1. Synchronous Optical Network https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

2. Fiber Distributed Data Interface Description 1 FDDI, as a product of American National Standards Institute X3T9.5 (now X3T12), conforms to the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model of functional layering using other protocols. The standards process started in the mid 1980s. FDDI-II, a version of FDDI described in 1989, added circuit-switched service capability to the network so that it could also handle voice and video signals. Work started to connect FDDI networks to synchronous optical networking (SONET) technology. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

3. Internet service provider Access providers 1 For customers with more demanding requirements, such as medium-to-large businesses, or other ISPs, higher-speed DSL (such as single-pair high-speed digital subscriber line ), Ethernet, metropolitan Ethernet, gigabit Ethernet, Frame Relay, ISDN Primary Rate Interface, ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) and synchronous optical networking (SONET) can be used. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

4. Computer network SONET/SDH 1 Synchronous optical networking (SONET) and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) are standardized multiplexing protocols that transfer multiple digital bit streams over optical fiber using lasers https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

5. Passive optical network - Passive optical components 1 These components are used in interoffice, loop feeder, Fiber In The Loop (FITL), Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial Cable (HFC), Synchronous Optical Network (SONET), and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) systems; and other telecommunications networks employing optical communications systems that utilize Optical Fiber Amplifiers (OFAs) and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexer (DWDM) systems https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

6. E-carrier - Hierarchy levels 1 Note 2: There are other data rates in use, e.g., military systems that operate at six and eight times the DS1 rate. At least one manufacturer has a commercial system that operates at 90 Mbit/s, twice the DS3 rate. New systems, which take advantage of the high data rates offered by optical communications links, are also deployed or are under development. Higher data rates are now often achieved by using synchronous optical networking (SONET) or synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH). https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

7. Multiprotocol Label Switching - Introduction 1 The primary benefit is to eliminate dependence on a particular OSI model data link layer technology, such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Frame Relay, Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET) or Ethernet, and eliminate the need for multiple layer-2 networks to satisfy different types of traffic https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

8. Multiprotocol Label Switching - History 1 MPLS also offers a robust recovery framework that goes beyond the simple protection rings of synchronous optical networking (SONET/SDH). https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

9. Internet access - Leased lines 1 Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET, in the U.S https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

10. Time-division multiplexing - Application examples 1 * The synchronous optical networking|synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH)/synchronous optical networking (SONET) network transmission standards that have replaced PDH. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

11. Telegraphy - Internet 1 Later, Synchronous optical networking|SONET and SDH were adapted to combine carrier channels into groups that could be sent over optic fiber https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

12. Optical Carrier transmission rates 1 'Optical Carrier transmission rates' are a standardized set of specifications of transmission bandwidth for digital signals that can be carried on Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET) fiber optic Telecommunications network|networks https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

13. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy 1 'Synchronous Optical Networking' ('SONET') and 'Synchronous Digital Hierarchy' ('SDH') are standardized protocols that transfer multiple Digital data|digital bit streams over optical fiber using lasers or highly Coherence (physics)|coherent light from light-emitting diodes (LEDs) https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

14. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy - Framing 1 In synchronous optical networking, this is modified slightly https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

15. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy - Physical layer 1 Design and Analysis of Virtual Bus Transport Using Synchronous Digital Hierarchy/Synchronous Optical Networking https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

16. 10 Gigabit Ethernet 1 The WAN PHY encapsulates Ethernet packets in Synchronous optical networking|SONET OC-192c frames and operates at a slightly slower data-rate (9.95328 Gbit/s) than the local area network (LAN) PHY. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

17. Fiber-optic communication - Governing standards 1 * SONET|Synchronous Optical Networking https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

18. Dense WDM 1 EDFAs were originally developed to replace Synchronous optical networking|SONET/SDH optical-electrical- optical (OEO) Signal regeneration|regenerators, which they have made practically obsolete https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

19. Dense WDM - DWDM systems 1 Each 'wavelength converting transponder' receives an optical data signal from the client-layer, such as Synchronous optical networking [SONET /SDH] or another type of data signal, converts this signal into the electrical domain and re-transmits the signal at a specific wavelength using a 1550nm band laser https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

20. Dense WDM - DWDM systems 1 At the remote site, the terminal de- multiplexer consisting of an optical de- multiplexer and one or more 'wavelength converting transponders' separates the 'multi-wavelength optical signal' back into individual data signals and outputs them on separate fibers for client-layer systems (such as Synchronous optical networking|SONET/SDH) https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

21. Dense WDM - DWDM systems 1 The introduction of the ITU-T G.694.1ITU- T G.694.1, Spectral grids for WDM applications: DWDM frequency grid [http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-G.694.1/en ITU-T website] frequency grid in 2002 has made it easier to integrate WDM with older but more standard Synchronous optical networking|SONET/SDH systems https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

22. Dense WDM - Wavelength converting transponders 1 3R Transponders were fully digital and normally able to view Synchronous optical networking|SONET/SDH section layer overhead bytes such as A1 and A2 to determine signal quality health https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

23. Dense WDM - Wavelength converting transponders 1 More recent muxponder designs have absorbed more and more TDM functionality, in some cases obviating the need for traditional Synchronous optical networking|SONET/SDH transport equipment. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

24. Physical layer - List of protocols 1 * synchronous optical network|SONET/SDH https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

25. Backhaul (telecommunications) - Definition 1 *Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy|PDH and Synchronous optical networking|SDH/SONET interfaces, such as (fractional) E1/T1, E3, T3, STM-1/OC- 3, etc. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

26. MPLS-TP 1 'MPLS-TP' is to be based on the same architectural principles of layered networking that are used in longstanding transport network technologies like Synchronous Digital Hierarchy|SDH, Synchronous Optical NETwork|SONET and Optical Transport Network|OTN. Service providers have already developed management processes and work procedures based on these principles. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

27. Internet service - Access providers 1 For customers with more demanding requirements, such as medium-to-large businesses, or other ISPs, higher-speed DSL (such as single-pair high-speed digital subscriber line ), Ethernet, Metro Ethernet|metropolitan Ethernet, gigabit Ethernet, Frame Relay, ISDN Primary Rate Interface, Asynchronous Transfer Mode|ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) and synchronous optical networking (SONET) can be used.[ http://ciscoccna24.blogspot.com/2010/10/t dm-examples-isdn-and-sonet.html TDM Examples - ISDN and SONET] https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

28. IEEE 802.6 1 This standard has also failed, mostly for the same reasons that the FDDI standard failed. Most MANs now use Synchronous optical networking|Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) or Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network designs, with recent designs using native Ethernet or Multiprotocol Label Switching|MPLS. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

29. Carrier Ethernet - Ethernet over SDH/SONET 1 Network_topology#Point-to-point|Point-to- point Ethernet links are carried over Synchronous Optical Networking|SDH/SONET networks, making use of virtual concatenation (ITU-T G.707) and LCAS (Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme - ITU-T G.7042) to create an appropriate size carrier bundle, of the Generic Framing Procedure of Synchronous Digital Hierarchy|SDH equipment, and takes advantage of the management and recovery features of SDH to provide high availability and resilience to failures. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

30. G-PON - Network elements 1 * Standard Time division multiplexing|TDM interfaces such as Synchronous optical networking|SDH/SONET; https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

31. XFP transceiver - Description 1 Principal applications include 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, synchronous optical networking (SONET) at OC-192 rates, synchronous optical networking STM-64, 10 Gbit/s Optical Transport Network (OTN) OTU-2, and parallel optics links. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

32. SCADA - Communication infrastructure and methods 1 SCADA systems have traditionally used combinations of radio and direct wired connections, although Synchronous optical networking|SONET/SDH is also frequently used for large systems such as railways and power stations https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

33. Optical mesh network 1 Transport networks, the underlying optical fiber-based layer of telecommunications networks, have evolved from DCS (Digital Cross-connect Systems)-based mesh architectures in the 1980s, to SONET/SDH (Synchronous Optical Networking/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) ring architectures in the 1990s https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

34. Optical mesh network - History of transport networks 1 (also called Multiplex Section - Shared Protection Ring (MS-SPRing) in Synchronous optical networking|SDH networks), protecting against and recovering from a network failure in 50ms or less,[ http://www.ece.ualberta.ca/~grover/pdf/Schall enburg_50ms.ppt Is 50 ms necessary?] a significant improvement over the recovery time supported in Fast automatic restoration#Restoration architecture evolution|DCS-based mesh restoration, and a key driver for the deployment of SONET/SDH ring-based protection. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

35. Optical mesh network - Optical mesh networks 1 Optical switches build by companies such as [ http://www.sycamorenet.com Sycamore] and [ http://www.ciena.com Ciena] (with Synchronous optical networking|STS-1 granularity of switching) and [ http://www.tellium.com Zhone Technologies|Tellium] (with Synchronous optical networking|STS-48 granularity of switching) have been deployed in operational mesh networks. [ http://www.calient.net Calient] has built all-optical switches based on 3D MEMS technology. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

36. Label switched path - History 1 MPLS also offers a robust recovery framework that goes beyond the simple protection rings of synchronous optical networking (SONET/SDH). https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

37. Juniper Networks Technical Certification Program - Core wars 1 The product was a first-ever implementation of packet forwarding in silicon (Application-specific integrated circuit|ASICs) that could sustain line-rate packet forwarding across eight packet- over-Synchronous optical networking|SONET (Optical Carrier transmission rates#OC-48 / STM-16x / 2.5G SONET|OC48c) ports in a half-19- inch rack|rack form factor https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

38. SANoIP - SAN infrastructure 1 They often enable mapping Fibre Channel traffic over IP or over Synchronous optical networking|SONET/SDH. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

39. Juniper T-Series - T320 1 Those include ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) and Synchronous optical networking|SONet (Synchronous Optical Network) interfaces at OC-3 (155M bit/s) and Optical Carrier|OC-12 (622M bit/s), as well as Gigabit Ethernet https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

40. FDDI - Description 1 FDDI-II, a version of FDDI described in 1989, added circuit switching|circuit- switched service capability to the network so that it could also handle voice and video signals. Work started to connect FDDI networks to synchronous optical networking (SONET) technology. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

41. MPLS local protection 1 In contrast, MPLS local protection meets the requirements of real-time applications with recovery times comparable to those of Synchronous optical networking|SONET rings ( 50 ms). https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

42. GEC-Plessey Telecommunications - Plessey takeover bid and formation of GPT : 1987- 1989 1 GPT was a world leader in many fields, for example Synchronous optical networking|Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) technology, and this brought the two companies responsible for developing and building the System X (telephony)|System X telephone exchange together, which was supposed to make selling System X simpler. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

43. Serial bus - Examples of serial communication architectures 1 *Synchronous Optical Networking|SONET and Synchronous Optical Networking|SDH (high speed telecommunication over optical fibers) https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

44. System Packet Interface 1 The 'System Packet Interface' family of Interoperability Agreements from the Optical Internetworking Forum specify chip-to-chip, channelized, packet interfaces commonly used in synchronous optical networking and ethernet applications https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

45. Agile Communications 1 In late 2003, Agile began a rollout of a national network, an Optical fiber|Optic Fibre based Internet Protocol|IP network running on Synchronous optical networking|STM-1 Synchronous optical networking|Packet over Sonet(POS) links to connect all Agile POPs across Australia. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

46. CWDM - DWDM systems 1 Each wavelength-converting transponder receives an optical data signal from the client-layer, such as Synchronous optical networking [SONET /SDH] or another type of data signal, converts this signal into the electrical domain and re-transmits the signal at a specific wavelength using a 1,550nm band laser https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

47. CWDM - DWDM systems 1 At the remote site, the terminal de- multiplexer consisting of an optical de- multiplexer and one or more wavelength- converting transponders separates the multi-wavelength optical signal back into individual data signals and outputs them on separate fibers for client-layer systems (such as Synchronous optical networking|SONET/SDH) https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

48. CWDM - Wavelength-converting transponders 1 More recent muxponder designs have absorbed more and more TDM functionality, in some cases obviating the need for traditional Synchronous optical networking|SONET/SDH transport equipment. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

49. Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy 1 PDH is typically being replaced by synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) or synchronous optical networking (SONET) equipment in most telecommunications networks. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

50. Plesiochronous 1 The modern tendency in systems engineering is towards using systems that are either fundamentally asynchronous (such as Ethernet), or fundamentally Synchronization|synchronous (such as synchronous optical networking), and layering these where necessary, rather than using a mixture between the two in a single technology. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

51. SONET/SDH 1 'Synchronous Optical Networking' ('SONET') and 'Synchronous Digital Hierarchy' ('SDH') are standardized protocols that transfer multiple Digital data|digital bit streams synchronously over optical fiber using lasers or highly Coherence (physics)|coherent light from light-emitting diodes (LEDs) https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

52. Subnetwork connection protection 1 In telecommunications, 'subnetwork connection protection' ('SNCP'), is a type of protection mechanism associated with synchronous optical networks such as Synchronous optical networking|synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH). https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

53. G.709 1 The G.709 OTUk signal is positioned as a server layer signal for various client signals, e.g. Synchronous optical networking|SDH/SONET, Asynchronous Transfer Mode|ATM, Internet Protocol|IP, Ethernet, Fibre Channel and Optical Transport Network|OTN Optical Channel Data Unit|ODUk (where k=0, 1, 2, 2e, 3, 3e2, 4 or flex).The letter k represents the ODUk data rate as follows: https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

54. Telecommunications Management Network 1 The TMN layered organization is used as fundamental basis for the management software of Integrated Services Digital Network|ISDN, Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network|B-ISDN, Asynchronous Transfer Mode|ATM, Synchronous optical networking|SDH/SONET and Global System for Mobile Communications|GSM networks. It is not as commonly used for purely packet-switched data networks. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

55. Digital cross connect system 1 DCS units are available that operate on both older T-carrier/E-carrier bit streams, as well as newer Synchronous optical networking|SONET/SDH bit streams. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

56. T-carrier - Digital signal crossconnect 1 DS3 signals are rare except within buildings, where they are used for interconnections and as an intermediate step before being multiplexing|muxed onto a Synchronous optical networking|SONET circuit https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

57. Packet over SONET/SDH 1 'Packet over SONET/SDH', abbreviated 'POS', is a communications protocol for transmitting Packet (information technology)|packets in the form of the Point to Point Protocol (PPP) over Synchronous optical networking|SDH or SONET, which are both standard protocols for communicating digital information using lasers or light emitting diodes (LEDs) over optical fibre at high line rates https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

58. Packet over SONET/SDH - Details about the name POS 1 POS (packet over SONET) is a double- nested abbreviation. The S represents SONET/SDH, which itself stands for Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

59. Packet over SONET/SDH - Details about the name POS 1 Given this information, POS technically stands for Packet over Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

60. Operations, administration and management - Standards 1 * Ethernet protection switching (ITU G.8031) - Brings Synchronous optical networking|SONET APS / SDH MSP like protection switching to Ethernet trunks. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

61. CRC-based framing - Overview of CRC-based framing 1 In links where there is already a byte lock mechanism present such as within an E- carrier or Synchronous optical networking|SDH frame, the receiver need only byte-shift (rather than of bit-shifting) along the receive data stream to find lock. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

62. GEC Plessey Telecommunications - Plessey takeover bid and formation of GPT : 1987- 1989 1 GPT was a world leader in many fields, for example Synchronous optical networking|Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) technology, and this brought the two companies responsible for developing and building the System X (telephony)|System X telephone exchange together, which was supposed to make selling System X simpler. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

63. Anritsu - History 1 In Japan, Anritsu's first predecessor, Sekisan-sha, was founded in 1895. Annaka Electric Company followed, producing wireless transmitters and the world's first wireless telephone service and Japan's first automatic public telephone. More recently, their Synchronous optical networking|SONET analyzer measuring 10 Gbit/s and transmitter test products are of note. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

64. Marconi Communications - Background : Acquisition of Plessey and GPT (1986-1997) 1 GPT was a world leader in many fields, for example Synchronous optical networking|Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) technology, and this brought the two companies responsible for developing and building the System X (telephony)|System X telephone exchange together, which was supposed to make selling System X simpler. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-synchronous-optical-network-toolkit.html

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