ing), 35 1G optical networks, 149-150 ASPs (application service providers), 15 2G optical networks, 151-152 asymmetric bidirectional LSPs, 3D MEMS, 138 GMPLS, 407 3G optical networks, 152-153 ATM compatibility, SONET, 207 attenuation fiberoptics, 97, 107 FSO, 431 access-based metro vendors, 42 authentication, GMPLS, 414 access networks, 8 automatic healing, SONET, 205 acousto-optics, 140 autoprovisioning, IONs, 357 addressing, GMPLS, 417-418 AWG (Arrayed Waveguide Grating), ADMs (Add/Drop Multiplexers) 125, 265 DWDM functions, 284 SONET, 166 advantages of IONs, 351-352 AIS (alarm indication signal), SONET, 172 background of next generation all-optical networks, 346 SONET, 3-11 amplifiers, DWDM, 311 bandwidth, 2 applications CWDM, 323 BWDM, 339 GMPLS allocation, 385 CWDM, 333-335 IONs, 375 SONET implementations, 173 optical networks, capacity goals, 154-155 Copyright 2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click Here for Terms of Use. Index SONET revenue data, 483-494 allocation, 202 with broadband opportunities, 39 management, 218-219 Central Limit Theorem, 364 baseline technologies, 31 channel plans, CWDM, 332 beam wander, FSO, 432 choice constraints, GMPLS labels, 387 bidirectional LSPs, IONs, 376 chromatic dispersion bidirectionality, GMPLS, 404 fiberoptics, 85-90 BIP error events, SONET, 187-188 single mode fiberoptics, 108 bit stuffing, SONET, 167 Cisco BWDM implementation, 337 BLECs (Building LECs), 3 cladding, fiberoptics, 74-75 BLSRs (bidirectional line-switched rings), CLECs (Competitive Local Exchange SONET, 173, 200, 206-208 Carriers), 3 broadband Client interface, IONs, 376 access delays, 30 coherent transmission, 106, 273 carriers, 39 company debt, 51 DXCs, SONET, 167 company valuation calculation, 51 modeling parameters, 54, 57-58 component costs, DWDM, 265 penetration, 14 concatenated payloads, SONET, 165 bubble technology, SONET, 136 connection holding time, IONs, 359 BWDM (Bidirectional WDM), 336 Control channels, GMPLS, 409 applications, 339 Control mechanisms, IONs, 358, 362-363 Cisco implementati