"Broadband Network Architectures: Designing and Deploying Triple-Play Services"

eBook Name: Broadband Network Architectures: Designing and Deploying Triple-Play Services
eBook Type: Network

Network, LAN, WAN, Wireless

* An in-depth introduction to next-generation triple-play services: components, integration, and business connectivity

* Triple-play backbone design: MPLS, Layer 3 VPNs, and Broadband Network Gateways (BNGs)/Broadband Remote Access Servers (B-RAS)

* Protocols and strategies for integrating BNGs into robust triple-play networks

* Triple-play access network design: DSLAM architectures, aggregation networks, transport, and Layer 2 tunneling

* VLAN-per-customer versus service-per-VLAN architectures: advantages and disadvantages

* PPP or DHCP: choosing the right access protocol

* Issues associated with operating in wholesale, unbundled environments

* IP addressing and subscriber session management

* Broadband network security, including Denial of Service attacks and VoIP privacy

* The future of wireless broadband: IMS, SIP, and non-SIP based fixed mobile convergence and wireless video