| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. xv |
| The Move to Broadband | |
| Introduction to Broadband | p. 3 |
| What Is Broadband? | p. 4 |
| Broadband Versus Baseband | p. 4 |
| Market Drivers: The Appeal of Broadband | p. 7 |
| The Convenience of Broadband | p. 9 |
| Digital TV | p. 9 |
| The Internet | p. 18 |
| New Corporate Initiatives | p. 27 |
| Summary | p. 30 |
| Commercial and Residential Networks | p. 31 |
| Home Networking | p. 32 |
| Growth of Home PCs | p. 32 |
| Phone-Line Networking | p. 34 |
| Power-Line Networking | p. 39 |
| Wireless Networks | p. 47 |
| Wired Networks: Ethernet | p. 57 |
| Multiunit Solutions | p. 63 |
| Factors for Consideration | p. 64 |
| Possible Solutions | p. 65 |
| Corporate Networking Solutions | p. 69 |
| VPNs | p. 69 |
| Summary | p. 74 |
| Access Networks | |
| Evolution and Technical Foundation | p. 77 |
| Evolution and Convergence | p. 78 |
| Telecommunications | p. 78 |
| Computer Data Networks | p. 79 |
| Broadcast Networks | p. 81 |
| Convergence | p. 84 |
| Technical Foundations | p. 84 |
| Modulation Techniques | p. 85 |
| Error Detection and Correction Techniques | p. 93 |
| Challenges and Limitations of the Transmission Medium | p. 97 |
| Summary | p. 101 |
| DSL Access Networks | p. 103 |
| The State of Affairs | p. 104 |
| Challenges of the Local Loop | p. 106 |
| The DSL Family | p. 113 |
| Power Spectral Density: A Common Issue | p. 115 |
| HDSL: High Bit-Rate DSL | p. 116 |
| The Drive to HDSL2 or SHDSL | p. 120 |
| SDSL: Symmetric DSL | p. 122 |
| IDSL: ISDN DSL | p. 123 |
| ADSL: Asymmetric DSL | p. 124 |
| G.Lite, G.992.2, or ADSL lite | p. 137 |
| RADSL: Rate-Adaptive DSL | p. 139 |
| VDSL: Very High Data Rate DSL | p. 139 |
| Summary | p. 148 |
| Cable Access Networks | p. 149 |
| Fundamentals of Cable Networks: Coaxial Distribution Network | p. 151 |
| Cable Architecture | p. 152 |
| New Services for the New HFC Network | p. 158 |
| Data Services over Cable | p. 158 |
| Cable Telephony | p. 168 |
| Digital Audio-Visual Services over Cable | p. 175 |
| Summary | p. 182 |
| Wireless Access Networks | p. 183 |
| Characteristics of Wireless Access Networks | p. 184 |
| Spectrum Management | p. 185 |
| Fundamentals of Wireless Technology | p. 191 |
| Broadband Wireless Solutions | p. 205 |
| LMDS: Local Multipoint Distribution Service | p. 207 |
| MMDS | p. 215 |
| U-NII Solutions | p. 218 |
| 3G as a Broadband Access Solution | p. 223 |
| DBS: Direct Broadcast Satellite | p. 224 |
| GEO and LEO Planned Ventures | p. 228 |
| Summary | p. 232 |
| FTTx Access Networks | p. 233 |
| Fiber to the X Access Networks | p. 234 |
| Background | p. 235 |
| The Passive Optical Network | p. 237 |
| Business Drivers for FTTx | p. 246 |
| Summary | p. 251 |
| Digital Transmission and Frame Relay | p. 253 |
| Corporate Issues | p. 254 |
| Point of Demarcation | p. 255 |
| Private Circuit Solutions and Digital Transmission | p. 256 |
| Multiplexing | p. 257 |
| Frame Relay Access Solutions | p. 269 |
| Background | p. 269 |
| The Technology | p. 271 |
| Summary | p. 284 |
| Emerging Broadband Access Technologies | p. 287 |
| Emerging Passive Optical Network Technologies | p. 288 |
| Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs) | p. 289 |
| Gigabit Ethernet as a Broadband Access Technology | p. 294 |
| Gigabit Ethernet | p. 296 |
| The Case for Gigabit Ethernet: The LAN WAN Missing Link | p. 302 |
| 10 Gigabit Ethernet: IEEE 802.3ae Emerging Standard | p. 306 |
| Summary | p. 317 |
| Core Technologies | |
| Fiber Magic: Fiber Optics, WDM/DWDM | p. 321 |
| Fiber Optic and the Magic of Light | p. 322 |
| A Historical Perspective | p. 323 |
| Technical Foundation | p. 329 |
| WDM and DWDM | p. 345 |
| WDM | p. 346 |
| Summary | p. 356 |
| The Metro Area and Core Network | p. 357 |
| SONET/SDH | p. 359 |
| SONEt/SDH Background and Architecture | p. 360 |
| SONET/SDH Topologies | p. 376 |
| Asynchronous Transfer Mode | p. 380 |
| Architecture and Basic Functions | p. 381 |
| The ATM Interfaces and Cell Structure | p. 393 |
| The ATM Network and Switching Functions | p. 395 |
| ATM Signaling | p. 400 |
| LAN Emulation | p. 402 |
| The Future of ATM | p. 404 |
| Multiprotocol Label Switching | p. 405 |
| MPLS Overview | p. 406 |
| MPLS Operation and Components | p. 408 |
| Summary | p. 415 |
| Beyond Broadband | |
| Convergence and Content Services | p. 419 |
| Convergence | p. 420 |
| ATM and SONET Versus IP and Ethernet | p. 420 |
| Security Issues | p. 424 |
| Flash Crowds and Bottlenecks | p. 428 |
| Content Delivery Networks (CDN) | p. 429 |
| CDN Service Description | p. 429 |
| Evolution of Content Delivery | p. 432 |
| CDN Summary | p. 439 |
| Layer 4 Switching | p. 439 |
| Why Layer 4 Switching | p. 440 |
| Summary | p. 441 |
| Index | p. 443 |
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