Walter Goralski has more than 30 years of experience in the data communications field, including 14 years with AT&T. He is currently a Senior Course Developer and instructor at Juniper Networksï¿. Walter has spent 15 years as an Adjunct Professor at Pace University Graduate School, where he designed and deployed their graduate program in telecommunications. Walter is a longstanding member of the IEEE, has written articles in numerous industry publications, and is the best-selling author of SONET, Second Edition and several other books on ADSL, VoIP, ATM and frame relay
Part I: Introduction to Fiber Optics and Sonet.
Chapter 1: B-ISDN,ATM, SONET.
Chapter 2: a Fiber Optic Tutorial.
Chapter 3: Optical Networking, DWM, and DWDM.
Chapter 4: The Digital Hierarchy.
Part II: How Sonet Works.
Chapter 5: The Evolution of SONET.
Chapter 6: SONET Architecture and Protocols.
Chapter 7: SONET Payloads.
Part III: SONET NETWORK EQUIPMENT.
Chapter 9: SONET Networks.
Chapter 10: SONET Equipment.
Chapter 11: SONET Equipment Providers.
Part IV: SONET ADVANTAGES.
Chapter 12: Customer and Carrier Advantages.
Chapter 13: SONET OAM&P.
Chapter 14: SONET Rings.
Part V: SONET SERVICE DEPLOYMENT.
Chapter 15: SONET Deployment.
Chapter 16: SONET SERVICES.
Chapter 17: SONET Futures and Issues.
Chapter 18: Synchronous Digital Hierachy.
Appendices.
