Data Network Design (McGraw-Hill Series on Computer Communications) - Softcover

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Darren Spohn is President and Founder of Spohn & Associates, Inc., based in Austin, TX. Mr. Spohn is a board member of several high-tech companies and serves as a Venture Partner of Adams Capital Management LLP. Prior to founding Spohn Training and Spohn Consulting, Mr. Spohn served as the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering and Development at NetSolve, Inc. in Austin. There he managed NetSolve's engineering, product and software development, information systems, and business channel development efforts. Prior to his role as CTO, he served two years as Vice President of Operations. NetSolve (NTSL) provides comprehensive WAN and LAN network management out-tasking services.

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Your complete guide to a successful network design strategy

Build and design an end-to-end data network with help from this definitive guide. Covering all current key processes, technologies, and services--including IP and all its derivatives, ATM, Frame Relay, optical networking, SONET, voice over packet, multiplexing, X.25 and SMDS, and security design--this edition is updated with new and expanded coverage of optical switching and routing, MPLS, DSL, GbE, DWDM, PoS, wireless, and more. You'll gain insight into currently available services and find helpful comparisons with real-life examples and tips. Filled with illustrations and organized to walk you through the chronological order of the entire network design process, this authoritative resource combines the technologies and procedures of effective data network design in one volume.

• Learn about current voice and data network infrastructures and transmission technologies
• Gain a solid background on multiplexing, switching, and routing technologies and methods
• Find out about new technologies and services like DWDM, Voice over packet, GbE, and security infrastructures and hardware
• Discover residential and business access alternatives
• Work with common protocols and interfaces in the LAN and WAN environment
• Understand technology requirements from both a user's and designer's perspective
• Learn tried-and-tested design tips for each technology and service
• Tune, secure, and remotely manage your network

Important coverage includes:

• Enterprise and Service Provider Access
• How to write an RFI/RFP/RFQ
• Basic and advanced protocol layering concepts
• Dedicated, multiplexed, switched, and routed technologies
• Fiber, copper, and wireless access technologies
• SONET protocols, hardware, and services
• ATM, FR, and IP service architecture design and deployment
• Optical switching and routing with DWDM and PoS
• Traffic engineering of switched and packet technologies