Design a successful data network with help from this definitive guide. Covering all the key processes and technologies -- including packet switching, wave division multiplexing, ATM, frame relay, and more, this book walks you through the entire network design process.
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Your complete guide to a successful network design strategy
Build and design an end-to-end data network with help from this definitive guide. Covering all current key processes, technologies, and services--including IP and all its derivatives, ATM, Frame Relay, optical networking, SONET, voice over packet, multiplexing, X.25 and SMDS, and security design--this edition is updated with new and expanded coverage of optical switching and routing, MPLS, DSL, GbE, DWDM, PoS, wireless, and more. You'll gain insight into currently available services and find helpful comparisons with real-life examples and tips. Filled with illustrations and organized to walk you through the chronological order of the entire network design process, this authoritative resource combines the technologies and procedures of effective data network design in one volume.
Learn about current voice and data network infrastructures and transmission technologies
Gain a solid background on multiplexing, switching, and routing technologies and methods
Find out about new technologies and services like DWDM, Voice over packet, GbE, and security infrastructures and hardware
Discover residential and business access alternatives
Work with common protocols and interfaces in the LAN and WAN environment
Understand technology requirements from both a users and designers perspective
Learn tried-and-tested design tips for each technology and service
Tune, secure, and remotely manage your network
Important coverage includes:
Enterprise and Service Provider Access
How to write an RFI/RFP/RFQ
Basic and advanced protocol layering concepts
Dedicated, multiplexed, switched, and routed technologies
Fiber, copper, and wireless access technologies
SONET protocols, hardware, and services
ATM, FR, and IP service architecture design and deployment
Optical switching and routing with DWDM and PoS
Traffic engineering of switched and packet technologie
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