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About
the Authors
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GREG BERNSTEIN,
chief
consultant with Grotto Networking, served as Senior Technology Director
for CIENA, supervising network control and management architectures. At
Lightera Networks, he led the software development effort for a widely
deployed optical switch, applying advanced signaling and routing
techniques. He holds several optical networking patents.
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BALA RAJAGOPALAN, Principal
Architect at Tellium, has worked extensively on IP-centric control of
optical networks and optical internetworking architectures. He has also
researched IP and wireless data networks for AT&T Bell Laboratories,
Bellcore, and NEC, and he has made significant contributions to IETF, ATM
Forum, and Optical Interworking Forum standards.
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DEBANJAN SAHA is with Network Software &
Services Dept. at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. Previously, he was
Tellium Inc., an
optical networking pioneer. He
has played technical and management roles in both research and production
environments. Dr. Saha has
authored numerous papers and standards contributions and is a co-recipient
of IEEE Comm. Society’s prestigious William R. Bennett
award. He received a
B.Tech. from IIT, India, and M.S. and Ph.D. from Univ. of Maryland,
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Overview
Optical Network Control is the
first expert guide and single-source reference for controlling and
managing optical networks. This book fills the gap between optical network
engineering and routing/signaling—helping both optical and IP
professionals build networks that are more robust, flexible, manageable,
and profitable. Coverage includes:
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Designing networks to
deliver a range of on-demand services from mission-critical,
time-sensitive protected services to low-cost unprotected services
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Network control and
operations in DWDM and SONET/SDH environments
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Control principles and
features for evolving mesh-based optical networks and existing ring
networks—with practical examples
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Emerging, proposed, and
future optical routing/signaling protocols and standards including
GMPLS, ASON and Optical UNI
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Optical network control
planes: design, scenarios, interworking, and interactions with
existing network management systems
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Crucial IETF, ITU-T, OIF,
ANSI, Bellcore, and industry information—brought together for the
first time.
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