1. Reference Material ITU-T ASON and Transport Recommendations

2. ITU-T Recommendations Accessibility Information  Go to the publications link and choose download per URL: –http://www.itu.int/publications/EBookshop.html  There is an explicit button from the download publications page where you can register up front for 3 free Recommendations

3. Some Key ITU-T ASON Recommendations Fundamental (Protocol-Neutral) Architecture & Requirements  G.8080, Architecture for the automatically switched optical network (ASON), 2006 Revision – to be published imminently  G.7713, Distributed call and connection management (DCM), 2006 Revision, to be published imminently  G.7718, Framework for ASON Management, February ’05  G.7714, Generalized automatic discovery for transport entities, August ’05 revision  ITU-T G.7715/Y.1706 - Architecture and Requirements for Routing in the Automatic Switched Optical Networks, July 2002  ITU-T G.7715.1/Y.1706 - ASON Routing Architecture and requirements for Link State Protocols, Feb. ’04  ITU-T G.7712/Y.1703 - Architecture and specification of data communication network*, March ’03  ITU-T T G.7716 - Control Plane Initialiization, Reconfiguration, and Recovery, target Consent Nov. ‘06

4. Textbooks covering ITU-T Architecture Aspects (e.g., Functional Modeling, ASON)  Broadband Networking: ATM, SDH, and SONET; Michael Sexton and Andrew Reid; ISBN 0-89006-578-0 (see in particular Chapters 2 – 4) –http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0890065780/ref=sib_rdr_dp/103-2003697- 9480609?%5Fencoding=UTF8&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&no=283155&st=books&n=283155http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0890065780/ref=sib_rdr_dp/103-2003697- 9480609?%5Fencoding=UTF8&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&no=283155&st=books&n=283155  Achieving Global Information Networking; Varma and Stephant et al; ISBN: 0890069999 (see in particular Chapters 1-4) –http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0890069999/ref=dp_return_1/103- 2003697-9480609?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=283155&s=bookshttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0890069999/ref=dp_return_1/103- 2003697-9480609?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=283155&s=books  SDH/SONET Explained in Functional Models : Modeling the Optical Transport Network; Huub van Helvoort; ISBN 0-470- 09123-1 –http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470091231/ref=sib_rdr_dp/103- 2003697- 9480609?%5Fencoding=UTF8&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&no=283155&st=books&n=28315 5http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470091231/ref=sib_rdr_dp/103- 2003697- 9480609?%5Fencoding=UTF8&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&no=283155&st=books&n=28315 5  Optical Networking Standards : A Comprehensive Guide for Professionals ; Khurram Kazi; ISBN: 0387240624 (to be published June 2006; see – for example - Chapters 2, 16) –http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0387240624/qid=1147161139/sr=1- 1/ref=sr_1_1/103-2003697-9480609?s=books&v=glance&n=283155http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0387240624/qid=1147161139/sr=1- 1/ref=sr_1_1/103-2003697-9480609?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

5. Some Key ITU-T Functional Modeling Recommendations Fundamental Architecture & Equipment  ITU-T Rec. G.803, Architecture of transport networks based on the synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH), March 2003  ITU-T Rec. G.805 - Generic functional architecture of transport networks, March 2000  ITU-T Rec. G.809 - Functional architecture of connectionless layer networks, March 2003  ITU-T Rec. G.872, Architecture of optical transport networks, November 2001  ITU-T Rec. G.8010, Architecture of Ethernet Layer Networks, February 2004  ITU-T Rec. G.8110, MPLS layer network architecture, January 2005  ITU-T G.8110.1, Architecture of Transport MPLS (T-MPLS) Layer Network, publication imminent  ITU-T G.783, Characteristics of synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) equipment functional blocks, March 2006  ITU-T G.8021, Characteristics of Ethernet transport network equipment functional blocks,  G.8121, Characteristics of Transport MPLS (T-MPLS) Equipment Functional Blocks, publication imminent  Etc.