Tutorial: Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy: An Overview of Synchronous Networking; SONET/SDH OVERVIEW; SONET: Now It's the Standard Optical Network (R. Ballart & Y.-C. Ching); Progress in Standardization of SONET (R. Boehm); An Overview of Emerging ITU-T Recommentations for the Synchronous Digital Hierarchy: Rates and Formats, Network Elements, Line Systems, and Network Aspects (J. Eaves, et al.); Architectural and Functional Aspects of Radio-Relay Systems for SDH Networks (G. Richman, et al.); Aspects of Satellite Systems Intergration in Synchronous Digital Hierarchy Transport Networks (W. Oei & S. Tamboli); International Gateway for SDH and SONET Interconnection (C. Hwu & S. Chum); DEPLOYMENT PLANS AND ARCHITECTURE ISSUES; Defining Network Architecture for SDH Based Networks (A. Reid); Planning the Introduction of SDH Systems in the Italian Telecommunications Network (P. Lazzaro & F. Parente); France Telecom's Deployment of SDH (G. Bars & D. Bourdeau); SDH Network Evolution in Japan (H. Miura, et al.); Plans and Considerations for SONET Deployment (N. Sandesara, et al.); SONET Implementation (Y.-C. Ching & H. Say); The Role of SDH/SONET Based Networks in British Telecom (S. Whitt, et al.); Planning and Deploying a SONET-Based Metro Network (M. To & J. MacEachern); SURVIVABILITY AND ROBUST ARCHITECTURES; Self Healing Rings in a Synchronous Environment (I. Haque, et al.); Feasibility Study of a High-Speed SONET Self-Healing Ring Architecture in Future Interoffice Networks (T.-H. Wu & M. Burrowes); A Class of Self-Healing Ring Architectures for SONET Network Applications (T.-H. Wu & R. Lau); Service Applications for SONET DCS Disbributed Restoration (J. Sosnosky); Network Design Sensitivity Studies for Use of Digital Cross-Connect Systems in Survivable Network Architectures (R. Doverspike, et al.); The Impact of SONET Digital Cross-Connect System Architecture on Distributed Restoration (T.-H. Wu, et al.); Control Algorithms of SONET Integrated Self-Healing Networks (S. Hasegawa, et al.); Survivable SONET Networks Design Methodology (O. Wasem, et al.); NETWORK PERFORMANCE; Improvements in Availability and Error Performance of SONET Compared to Asynchronous Transport Systems (K. Nagaraj, et al.); The Impact of G.826 (M. Shafi & P. Smith); Transmission Performance in Evolving SONET/SDH Networks (J. Gruber, et al.); Traffic Management and Control in SONET Networks (S. Kheradpir, et al.); Network Synchronization A Challenge for SDH/SONET? (M. Klein & R. Urbansky); SONET Requirements for Jitter Interworking with Existing Networks (R. Nunn); OPERATIONS, ADMINISTRATION, AND MANAGEMENT; SDH/SONET A Network Management Viewpoint (R. Holter); SDH Management (J. Portejoie & J. Tremel); A Layered Approach to SDH Network Management in the Telecommunications Management Network (L. Campbell & H. Everitt); Control and Operation of SDH Network Elements (J. Blume, et al.). (Part contents).
