Optical Networking Standards: A Comprehensive Guide for Professionals provides a single source reference of over a hundred standards and industry technical specifications for optical networks at all levels: from components to networking systems through global networks, as well as coverage of networks management and services. This book focuses on the recently approved, adopted and implemented standards that have fueled the development of versatile switches, routers and multi-service provisioning platforms. These networking elements have enabled the service-providers world-wide to offer flexible yet customized bundled-services based on IP, MPLS and Carrier-Grade Ethernet. Highlights include recent advancements involving:

"Optical Networking Standards: A Comprehensive Guide for Professionals provides a single source reference of over a hundred standards and industry technical specifications for optical networks at all levels: from components to networking systems through global networks, as well as coverage of networks management and services. This book focuses on the recently approved, adopted and implemented standards that have fueled the development of versatile switches, routers and multi-service provisioning platforms. These networking elements have enabled the service-providers world-wide to offer flexible yet customized bundled-services based on IP, MPLS and Carrier-Grade Ethernet.

Overview.- Overview.- Optical Transport Network Infrastructure.- Architecture of Transport Networks.- Interfaces for Optical Transport Networks.- Multiplex Structures of the Optical Transport Network.- Generic Framing Procedure (GFP).- Synchronization of Optical Networks.- Synchronization Architectures for SONET/SDH Systems and Networks.- Network Survivability.- Services Offered Over Transport Networks.- Metro Ethernet Overview and Architecture.- Ethernet Services Over Metro Ethernet Networks.- Ethernet Services Over Public Wan.- Ethernet Services Over MPLS Networks.- Metro Ethernet Circuit mulation Services.- Metro Ethernet Network Resiliency and Traffic Management.- Sonet Services for Storage Area Networks.- Control and Management of Transport Networks.- Architecting the Automatically Switched Transport Network.- Intra-Network Elements and Component-Centric Standards.- Intra-Network Elements Communication.- Itu Optical Interface Standards.- High-Speed Serial Interconnect.- Standards Development Process.- Standards Development Process.