Telecommunication Networks

ISBN-13: 9781439846360 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 918 str.

Eugenio Iannone

Opis

The book outlines the current situation of the telecommunication network and the different alternatives for network evolution. It provides a systematic view of the network design problem, underlining its links between different aspects. It presents the engineering knowledge needed to construct a network evolution strategy, examines the elements influencing telecommunications network evolution and their interdependence, and supplies a complete review of the architecture alternatives. The content ranges from high level architectural elements to component physics, with a focus on enlightening the same problem from different points of view.

Spis treści

Introduction. Drivers for Telecommunication Network Evolution. Networks Fundamentals and Present Architectures. Technology for Telecommunications: Optical Fibers, Amplifiers, and Passive Devices. Technology for Telecommunications: Integrated Optics and Microelectronics. Transmission Systems Architectures and Performances. Switching Systems: Architecture and Performances. Convergent Network Management and Control Plane. Next-Generation Transmission Systems Enabling Technologies, Architectures, and Performances. Next-Generation Networking: Enabling Technologies, Architectures, and Performances. The New Access Network Systems and Enabling Technologies. Appendices.

O autorze

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.