Peering Carrier Ethernet Networks

Peering Carrier Ethernet Networks begins by providing background information on the evolution of important concepts and building blocks that have led to the current state of high bandwidth and high performance Ethernet technology in order to support current and emerging customer applications. The background information covered includes an overview of Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN) to describe circuit switching, multiplexing, and voice digitization that lead to the development of T1/T3 and SONET/SDH for transport. It interweaves these developments with changes in the regulatory regime. Additional coverage includes Carrier Ethernet networks' technical standards, which describe how service providers can offer services to off-net customers using peered Carrier Ethernet networks and a description of the taxonomy of customers and their current and emerging applications at Layer 2 and Layer 3 on peered Carrier Ethernet networks. The book concludes by describing next steps in Ethernet technology to meet growing demands and emerging trends. #1 on BookAuthority.org's "8 Bandwidth Books That Separate Experts from Amateurs" #4 on BookAuthority.org's "8 Ethernet Books That Separate Experts from Amateurs"

Sachidananda Kangovi is an Enterprise Architect, currently consulting at AT&T. He has over 20 years of experience in IT systems related to operations and business support systems (OSS/BSS) in Telecom. While working as a Distinguished Engineer at Comcast he developed a state machine called Service Linked Multistate System for which he was awarded many US and international patents. He was also VP for Telecom Systems at SCSL, which was a global IT company and Director of Systems Engineering at ADC/Commtech. Kangovi is also a former Adjunct Professor in Keller School of Management at DeVry University where he taught courses on Business Intelligence and Data Analysis, Advanced Program Management, and Managing Software Development Projects. He has a Ph.D. in engineering from Rutgers University and an Executive MBA from Universitas 21 - a consortium of 21 leading global universities. He did his MS from Indian Institute of Science and his BS from Jabalpur University.

1. Introduction 2. Shaping of Data Networks 3. The Ethernet Landscape 4. Carrier Ethernet Networks 5. Peering Carrier Ethernet Networks 6. Standards for Access Service Request 7. Operations and Business Support Systems 8. Applications of Peering Carrier Ethernet Networks 9. Next Steps in Peering Carrier Ethernet Networks