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Author Steven Shepard's text explains what's what, who's who and how it all works together in the speed-of-light world of optical networking. Covering everything from technologies and equipment to companies and competitors, he delves into business strategies, future applications, and convergance opportunities.

Increasingly, the use of fiber optic cable as a transport for voice, data, video, and Internet traffic is becoming the norm. SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) and SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) are being used with high-speed data transmission. Although SONET/SDH was originally intended for use in broadband ISDN and support leased line services like DS-1 and DS-3. SONET/SDH expansion is being fuelled by many of today's biggest industries such as Boeing, Disney and AT&T as these companies move their internal global networks to a SONET/SDH infrastructure.

This work examines the tricks and traps awaiting service providers in the Metro Area space, detailing the technological challenges and opportunities. It covers: Metro networking with Ethernet and Optical; Metro with Bluetooth, InfiniBand, DWDM and more; VPN implications; and support services.

COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE LATEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDS

Fully revised to address the convergence of the telecom, media, and technology (TMT) sectors, the new edition of this cutting-edge guide provides a comprehensive overview of the current telecom landscape. The book focuses on the interdependence of the IT infrastructure, multimedia content, and broadband transport network in today's hyper-connected mobile environment and discusses the importance of storing, delivering, analyzing, tracking, and monetizing content. Emerging telecom technologies are described in detail....

With estimates of the market as high as $10 billion over the next decade, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a booming new wireless technology being adapted by retailers to track inventories via a microchip tagged product. This book is a basic introduction, walking readers through the complete implementation and monitoring process, and offers in-depth coverage of related business and security issues.

Contents: Defining RFID * Underlying Technologies * Technological Competitors * Current RFID Applications * Future RFID Applications * RFID/WiFi/3G/Bluetooth Coexistence *...

The how and why of WiMAX--the "last mile" technology that's revolutionizing wireless broadband

WiMAX Crash Course offers an accessible overview of the revolutionary solution for wireless delivery of broadband services. Using real-world examples, the book explains how WiMAX works and discusses the business and economic implications of this groundbreaking technology.

WiMAX is emerging rapidly, and this book will get you up to speed quickly. The book gives you the ability to ask the right questions of their providers before making infrastructure and service...

This volume examines the three components of the convergence phenomenon - technologies, companies and services - in order to help the reader understand how the fundamentals of customer service are created.