SONET: A Guide to Synchronous Optical Network

by Walter Goralski

This guide offers a balance between technical and practical details for SONET deployment. Worked-out examples and real-world applications from companies such as Bell South and Boeing are used to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070245630
• ISBN13: 9780070245631
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 483 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Very readable introduction to SONET

This book provides a good, readable and thorough introduction to SONET for neophytes as well as moderately experienced readers. A nice balance of technical fact and background/historical information is maintained. The author does an excellent job of explaining SONET frame structures, pointers, overhead usage, etc. In addition, he provides a valuable introduction to the antecedents of SONET (the Bell System T-carrier networks and so on) and provides reasons for many of its architectural and design choices.While the book does have its faults (various errors, too much devoted to non-SONET topics, no details of concatenation beyond STS-3 levels, etc.) and needs some updating to accommodate modern SONET practice, I would recommend this book to anyone with some knowledge of communications who wishes to gain an understanding of SONET and its architecture. (Prospective readers are warned that little information will be found on SDH - the book does remain true to its title in this regard.)

Excellent for SONET beginner and expert, alike.

This book is excellent for people both new to and experienced with SONET. It covers history, general and detailed implementation, applications, the future of SONET, and practical factors (such as pressures from competitive companies and technologies, and the slow adoption of some network management standards). It includes details of individual OAM & P overhead signals, internode communications use of the DCC, rings and failures, delay and timing issues, etc. It has coverage of present SONET implementations by various companies, and future directions for SONET. It covers the issues of concern to me very well, and there is much more in the book to cover your issues also. The book is easy to read and very informative. I frequently refer back to it in my SONET-related work.

excellent through discription of SONET and Sonet systems

This book is recommended for all Sonet and telephony related people. Not only does this book go over Synchronous optical networks, but goes into detail about the differences between SONET and SDH(sychronous digital hierachy) which is used in europe. It also goes over the different vendors equipment and thier good point and bad points giving you a better understanding of Sonet from all angles. ITS A REALLY GOOD BOOK!