Optical Network Architecture and Planning: From Service Requirements to Ready-for-Service Delivery

One design case runs through the whole book: an AI data center interconnect between two campuses 80 km apart, a 600 km long-haul route with seven amplifier sites, and an open submarine cable extension. Each chapter takes the case one step further, from the first requirement to the ready-for-service handover, and pairs the engineering method with the deliverable an architect produces at that stage.

Inside the book

- Requirements, traffic modeling, demand forecasting and capacity planning

- Topology, layer architecture, fiber plant, transceivers and operating modes

- OSNR and GSNR budgets, line systems, spectrum planning and network simulation

- EDFA and hybrid Raman amplification, ROADM nodes, C+L bands and open line systems

- Protection, optical-layer security, automation, telemetry and digital twins

- Techno-economics, RFPs, commissioning, acceptance and segment reference designs

Who this book is for

Optical network architects, planning and design engineers, presales and solution engineers, operations engineers moving into design, and students who want to see how transmission theory becomes a network that passes acceptance.

About the author

Sanjay Yadav is an optical networking professional with nearly two decades of experience across terrestrial, submarine and data center interconnect networks. His work spans product development, system engineering, network design and operations, automation and tooling. Since 2011 he has shared his experience through articles, courses and tools on MapYourTech. He is also the author of Optical Network Communications: An Engineer's Perspective and several other books for optical networking professionals.