 synchronization, SONET, 167, 180 tunable lasers, fiberoptics, 112-113 two fiber BLSRs, SONET, 200, 206 TxM (Transmitter modules), DWDM, 37 TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) data rate issues, 286 evolution of systems, 273 uncooled coaxial lasers, CWDM, 322 IONs, 375 UNI services, GMPLS, 416 long-applications, 271-272 upgrade options, DWDM, 268 terminator node delay, GMPLS, 406 UPSRs (unidirectional path-switched textual course of SONET investigation, rings), SONET, 173, 198 28-29 upstream labels, GMPLS, 404 thermal nitridation and oxidation, 266 Index spacing, 324 variant implementations, next-gen SONET, standardization, 288-289 252-256 GMPLS labels, 385 VCSELs (Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting WDM (Wave Division Multiplexing), Laser), 310 117-118, 261, 273 virtual rings, SONET, 200 data oriented services, 295 VT1.5, SONET, 178 metro access, OAMP issues, 297 VTs (Virtual Tributaries), SONET, 158, 162 NZDSF, 280 photonic networking, 285, 296 SONET, 215 thin film filters, 124 WANs (Wide Area Networks), 9, 15 weather attenuation, FSO, 431 water peak attenuation, fiberoptics, 107 whole fiber labels, GMPLS, 385 wavebands WWDM (wideband WDM), 18, 215, 282 labels, GMPLS, 385 switching, IONs, 374 wavelengths CWDM spacing, 320-321, 330 ZDP fiber (Zero-Dispersion Point), 99-102 Service Delivery Platforms Developing and Deploying Converged Multimedia Services Service Delivery Platforms Developing and Deploying Converged Multimedia Services Edited by Syed A. Ahson Mohammad Ilyas CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group Boca Raton London New York CRC Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business AN AUERBACH BOOK Auerbach Publications Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 © 2011 by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC Auerbach Publications is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business No claim to original U.S. Government works Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10987654321 International Standard Book Number: 978-1-4398-0089-8 (Ha