19
Improved Network Management	p. 19
Preparation for New Technologies	p. 20
Greater Network Survivability	p. 20
Rules for Optimizing the Design	p. 20
Computer Disaster Recovery	p. 23
An Overview	p. 23
Computer Disaster Recovery--A Brief History	p. 24
Recent Disaster Declarations	p. 25
The Hinsdale Central Office Disaster	p. 25
The Brunswick Central Office Disaster	p. 26
Flooding in Chicago	p. 27
The 1989 San Francisco Earthquake	p. 27
The January 1990 ATandT Network Failure	p. 27
Other References on Disaster Recovery	p. 31
Telecommunication Disaster Recovery	p. 33
Telecommunication: The Weakest Link in the Recovery Plan	p. 33
Overview of Communication Recovery Options	p. 33
Dial Backup	p. 34
Reserved T1 with Central Office Multiplexing	p. 35
Advantages of M24-Type Multiplexing	p. 35
Drawbacks to "Reserved" T1 Facilities	p. 37
Switched 56 kb Service	p. 37
The Telecommunication Recovery Center	p. 39
The "Broom Closet"	p. 40
Equipment Collocation with Common Carriers	p. 42
Analysis of Carriers for Equipment Collocation	p. 42
Backup for Telephone Central Offices	p. 45
Using Carrier POPs for Central Office Diversity	p. 45
Disaster in the Bell Access Tandem or ATandT Toll Center	p. 47
Consequences of a Toll Center Disaster	p. 48
Thinking the Unthinkable	p. 49
Options in a Regional Central Office Disaster	p. 50
Use of Microwave for Recovery	p. 51
Use of Satellite for Recovery	p. 54
What Is a Teleport?	p. 56
The Dallas-Fort Worth Teleport	p. 57
Use of Cellular for Recovery	p. 61
Assessing Vulnerability in the Local Serving Office	p. 63
Starting the Assessment Process	p. 63
Utilizing State Public Service Commission Records	p. 65
Assessing Central Office Physical Security	p. 69
Contingency Planning Within the Bell Operating Companies	p. 75
"Post-Hinsdale" Recommendations	p. 75
Redundancy in High Volume Corporate Networks	p. 77
Common Communication Disasters	p. 81
Cable Cuts--How to Protect Against "Backhoe Fade"	p. 81
Assessing Communication Rights-of-Way	p. 81
Other Points of Network Vulnerability	p. 84
Engineering Techniques for the Bell Operating Companies	p. 87
SafetyNet Service Assurance Conquers Disaster	p. 87
Robust Interoffice Transport	p. 88
Route Diversity Ring	p. 89
Dual-Fed Ring	p. 90
The Reconfigurable Ring	p. 91
Robust Interexchange Access	p. 93
Robust Access for the End-Customer	p. 93
Facility Protection Services	p. 95
Rapid Deployment Service	p. 95
Today's Trials ... Tomorrow's Developments	p. 96
Protecting the Corporation--Everyone's Responsibility	p. 99
Telecommunication Disasters: Liability Issues	p. 99
Liability of Private Firms	p. 100
Liability of Public Entities	p. 102
Liability of the Telecommunication Carrier	p. 103
Limitations of Liability, Insurance, and Indemnification	p. 105
What Should You Do?	p. 105
Epilogue	p. 107
Glossary	p. 109
The Author	p. 113
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