PREFACE -- 1. INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL TRANSPORT -- 1.1 History -- 1.2 Conventions -- 1.3 Standard Documents from Different SDOs -- 2. NETWORK ARCHITECTURES: THE STRUCTURE OF THE NETWORK -- 2.1 Network Topology -- 2.2 Network Functional Model -- 3. FRAMES AND STRUCTURES: TRANSPORT IN CONTAINERS -- 3.1 SDH Frames and Structures -- 3.2 OTN Frames and Structures -- 3.3 PDH Frame Structures -- 3.4 PTN Frame Structures -- 4. NETWORK MODELING: LAYERS AND ATOMIC FUNCTIONS. -- 4.1 The Synchronous Digital Hierarchy SDH -- 4.2 The SDH Higher Order Path (Sn) Layer -- 4.3 The SDH Lower Order Path (Sm) Layer -- 4.4 The SDH Multiplex Section (MSn) Layer -- 4.5 The SDH Regenerator Section (RSn) Layer -- 4.6 The SDH Optical Section (OSn) Layer -- 4.7 The SDH Electrical Section (ES1) Layer -- 4.8 The Layers Below the SDH OSn and ES1 Layer -- 4.9 The Optical Transport Network OTN -- 4.10 The OTN Optical Channel Data Unit Layer (ODUk) -- 4.11 The OTN Optical Channel Transport Unit Layer (OTUk) -- 4.12 The OTN Optical Channel Layer (OCh) -- 4.13 The OTN Optical Multiplex Section Layer (OMSn) -- 4.14 The OTN Optical Transmission Section Layer (OTSn) -- 4.15 The OTN Optical Physical Section Layer (OPS) -- 5. PACKET TRANSPORT NETWORK MODELING: EXTENDING THE MODEL TO NGN -- 5.1 The Generic PTN Layer -- 5.2 The PTN-Specifi c OAM Traffic Units -- 6. FREQUENCY JUSTIFICATION: POINTERS AND STUFFING -- 6.1 Pointer Processing -- 6.2 Bit Stuffing -- 6.3 Positive and Negative Justification -- 7. PROTECTION MECHANISMS: IMPROVE AVAILABILITY -- 7.1 Availability -- 7.2 Protection Architectures -- 7.3 Protection Classes -- 8. MAPPING METHODOLOGIES: FITTING THE PAYLOAD IN THE CONTAINER -- 8.1 SDH/SONET¿́¿Container C-n Mapping -- 8.2 OTN¿́¿Container OPUk Mapping -- 8.3 GFP Mapping -- 9. CONCATENATION: TO GROW AND PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY. -- 9.1 Contiguous Concatenation (CCAT) -- 9.2 Virtual Concatenation (VCAT) -- 9.3 Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS) -- 10. SDH VS. SONET OVERHEAD PROCESSING: COMMONALITIES AND DIFFERENCES.

ABBREVIATIONS -- REFERENCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.