Wide Area Network Practical Handbook

Author: Li Yong
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Publish Date: 2001-03-01
Features: China's urban economies are developed, with dense commercial users and general users, serving as both major consumption centers for traditional voice and data services and areas of rapidly growing broadband demand. Metropolitan area networks (MANs) are extensions and coverages of the data backbone network and long-distance telephone network within urban areas, handling business access and circuit leasing services for enterprise users, commercial buildings, and smart communities. MANs will be the primary source of operating revenue. Building MANs and achieving urban informatization is undoubtedly a key component and preliminary goal of national informatization. With the development of broadband demand and the potential for huge profits, broadband MANs have become a focal point for current construction. The "Practical Handbook of Broadband Metropolitan Area Networks" starts from the practicality of its content and the advancement of its technology, aiming to address various concerns of technical personnel or managers in the fields of communications/telecommunications, computers, and cable TV who are involved in MAN construction. This book includes eight parts: the evolution of telecommunications networks, basic concepts of MANs, MAN services, MAN architecture, technology and solutions, IP technology and equipment, broadband access technology, development trends in related technologies of MANs, and case studies of MAN construction, providing a comprehensive and detailed discussion of issues related to MAN construction.