Digital Transmission Hierarchies and Networks is one of the very few books dealing with all the three generations of digital multiplexing hierarchies, namely plesiochronous digital hierarchy (PDH), synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) and optical transport hierarchy (OTH) in a full-fledged manner. Perhaps it is the only book demystifying the complex processes of justification and frame formation in PDH, pointer operations, concatenation and synchronisation in SDH and management overhead structures for digital wrapper and optical channel layers in OTH. The book covers the reliability and survivability aspects of the networks, applications like Ethernet, multi-protocol label switching (MPLS), VoIP over SDH, multi-protocol wavelength switching (MPλS), gigabit MPLS over OTN, passive optical network (PON), GPON and next generation switching network (NGN).The depth of coverage of topics in the book offers a thorough understanding of digital transmission hierarchies, which students of communications engineering as well as practising engineers and professionals dealing with OFC projects will find useful for the insight it provides on both the practical and the conceptual aspects of networking.
P V Sreekanth received his BE in electronics and communications engineering from Osmania University and his MTech, with specialisation in communications, from IIT Chennai. As an officer of the Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE), he has 16 years of experience of working on various railway signalling and telecom projects. He has also served as a faculty member at IRISET (Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications), Secunderabad. At present, he is General Manager (Operations & Maintenance), RailTel, Secunderabad. His published works include nine papers in national and international journals and two books: Digital Microwave Communications Systems (with selected topics on mobile communication) published by Universities Press, and Railway Signalling Installation and Quality Handbook, prepared for the exclusive use of the Indian Railways.
List of Abbreviations Preface Acknowledgements Prologue PART I: PDH SYSTEMS
PDH Network Reliability Issues
PART II: SDH SYSTEMS
Evolution of SDH
Multiplexing Process in SDH
SDH Network Elements and Network
Applications of SDH Network
Reliability Issues in SDH Networks
PART III: OTH SYSTEMS
Essentials of OTH