Data Network Design

9780072193121

0072193123

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 user's and designer's 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 technologies