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Judy Hasday
Describes the ill fated flight of Apollo 13 when an explosion forced the crew to abandon plans for a lunar landing and embark on a dangerous journey back to Earth.
Read Time: ~9.2 hr
Delivering carrier Ethernet
by Abdul Kasim ... [et al (2008)
About this book
Carrier Ethernet is rapidly becoming the de facto platform for offering the next generation of high-bandwidth multimedia applications...[this book] provides an in-depth assessment of the various network solutions that can be used to deliver Carrier Ethernet services...based on extensive real-world deployments and is written by globally renowned experts...addresses each underlying technology, its benefits and pitfalls, deployment approaches, ongoing developments, economic assessments, and key vendors promoting the solution...[Explains how] Carrier Ethernet is delivered over: copper, HFC (Hybrid Fiber-Coax), PONs (Passive Optical Networks), TDM (Time Division Multiplexing), Fiber and WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing), Optical wireless mesh network/free space optics, SONET (Synchronous optical NETworking) / MSPP (Multi-Service Provisioning Platform), RPR (Resilient Packet Ring), Bridging/switching, MPLS (MultiProtocol Label Switching), WiMAX/WiMAC.
Setting / LocationDeep Space
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreDelivering carrier Ethernet Lead Character
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