Terabit Routers - The Converged Network's Basic Building Block The market for 1394 components and systems is ready to take off. A standard is in place for up to 400 Mbps and upgrades to the standard are in the works to increase the speed and distance to 1.6 Gbps and 100 meters. The market is being driven by the trend toward digital electronics, the need to connect a wide variety of consumer electronics such as DVDs, camcorders, VCRs, etc., and to provide a high-speed, low-cost, easy to use method to interconnect consumer electronics in the home. Overview | Table Of Contents $3995 includes free express shipping worldwide $5995 you will be emailed a PDF file. You can receive this study in one PDF file or in chapters. Just state in the notes section on the billing page which way you would like to receive it. $11,995 you will be emailed a PDF file. You can receive this study in one PDF file or in chapters. Just state in the notes section on the billing page which way you would like to receive it. Updates $7995 $10995 $14995 Table of Contents TERABIT ROUTERS – THE CONVERGED NETWORK’S BASIC BUILDING BLOCK TABLE OF FIGURES SUMMARY OF CONCEPTS TERABIT ROUTERS – THE CONVERGED NETWORK’S BASIC BUILDING BLOCK INTRODUCTION WHAT IS A ROUTER? WHY USE ROUTERS? WHAT IS A TERABIT ROUTER? What is a Terabit? TERABIT ROUTERS - NEW ROLES IN THE NETWORK. MARKET DRIVERS THE INTERNET DWDM M-DWDM INTEREST BY MAJOR EQUIPMENT VENDORS NETWORK PROVIDERS GROWTH MARKET DRIVERS SUMMARY TECHNOLOGY & APPLICATIONS TRADITIONAL ROUTER TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONAL ROUTER APPLICATIONS TERABIT ROUTER DESIGNS TERABIT ROUTERS - THE EQUIPMENT Alternative Architectures TERABIT ROUTER SOFTWARE Basic Transmission Protocols; SONET, ATM, IP SONET ATM IP Why Are the Differences of these Protocols Important Type of Transmission Cell Tax Class of Transmission Summary of Protocol Characteristics Terabit Routers’ Protocols Dynamic Routing Protocols Quality of Service (QoS) Protocols Diffserv MPLS APPLICATIONS Faster Routing Tying Rings Together - How Are the Rings Interconnected? Bridges Baseband Traffic Engineered Electronic Cross-Connect Systems Terabit Routers as Ring Connectors M-DWDM to DWDM Interconnects The ‘Intelligence’ of the Network Current Approach New Approaches Other Emerging Approaches Applications Summary CURRENT DEPLOYMENTS PSINET GLOBAL CROSSING TRIALS WILLIAMS BETA TRAILS ENRON CORP AT&T ACCELERATES UPGRADE FRONTIER ACTIVITIES AVICI ACTIVITIES PLURIS BETA ACTIVITIES JUNIPER NETWORKS NETCORE FIELD TRIALS THE VENDORS OF TERABIT ROUTERS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT TERABIT ROUTERS Avici Charlotte’s Web Networks, Ltd. IronBridge Networks Pluris GIGABIT ROUTERS Argon Networks Inc. Cisco Systems Dynarc, Inc. Juniper Networks Lucent Technologies NetCore Systems Nexabit Networks Torrent Networking Technologies OTHER DEVICES Lucent Technologies Monterey Networks Sycamore Networks Inc. MARKET FORECASTS DWDM / M-DWDM FORECASTS Short-term Market Growth Long-Term Market Growth US Market TERABIT ROUTER MARKET FORECASTS DWDM / M-DWDM Forecast Charts Terabit Router Forecasts PRICE FORECASTS THE ‘ROUTE’ TO SUCCESS Color VENDORS USERS Also included are 40 figures