Access and Core Network Technologies

Contents

• Access technologies: xDSL, PPP, Cable Modems and DOCSIS, Powerline, Ethernet (IEEE 802.3), Fast Ethernet (IEEE 802.3u), Giga and 10Giga Ethernet, Wireless Lan (802.11x) (overview), Token Ring (IEEE 802.5), Token Bus (IEEE 802.4);
• Metropolitan and WAN technologies: FDDI (ANSI X3T9.5), DQDB (IEEE 802.6), Frame Relay, Assynchrounous Transfer Mode (ATM), Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS), Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Generalised MPLS;
• Physical framing: Digital Hierarchies, SONET, OC-x, PONs

Learning Outcomes

• to explain the main theorectical concepts underpinning the major access and core network technologies;
• to exemplify and discuss the use of such technologies over distinct networking scenarios;
• to understanding the principles of physical framing

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