Terrestrial Services and Frame Relay
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Gary A. Donahue
Terrestrial Services and Frame Relay
Gary A. Donahue
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PURPOSE
The explosive growth of the Internet over the last few years has made it one of
the most important developments of the 20th century. The Internet has quickly
become the biggest (and most ubiquitous) advertising and information retrieval
system on the planet. T1s are the prime means whereby companies connect to
the Internet. Most of those companies are using Frame Relay.
Terrestrial Services and Frame Relay shows the reader in no-nonsense terms, how
T1s work, why they are the transport mechanism of choice, and best of all, how
to configure Cisco routers to use them. The section on Frame Relay covers not
only what frame relay is, but how and why to use it as well.
Whether you’re someone that needs to know how to make frame relay work or
someone that just wants to know more about this fascinating technology, this
book is for you. Packed with real world examples, Terrestrial Services and Frame
Relay gets you up to speed without insulting your intelligence.
In a world where networking has become a way of life, the prime means of
connecting companies to the Internet is barely known to most. References on the
subject are few and far between, and when available, are usually so technical that
the reader is alienated from the subject entirely.
This book will target anyone wishing to know more about T1s, Frame Relay and
the equipment used to install them. Rather than serving as a textbook on the
workings of Data Communications, Terrestrial Services and Frame Relay offers real
world examples and applications. Loaded with examples for Cisco routers, the
reader will be able use the book as a reference for WAN installs again and again.
AUDIENCE
Terrestrial Services and Frame Relay is for anyone with networking experience
wishing to know more about T1s and Frame Relay.
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SUMMARY OVERVIEW
Concise Guide to HTML Forms and Tables explains how to make your new or
existing web pages even more dazzling by using frames and tables in an easy to
understand, yet highly informative manner.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gary A. Donahue has been involved in the computer industry since 1980 when
he received a TRS-80 Model III as a gift from his parents. Having an extensive
knowledge of all things computer related, Mr. Donahue was drawn to
networking when connecting IBM-PC/XTs was cool. Now a high level network
designer and LAN/WAN troubleshooter, Gary also finds time to be an
accomplished web designer, teacher and Second Dan Black Belt instructor in Tae
Kwon Do.
COMPETITION
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HTML Techniques for Webmasters: Tables Frames and
Layout
Donald Michie
John Wiley and Sons
0471176109
Unknown (Available May 1, 1997)
$29.95
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How to Program Html Frames: Interface Design With JavaScript
Jason Teague
Ziff Davis Press
1562764950
Unknown (Available February 1, 1997)
$39.99
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (2 pages)
Introduction (3 pages)
Introduces the book, describes what the reader can expect to learn, as well as
what level of expertise the reader should posses. Covers the conventions used in
the text and the layout of the book.
Refresher: The OSI Model
PART I: TERRESTRIAL SERVICES
Chapter 1: Terminoligy (4 pages)
Chapter 2: History of Terrestrial Services (4 pages)
Voice calls
The data revolution
Chapter 2: Telco Infrastructure (5 pages)
Chapter 3: The Central Office (CO) (3 pages)
Chapter 4: LATAs (2 pages)
Chapter 5: The Physical Layer (Layer 1) (2 pages)
The DeMarc
Copper
Fiber
Distance Limitations
Repeaters
Load Coils
Equipment
FiberMux
Channel Banks
CSU
DSU
CSU/DSU
V.35
SmartJacks
Chapter 5: The Data Link Layer (Layer 2) (5 pages)
Encoding
B8ZS
AMI
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Framing
The Frame
The SuperFrame (D4)
The Extended SuperFrame
Chapter 6: Types of T1 Service
Fractional T1
Point to Point
Frame Relay
PRI
Channelized T1
T1 and Beyond
SONET
DS0
T1 (DS1)
T2 (DS2)
T3 (DS3)
OC1
T4 (DS4)
OC3
OC12
OC48
64k
1.54
6.3
45
51
274
155
600
2400
(4 T1’s)
(28 T1’s)
Fiber ATM
(6 T3’s)
Fiber ATM
Fiber ATM
Fiber ATM
PART II: FRAME RELAY
Chapter XX: What is Frame Relay?
Circuit Switching Networks
Packet Switching Networks
The Frame Relay Cloud
Switches in the cloud
Chapter XX: Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs)
Chapter XX: Switched Virtual Circuits (SVCs)
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Chapter XX: Data Link Control Identifiers (DLCIs)
Chapter XX: Bandwidth
Committed Information Rate (CIR)
Burst Rate
Discard Eligible Packets
Determining Bandwidth availability
BECN/FECN
Unscrupulous ISPs and Bandwidth Allocation
Chapter XX: Logical Topologies
Point to Point Frame Relay
Multi-point Frame Relay
Mesh Frame Relay
Partial Mesh Frame Relay
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