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1、通信英语1、通信专业基础知识2、基础英语知识专业英语学习的要素:通信英语学习的三个要点:1、常见语法现象2、构词方法3、翻译方法和技巧重要提示:1、网上作业提交2、综合练习3、课后练习ThePrincipleofPCM专业背景介绍专业背景介绍PCMisdependentonthreeseparateoperations,sampling,quantizing,andcoding.dependentadj.依靠,依赖依靠,依赖onseparateadj.不同的不同的operationn.操作,运算,手术操作,运算,手术samplev.取样取样quantizev.量化量化codev.编码编码Man
2、ydifferentschemesforperformingthesethreefunctionshaveevolvedduringrecentyears,andweshalldescribethemainones.schemen.方案,计划方案,计划performv.执行,完成执行,完成functionn.功能功能evolvev.发展,演化发展,演化recentadj.近来近来describev.描述描述Inthesedescriptionsweshallseehowaspeechchanneloftelephonequalitymaybeconveyedasaseriesofamplitu
3、devalues,eachvaluebeingrepresented,thatis,coded,asasequenceof8binarydigits.descriptionn.描述描述channeln.信道,话路信道,话路conveyv.转化,传达转化,传达amplituden.幅度representv.表示,代表sequencen.序列binaryadj.二进制的Furthermore,weshallprovethataminimumtheoreticalsamplingfrequencyoforder6.8kilohertz(kHz)isrequiredtoconveyavoicechan
4、neloccupyingtherange300Hzto3.4kHz.provev.证明minimumn.最小值frequencyn.频率ordern.数量级,命令occupyv.占据,占用rangen.范围Practicalequipments,however,normallyuseasamplingrateof8kHz,andif8-digitspersamplevalueareused,thevoicechannelbecomesrepresentedbyastreamofpulseswitharepetitionrateof64kHz.equipmentn.设备设备normallyadv
5、.通常地通常地ratesn.速率速率streamn.流流repetitionn.重复重复Reexaminationofoursimpleexampleshowsusthatthespeechsignalofmaximumfrequency3.4kHzhasbeenrepresentedbyasignaloffrequency64kHz.reexaminationn.再审查,再看再审查,再看showv.展示,表演展示,表演maximumn.最大值最大值However,ifonly4-digitspersamplevaluehadbeenused,thequalityoftransmissionw
6、oulddrop,andtherepetitionrateofthepulseswouldbereducedto32kHz.qualityn.质量质量transmissionn.传输传输dropv.下降下降reducev.减少减少Thusthequalityoftransmissionisdependentonthepulserepetitionrate,andfordigitalcommunicationsystemsthesetwovariablesmaybeinterchangedmostefficiently.variablen.变量变量interchangev.相互转换相互转换eff
7、icientlyadv.有效的有效的Digitaltransmissionprovidesapowerfulmethodforovercomingnoisyenvironments.powerfuladj.有力的,有力的,methodn.方法方法overcomev.克服克服environmentn.环境环境Noisecanbeintroducedintotransmissionpathinmanydifferentways:perhapsviaanearbylightningstrike,thesparkingofacarignitionsystem,orthethermallow-level
8、noisewithinthecommunicationequipmentitself.Introducev.引入,介绍引入,介绍Lightningn.闪电闪电striken.打,打击sparkv.闪烁,打火球ignitionn.点火thermaladj.热的leveln.电平Itistherelationshipofthetruesignaltothenoisesignal,knownasthesignal-to-noiseratio,whichisofthemostinteresttothecommunicationengineer.relationshipn.关系关系Basically,i
9、fthesignalisverylargecomparedtothenoiselevel,thenaperfectmessagecantakeplace;however,thisisnotalwaysthecase.basicallyadv.基本上的基本上的compareto比作比作perfectadj.完美的完美的messagen.消息,信息消息,信息takeplace发生发生Forexample,thesignalreceivedfromasatellite,locatedinfarouterspace,isveryweakandisatalevelonlyslightlyabovetha
10、tofthenoise.satelliten.卫星卫星locatev.位于位于slightlyadv.稍微稍微noisen.噪声噪声Alternativeexamplesmaybefoundwithinterrestrialsystemswhere,althoughthemessagesignalisstrong,soisthenoisepower.alternativeadj.替代的,迂回的替代的,迂回的terrestrialadj.地面的地面的Ifweconsiderbinarytransmission,thecompleteinformationaboutaparticularmessa
11、gewillalwaysbeobtainedbysimplydetectingthepresenceorabsenceofthepulse.considerv.考虑考虑completeadj.完整的完整的obtainv.获得获得detectv.检测检测presencen.出席,到场出席,到场absencen.缺席,不在缺席,不在Bycomparison,mostotherformsoftransmissionsystemsconveythemessageinformationusingtheshape,orlevelofthetransmittedsignal;parametersthatar
12、emosteasilyaffectedbythenoiseandattenuationintroducedbythetransmissionpath.bycomparison相比之下相比之下shapen.波形,形状波形,形状parametern.参数参数affectv.影响影响attenuationv.衰减衰减pathn.路径路径Consequentlythereisaninherentadvantageforovercomingnoisyenvironmentsbychoosingdigitaltransmission.consequentlyadv.因而因而inherentadj.固有的,
13、本质的固有的,本质的advantagen.优势优势choosev.选择选择Sofarinthisdiscussionwehaveassumedthateachvoicechannelhasaseparatecoder,theunitthatconvertssampledamplitudevaluestoasetofpulses;anddecoder,theunitthatperformsthereverseoperation.sofar至此,迄今为止至此,迄今为止assumev.假定假定Thisneednotbeso,andsystemsareinoperationwhereasingleco
14、dec(i.e.,coderanditsassociateddecoder)issharedbetween24,30,oreven120separatechannels.inoperation运转着,生效运转着,生效codec编解码器编解码器associatev.使发生联系,使联合使发生联系,使联合sharev.共用,分享共用,分享Ahigh-speedelectronicswitchisusedtopresenttheanaloginformationsignalofeachchannel,takeninturn,tothecodec.switchn.开关开关presentv.引见引见,给给
15、,上演上演,提出提出,呈现呈现informationn.信息信息takeinturn轮流轮流Thecodecisthenarrangedtosequentiallysampletheamplitudevalue,andcodethisvalueintothe8-digitsequence.arrangev.安排安排sequentiallyadv.顺序的顺序的samplev.取样取样Thustheoutputtothecodecmaybeseenasasequenceof8pulsesrelatingtochannel1,thenchannel2,andsoon.output输出输出relate
16、to涉及,对应涉及,对应Thisunitiscalledatimedivisionmultiplexer(TDM),andisillustratedinFig.1-2.divisionn.分开分开multiplexern.复用器复用器illustratev.描述,说明描述,说明Themultiplexingprinciplethatisusedisknownaswordinterleaving,sincethewords,or8-digitsequences,areinterleavedintime.beknownas被称作,被认为被称作,被认为interleavev.复用,间插复用,间插Th
17、ereadermayask,howdoesthedemultiplexerknowwhichgroupof8-digitsrelatestochannel1,2,andsoon?Clearlythisisimportant!demultiplexern.分路器分路器Atthereceiveterminalademultiplexerisarrangedtoseparatethe8-digitsequencesintotheappropriatechannels.terminaln.终端终端separatev.分开分开appropriateadj.适当的适当的Theproblemiseasily
18、overcomebyspecifyingaframeformat,whereatthestartofeachframeauniquesequenceofpulsescalledtheframecode,orsynchronizationword,isplacedsoastoidentifythestartoftheframe.specifyv.指定,详细说明指定,详细说明framen.帧帧uniqueadj.唯一的,独特的唯一的,独特的synchronizationn.同步字同步字identifyv.标识标识Acircuitofthedemultiplexerisarrangedtodetec
19、tthesynchronizationword,andtherebyitknowsthatthenextgroupof8-digitscorrespondstochannel1.Thesynchronizationwordreoccursonceagainafterthelastchannelhasbeenreceived.reoccurv.再发生,再出现再发生,再出现翻译要点:1、被动句翻译2、词类转换3、定语从句翻译4、宾语从句翻译5、状语从句翻译UNIT2AsynchronousSerialDatatransmission背景介绍Byfarthemostpopularserialinte
20、rfacebetweenacomputeranditsCRTterminalistheasynchronousserialinterface.byfar用来修饰比较级和最高级interfacen.接口CRT阴极射线管asynchronous异步的Thisinterfaceissocalledbecausethetransmitteddataandthereceiveddataarenotsynchronizedoveranyextendedperiodandthereforenospecialmeansofsynchronizingtheclocksatthetransmitterandrec
21、eiverisnecessary.synchronizev.使同步extendv.扩展,延伸specialadj.特殊的meansn.手段,方法clockn.时钟Infact,theasynchronousserialdatalinkisaveryoldformofdatatransmissionsystemandhasitsoriginintheeraofteleprinter.infact事实上事实上linkn.链路,线路,中继线链路,线路,中继线originn.起源,开始起源,开始teleprintern.电传打字机电传打字机Serialdatatransmissionsystemsha
22、vebeenaroundforalongtimeandarefoundinthetelephone(humanspeech),Morsecode,semaphore,andeventhesmokesignalsonceusedbynativeAmericans.semaphoren.旗语smokesignal烽火Thefundamentalproblemencounteredbyallserialdatatransmissionsystemsishowtosplittheincomingdatastreamintoindividualunits(i.e.,bits)andhowtogroupt
23、heseunitsintocharacters.fundamentaladj.基本的,根本的encounterv.遇到splitv.分开incomingadj.输入的,进来的individualn.个别的,单个的unitn.单元,部件charactern.字符Forexample,inMorsecodethedotsanddashesofacharacterareseparatedbyaninter-symbolspace,whiletheindividualcharactersareseparatedbyaninter-characterspace,whichisthreetimesthed
24、urationofaninter-symbolspace.dotn.点dashn.短划线separatev.分开inter-symbol符号间inter-character字符间spacen.空间,间隔durationn.持续时间Firstweexaminehowthedatastreamisdividedintoindividualbitsandthebitsgroupedintocharactersinanasynchronousserialdatalink.Thekeytotheoperationofthistypeoflinkisbothsimpleandingenious.Fig.2
25、-1givestheformatofdatatransmittedoversuchalink.examinev.检查,查看streamn.流dividev.分开keyn.要点,关键ingeniousadj.精巧的Anasynchronousserialdatalinkissaidtobecharacteroriented,asinformationistransmittedintheformofgroupsofbitscalledcharacters.orientedv.面向,朝向Thesecharactersareinvariableunitscomprising7or8bitsof“inf
26、ormation”plus2to4controlbitsandfrequentlycorrespondtoASCII-encodedcharacters.invariableadj.固定不变的comprising包括frequently通常的correspondto对应ASCIIInitially,whennoinformationisbeingtransmitted,thelineisinanidlestate.Traditionally,theidlestateisreferredtoasthemarklevel.Byconventionthiscorrespondstoalogical1
27、level.initiallyadv.开始的开始的idleadj.空闲的,懒散的空闲的,懒散的traditionallyadv.传统的传统的referto称作称作markn.传号传号convention宗教会议宗教会议by习惯习惯logicaladj.逻辑的逻辑的Whenthetransmitterwishestosenddata,itfirstplacesthelineinaspacelevel(i.e.,thecomplementofamark)foroneelementperiod.ThiselementiscalledthestartbitandhasadurationofTsecon
28、ds.wishv.希望placev.设置spacen.空号elementn.元素,单元Thetransmitterthensendsthecharacter,1bitatatime,byplacingeachsuccessivebitonthelineforadurationofTseconds,untilallbitshavebeentransmitted.successiveadj.连续的Thenasingleparitybitiscalculatedbythetransmitterandsentafterthedatabits.Finally,thetransmittersendsast
29、opbitatamarklevel(i.e.,thesamelevelastheidlestate)foroneortwobitperiods.Nowthetransmittermaysendanothercharacterwheneveritwishes.parityn.奇偶校验,奇偶校验,calculaten.计算计算Atthereceivingendofanasynchronousserialdatalink,thereceivercontinuallymonitorsthelinelookingforastartbit.Oncethestartbithasbeendetected,th
30、ereceiverwaitsuntiltheendofthestartbitandthensamplesthenextNbitsattheircenters,usingaclockgeneratedlocallybythereceiver.continuallyadv.连续的monitorv.监测lookfor寻找detectv.检测endn.结束generatev.产生Aseachincomingbitissampled,itisusedtoconstructanewcharacter.Whenthereceivedcharacterhasbeenassembled,itsparityisc
31、alculatedandcomparedwiththereceivedparitybitfollowingthecharacter.Iftheyarenotequal,aparityerrorflagissettoindicateatransmissionerror.constructv.建设,组成assemblev.装配,汇齐comparev.比较equaladj.相等的errorn.差错flagn.标志indicatev.指示Themostcriticalaspectofthesystemisthereceivertiming.Thefallingedgeofthestartbittrig
32、gersthereceiverslocalclock,whichsampleseachincomingbitatitsnominalcenter.criticaladj.紧要的,关键的aspectn.方面timingn.定时edgen.边,沿triggerv.触发,启动nominaladj.标称的,名义的SupposethereceiverclockwaitsT/2secondsfromthefallingedgeofthestartbitandsamplestheincomingdataeveryTsecondsthereafteruntilthestopbithasbeensampled.
33、Fig.2-2showsthissituation.Asthereceiversclockisnotsynchronizedwiththetransmitterclock,thesamplingisnotexact.supposev.假设situationn.情况exactadj.精确的Themostobviousdisadvantageofasynchronousdatatransmissionistheneedforastart,parity,andstopbitforeachtransmittedcharacter.If7bitcharactersareused,theoverallef
34、ficiencyisonly70%.obviousadj.明显的disadvantagen.缺点overalladj.整个的efficiencyn.效率Alessobviousdisadvantageisduetothecharacter-orientednatureofthedatalink.WheneverthedatalinkconnectsaCRTterminaltoacomputer,fewproblemsarise,astheterminalisitselfcharacteroriented.However,ifthedatalinkisbeingusedto,say,dumpbi
35、narydatatoamagnetictape,problemsarise.dueto由于naturen.特性dumpv.倾倒,转储magneticadj.磁的UNIT4Internet背景介绍TheInternetisagiantnetworkofcomputerslocatedallovertheworldthatcommunicatewitheachother.gianta.巨大的locatev.位于TheInternetisaninternationalcollectionofcomputernetworksthatallunderstandastandardsystemofaddre
36、ssesandcommands,connectedtogetherthroughbackbonesystems.collectionn.收集,聚集standardn.标准addressn.地址commandn.命令backbonen.骨干Itwasstartedin1969,whentheU.S.DepartmentofDefenseestablishedanationwidenetworktoconnectahandfulofuniversitiesandcontractors.DepartmentofDefense国防部establishv.建立nationwidea.全国性的handfu
37、ln.少数,少量universityn.大学contractorn.订阅人,承包人Theoriginalideawastoincreasecomputingcapacitythatcouldbesharedbyusersinmanylocationsandtofindoutwhatitwouldtakeforcomputernetworkstosurviveanuclearwarorotherdisasterbyprovidingmultiplepathbetweenusers.Originala.最初的,开始的Increasev.增加Computev.计算Capacityn.容量Sharev
38、.分享,共用Findout找出,发现,查明survivev.幸免于,幸存,生还nucleara.原子能的,核的disastern.灾难,天灾multiplea.许多的pathn.路径PeopleontheARPNETquicklydiscoveredthattheycouldexchangemessagesandconductelectronic“conferences”withdistantcolleaguesforpurposesthathadnothingtodowiththemilitaryindustrialcomplex.exchangev.交换conductv.进行,从事conf
39、erencen.会议militarya.军事的complexa.复杂的;n.综合企业Ifsomebodyelsehadsomethinginterestingstoredonhisorhercomputer,itwasasimplemattertoobtainacopy.obtainv.获得copyn.拷贝Overtheyears,additionalnetworksjoinedwhichaddedaccesstomoreandmorecomputers.Thefirstinternationalconnection,toNorwayandEngland,wereaddedin1973.Tod
40、aythousandsofnetworksandmillionsofcomputersareconnectedtotheInternet.ItisgrowingsoquicklythatnobodycansayexactlyhowmanyusersOntheNet5.TheInternetisthelargestrepositoryofinformationwhichcanprovideveryverylargenetworkresources.Thenetworkresourcescanbedividedintonetworkfacilitiesresourcesandnetworkinfo
41、rmationresources.Thenetworkfacilitiesresourcesprovideustheabilityofremotecomputationandcommunication.Thenetworkinformationresourcesprovideusallkindsofinformationservices,suchasscience,education,business,history,haw,art,andentertainment,etc.repositoryn.仓库,资料丰富的地方resourcen.资源facilityn.设备,工具entertainme
42、ntn.娱乐,乐趣ThegoalofyouruseoftheInternetisexchangingmessagesorobtaininginformation.WhatyouneedtoknowisthatyoucanexchangemessagewithothercomputersontheInternetanduseyourcomputerasaremoteterminalondistantcomputers6.Buttheinternaldetailsofthelinkarelessimportant,aslongasitworks.Ifyouconnectcomputerstoget
43、heronanetwork,eachcomputermusthaveauniqueaddress,whichcouldbeeitherawordoranumber.Forexample,theaddressofSamscomputercouldbeSam,oranumber.TheInternetisahugeinterconnectedsystem,butitusesjustahandfulofmethodtomovedataaround.UntiltherecentexplosionofpublicinterestintheInternet,thevastmajorityofthecomp
44、utersontheNetusetheUnixoperatingsystem.Asaresult,thestandardUnixcommandsforcertainInternetserviceshaveenteredtheonlinecommunityslanguagesasbothnounsandverbstodescribetheservicesthemselves.SomeoftheservicesthattheInternetcanprovideare:Mail,Remoteuseofanothercomputer(Telnet),FileTransfer(FTP),News,and
45、Liveconversation.explosionn.爆炸,扩张,激增majorityn.多数,大多数Themostcommonlyusednetworkserviceiselectronicmail(E-mail),orsimplyasmail.Mailpermitsnetworkuserstosendtextualmessagestoeachother.Computersandnetworkshandledeliveringthemail,sothat7communicatingmailusersdonothavetohandledetailsofdelivery,anddonothav
46、etobepresentatthesametimeorplace.Thesimplestwaytoaccessafileonanotherhostistocopyitacrossthenetworktoyourlocalhost.FTPcandothis.Presently,auserwithanaccountonanyInternetmachinecanestablishaliveconnectiontoanyothermachineontheNetfromtheterminalinhisownofficeorlaboratory.It8isonlynecessarytousetheUnix
47、commandthatsetsuparemoteterminalconnection(Telnet),followedbytheaddressofthedistantmachine.BeforeyoucanusetheInternet,youmustchooseawaytomovedatabetweentheInternetandyourPC.Thislinkmaybeahigh-speeddatacommunicationcircuits,alocalareanetwork(LAN),atelephonelineoraradiochannel.Mostlikely,youwilluseaMo
48、demattachedtoyourtelephonelinetotalktotheInternet.Naturally,thequalityofyourInternetconnectionandservice,likemanyotherthingsinlife9,isdictatedbytheamountofmoneyyouarewillingtospend.choosev.选择,挑选attachv.缚,系,附加modemn.调制解调器dictatev.命令,支配Althoughalltheseservicescanwellsatisfytheneedsoftheusersforinforma
49、tionexchange,adefiniterequirementisneededfortheusers.Notonlyshouldtheusersknowwheretheresourceslocate,butalsoheshouldknowsomeoperatingcommandsconcerned10.Toeasethesearchingburdenoftheusers,recentlysomeconvenientsearchingtoolsappear,suchasGopher,WWWandNetscape.satisfyvt.满足,使满意definitea.明确的,确切的,肯定的req
50、uirementn.需要,要求WorldWideWeb(WWW)isanetworkedhypertextprotocolanduserinterface.ItprovidesaccesstomultipleservicesanddocumentslikeGopherdoesbutismoreambitiousinitsmethod.AjumptootherInternetservicecanbetriggeredbyamouseclickona“hot-linked”word,image,oriconontheWebpage.hypertextn.超级文本interfacen.接口,界面am
51、bitiousn.有抱负的,雄心勃勃的triggervt.发射,引起iconn.画像,肖像,图标As11moreandmoresystemsjointheInternet,andasmoreandmoreformsofinformationcanbeconvertedtodigitalform,theamountofstuffavailabletoInternetuserscontinuestogrow.Atsomepointsverysoonafterthenationwide(andlaterworldwide)Internetstartedtogrow,peoplebegantotrea
52、ttheNetasacommunity,withitsowntraditionandcustoms.stuffn.原料,资料,东西communityn.团体,社会traditionn.传统,惯例.Forexample,somebodywouldaskaquestioninaconference,andacompletestrangerwouldsendbackananswer:afterthesamequestionswererepeatedseveraltimesbypeoplewhohadntseentheoriginalanswers,somebodyelsegatheredalisto
53、f“frequentlyaskedquestions”andplaceditwherenewcomerscouldfindit.UNIT3TheISONetworkingStandards1TheearlydevelopmentofLANs,MANs,andWANswaschaoticinmanyways.Theearly1980ssawtremendousincreasesinthenumbersandsizesofnetworks.Ascompaniesrealizedtheycouldsavemoneyandgainproductivitybyusingnetworkingtechnol
54、ogy,theyaddednetworksandexpandedexistingnetworksalmostasrapidlyas2newnetworktechnologiesandproductscouldbeintroduced.chaotica.混乱的,无序的tremendousa.极大的,非常的,惊人的companyn.公司productivityn.生产率,生产能力networkv.联网addv.增加,添加Bythemid-1980s,thesecompaniesbegantoexperiencegrowingpainsfromalltheexpansionstheymade.Itb
55、ecameharderfornetworksthatuseddifferentspecificationsandimplementationstocommunicatewitheachother3.Theyrealizedthattheyneededtomoveawayfromproprietarynetworkingsystems.introducev.引入,导入painn.痛苦,疼痛specificationn.规格,规范,说明书implementationn.工具,器具,方法,手段Proprietarysystemsareprivatelydeveloped,owned,andcontr
56、olled.Inthecomputerindustry,proprietaryistheoppositeofopen.Proprietarymeansthatoneorasmallgroupofcompaniescontrolsallusageandevolutionofthetechnology.Openmeansthatfreeusageofthetechnologyisavailabletothepublic.proprietarya.专有的,专用的privatelyad.私人地,隐私地evolutionn.发展,进化,演进usagen.利用,利用率Toaddresstheproblem
57、ofdifferentnetworksystemsbeingincompatibleandincapableofcommunicatingwitheachother4,theInternationalOrganizationforStandardization(ISO)researchednetworkschemes,suchasDECnet,SNA,andTCP/IP,tofindasetofrules.Asaresultofthisresearch,theISOcreatedanetworkmodelthatcouldhelpvendorscreatenetworksthatwouldbe
58、compatiblewith,andinteroperatewith,othernetworks.interoperatea.互控的,互动的,交互运行的addressv.向讲话,提出;寻址compatiblea.适合的,一致的,兼容的standardizationn.标准化schemen.方案,设计,方法modeln.模型,模特vendorn.卖主,小贩,供应商TheOSIreferencemodel,releasedin1984,wasthedescriptiveschemetheycreated.Itprovidedvendorswithasetofstandardsthatcoulden
59、ablegreatercompatibilityandinteroperabilitybetweenthevarioustypesofnetworktechnologiesthatwereproducedbymanycompaniesaroundtheworld.releasev.发布,发表descriptivea.描述的,描写的,说明的objectiven.目的,目标acceleratev.加速,加快,促进TheOSIreferencemodelistheprimarymodelfornetworkcommunications.AprimaryobjectiveoftheOSIreferen
60、cemodelistoacceleratethedevelopmentoffuturenetworkingproducts.Althoughthereareothermodelsinexistence,mostnetworkvendorstodayrelatetheirproductstotheOSIreferencemodel,especiallywhentheywanttoeducateusersontheuseoftheirproducts.Theyconsideritthebesttoolavailabletoteachpeopleaboutsendingandreceivingdat
61、aonanetwork5.objectiven.目的,目标acceleratev.加速,加快,促进frameworkn.框架,结构,组织,机构visualizev.设想,想象,使可见packetn.包,分组TheOSIreferencemodelallowsyoutoviewthenetworkfunctionsthatoccurateachlayer.Moreimportantly,theOSIreferencemodelisaframeworkyoucanusetounderstandhowinformationtravelsthroughoutanetwork.Inaddition,th
62、eOSIreferencemodelcanbeusedtovisualizehowinformation,ordatapackets,travelsfromapplicationprograms,throughanetworkmedium,tootherapplicationprogramsthatarelocatedinanothercomputeronanetwork,evenifthesenderandthereceiverhavedifferenttypesofnetworkmedia.frameworkn.框架,结构,组织,机构visualizev.设想,想象,使可见packetn.
63、包,分组IntheOSIreferencemodel,therearesevennumberedlayers.Eachlayerillustratesaparticularnetworkfunction.Thisseparationofnetworkingfunctionsiscalledlayering.Dividingthenetworkintothesesevenlayersprovidesthefollowingadvantages:TheapplicationlayeristheOSIlayerthatisclosesttotheuser.Itprovidesnetworkservi
64、ces,suchasfileaccessandprinting,totheusersapplications.ItdiffersfromtheotherlayersinthatitdoesnotprovideservicestoanyotherOSIlayer,butrather,onlytoapplicationsoutsidetheOSImodel.Theapplicationlayerestablishestheavailabilityofintendedcommunicationpartners.Italsosynchronizesandestablishesanagreementon
65、proceduresforerrorrecoveryandcontrolofdataintegrity.IfyouwanttorememberLayer7inasfewwordsaspossible,thinkofthebrowsers.integrityn.完整,完全,完善,综合browsern.浏览器ensurev.保证,担保,确保Thepresentationlayerensuresthattheinformationthattheapplicationlayerofonesystemsendsoutisreadablebytheapplicationlayerofanothersyst
66、em.Ifnecessary,thepresentationlayertranslatesbetweenmultipledataformatsbyusingacommonformat.Thislayeralsoisresponsibleforcompressionandencryption.IfyouwanttorememberofLayer6inasfewwordsaspossible,thinkofacommondataformat.multiplea.多重的,多路的,多倍的formatn.格式compressionn.压缩encryptionn.加密Asitsnameimplies,th
67、esessionlayerestablishes,manages,andterminatessessionsbetweentwocommunicatinghosts.Thesessionlayerprovidesitsservicestothepresentationlayer.Italsosynchronizesdialoguebetweenthetwohostspresentationlayersandmanagestheirdataexchange.Inadditiontosessionregulation,thesessionlayeroffersprovisionsforeffici
68、entdatatransfer,classofservice,andexceptionreportingofsessionlayer,presentationlayer,andapplicationlayerproblems.IfyouwanttorememberLayer5inasfewwordsaspossible,thinkofdialoguesandconversations.terminatev.终结transfern.传输,转移summarizev.总结,概括Thetransportlayersegmentsdatafromthesendinghostssystemandreass
69、emblesthedataintoadatastreamonthereceivinghostssystem.Theboundarybetweenthetransportlayerandthesessionlayercanbethoughtofastheboundarybetweenapplicationprotocolsanddata-flowprotocols.Whereastheapplication,presentation,andsessionlayersareconcernedwithapplicationissues,thelowerfourlayersareconcernedwi
70、thdatatransportissues.segmentn.部分,段,环节;v.分段,分节assemblev.组装,装配boundaryn.分界线,边界protocoln.协议issuen.事件,事情,(杂志的)一期,问题Thetransportlayerattemptstoprovideadatatransportservicethatshieldstheupperlayersfromtransportimplementationdetails.Specifically,suchissueashowreliabletransportbetweentwohostsisaccomplished
71、intheconcernofthetransportlayer.Inprovidingcommunicationservice,thetransportlayerestablishes,maintains,andproperlyterminatesconnection-orientedcircuits.Inprovidingreliableservice,transporterrordetection-and-recoveryandinformationflowcontrolareused.IfyouwanttorememberLayer4inasfewwordsaspossible,thin
72、koftheflowcontrolandreliability.shieldv.保护,掩盖,避开reliablea.可靠的orientv.使面向,面对Thenetworklayerisacomplexlayerthatprovidesconnectivityandpathselectionbetweentwohostsystemsthatmightbelocatedongeographicallyseparatednetworks.IfyouwanttorememberLayer3inasfewwordsaspossible,thinkofpathselection,routing,andlo
73、gicaladdressing.connectivityn.连接,连通separatev.分离,分开transitn.经过,通过,运行,过渡Thedatalinklayerprovidesthetransitofdataacrossaphysicallink.Insodoing,thedatalinklayerisconcernedwithphysical(asopposedtological)addressing,network(sometimescalledlogical)topology,networkmediaaccess,anderrordetection.Ifyouwanttore
74、memberLayer2inasfewwordsaspossible,thinkofframesandmediaaccesscontrol.topologhn.拓扑framen.帧,框架accessn.v.接入,连通Thephysicallayerdefinestheelectrical,mechanical,procedural,andfunctionalspecificationsforactivating,maintaining,anddeactivatingthephysicallinkbetweenendsystems.Suchcharacteristicsasvoltageleve
75、ls,timingofvoltagechanges,physicaldatarates,maximumtransmissiondistances,physicalconnectors,andother,similar,attributesaredefinedbyphysicallayerspecifications.IfyouwanttorememberLayer1inasfewwordsaspossible,thinkofsignalsandmedia.procedurala.程序上的,程序性的activatev.激活,建立maintainv.维持,维护,保持raten.速率transmis
76、sionn.传输attributev.把归因于,归咎于;n.属性,本质,特征UNIT5CloudComputing1Thecloudcomputingisonekindofemergingbusinesscomputingmodel.Itdistributesthedutytocalculatetotheresourcepoolwhichthemassivecomputersconstitute,enableseachkindofapplicationsystemaccordingtoneedtogainthecomputationstrength,thestoragespaceandallk
77、indsofsoftwareservice2.Thiskindofresourcepooliscalled“thecloud”.“Thecloud”isvirtualcomputationresourcesthatcanmaintainandmanageitself,usuallyforsomelarge-scaleservercluster,includingcalculatingserver,storageserver,thebroadbandresourcesandsoon3.emerginga.新兴的,出现的distributev.分配,散布massivea.大量的,巨大的pooln.
78、联营,水池virtuala.虚拟的computationn.计算,估计Thecloudcomputingwillconcentrateallcomputationresources,andcanbemanagedautomaticallythroughthesoftwarewithoutintervention.Theuserswhousecloudcomputingwillnotbeworriedbythetediousdetailsandconcentratehisownbusiness.CloudcomputingisarecenttrendinITthatmovescomputinga
79、nddataawayfromdesktopandportablePCsintolargedatacenters4.concentratev.集中,浓缩automaticallyad.自动地,不经思索地intervenev.干涉,干预tediousa.沉闷的,单调乏味的ThemajorcloudproviderssuchasGoogle,MicrosoftandAmazonhavebuiltandareworkingonbuildingtheworldslargestdatacentersacrosstheUnitedStatesandelsewhere.Eachdatacenterinclud
80、eshundredsofthousandsofcomputerservers,coolingequipmentandsubstationpowertransformers.substationn.变电站,变电所WiththelargescaleproliferationoftheInternetaroundtheworld,applicationscannowbedeliveredasservicesovertheInternet5.Themaingoalofcloudcomputingistomakeabetteruseofdistributedresources,combinethemto
81、achievehigherthroughputandbeabletosolvelargescalecomputationproblems.Cloudcomputinghassupercomputingpower.proliferationn.增殖,扩散capacityn.容量,能力Thousandsofcomputersformasuperserverincloudserviceswhichprovideuserswithpowerfulcomputinganddataprocessingcapacitythatishardtorealizeforapersonalcomputer6.Asar
82、esultthisreducestheoverallcost.Incloudcomputing,usersaccessthedata,applicationsoranyotherserviceswiththehelpofabrowserregardlessofthedeviceusedandtheuserslocation.Cloudcomputinghasbeenenvisionedasthenext-generationcomputingmodelforitsmajoradvantagesinon-demandself-service,ubiquitousnetworkaccess,loc
83、ationindependentresourcepoolingandtransferenceofrisk7.CloudComputingisthelatestdevelopmentsofcomputingmodelsafterdistributedcomputing,parallelprocessingandgridcomputing.ThedefinitionofcloudcomputingprovidedbyNationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology(NIST)saysthat:“Cloudcomputingisamodelforenablingco
84、nvenient,on-demandnetworkaccesstoasharedpoolofconfigurablecomputingresources(e.g.,networks,servers,storageapplicationsandservices)thatcanberapidlyprovisionedandreleasedwithminimalmanagementeffortorserviceproviderinteraction”8.envisionv.想象,预想ubiquitousa.普遍存在的,无所不在的transferencen.转移,转让parallela.平行的,类似的
85、gridn.格子,网格definitionn.定义,清晰度configurablea.可配置的,结构的“Cloudcomputing”simplymeans“Internetcomputing”,generallytheInternetisseenascollectionofclouds;thusthewordcloudcomputingcanbedefinedasutilizingtheInternettoprovidetechnologyenabledservicestothepeopleandorganizations9.Cloudcomputingenablesconsumerstoa
86、ccessresourcesonlinethroughtheInternet,fromanywhereatanytimewithoutworryingabouttechnical/physicalmanagementandmaintenanceissuesoftheoriginalresources10.GoogleAppsistheparamountexampleofcloudcomputing,itenablesuserstoaccessservicesviathebrowseranddeployedonmillionsofmachinesovertheInternet.maintenan
87、cen.维护,维修originala.原始的,最初的paramounta.最重要的,主要的browsern.浏览器,阅读器.Cloudcomputingischeaperthanothercomputingmodels;zeromaintenancecostisinvolvedsincetheserviceproviderisresponsiblefortheavailabilityofservicesandclientsarefreefrommaintenanceandmanagementproblemsoftheresourcemachines11.Theprincipalservicem
88、odelsbeingdeployedare:SoftwareasaService(SaaS)、PlatformasaService(PaaS)、InfrastructureasaService(IaaS).Acloudclientconsistsofcomputerhardwareand/orcomputersoftwarewhichreliesoncloudcomputingforapplicationdelivery12.Acloudapplicationdelivers“SoftwareasaService(SaaS)”overtheInternet,thuseliminatingthe
89、needtoinstallandruntheapplicationontheuserssystem.Softwaresareprovidedasaservicetotheconsumersaccordingtotheirrequirement,whichenableconsumerstousetheservicesthatarehostedonthecloudserver13.GoogleAppsisthemostwidelyusedSaaS.eliminatev.消除,排除hostv.主持,托管Platformservices“PlatformasaService(PaaS)”provide
90、acomputingplatformusingthecloudinfrastructure14.Clientsareprovidedplatformsaccess,whichenablesthemtoputtheirowncustomizedsoftwaresandotherapplicationsontheclouds.Throughthisservicedeveloperscangetaholdofallthesystemsandenvironmentsrequiredforthelifecycleofsoftware,suchasitsdeveloping,testing,deployi
91、ngandhostingofwebapplications.platformn.平台,月台customizev.定制,自定义environmentn.环境,外界Infrastructureservices“InfrastructureasaService(IaaS)”providetherequiredinfrastructureasaservice.Rentprocessing,storage,networkcapacity,andotherbasiccomputingresourcesaregranted,enableconsumerstomanagetheoperatingsystems
92、,applications,storage,andnetworkconnectivity.Theclientneednotpurchasetherequiredservers,datacenterorthenetworkresources.Alsothekeyadvantagehereisthatcustomersneedtopayonlyforthetimedurationtheyusetheservice15.Asaresultcustomerscanachieveamuchfasterservicedeliverywithlesscost.grantv.同意,允许connectivity
93、n.连接,联通,连接性UNIT6IntroductiontoOpticalFiberCommunication1Oneofthemostimportanttechnologicaldevelopmentsduringthe1980shasbeentheemergenceofopticalfibercommunicationasamajorinternationalindustry.Oneindicationoftheextentofthisdevelopmentisthetotallengthofinstalledfiber,whichwasestimatedtobe3.2millionkil
94、ometersintheU.S.alonebytheendof19872.Over90%ofthisfiberwasplacedinserviceduringthetimeperiodof19821987.Long-haultrunkinstallationshavebeendominated,accountingforabout95%ofthefiberintheU.S.emergencen.浮现,出现haulvt.用力拖;n.拖,拉,拖运的距离long-haul长运距的,长途的trunkn.干线,中继线,中继线路,局内线dominatevt.支配,统治;处于支配地位accountn.帐目,
95、报道;说明accountfor解释,(数量等)占Althoughtelecommunicationistherationaleformostofthecurrentinterestinfiberoptics,thiswasnotthecaseduringtheearlydaysofthetechnology.Theresearcherswhoproducedthefirstcladglassopticalfibersintheearly1950swerenotthinkingofusingthemforcommunications;theywantedtomakeimagingbundlesf
96、orendoscopy.Fiberopticswasalreadyawell-establishedcommercialtechnologywhenthefamouspaperbyKaoandHockham,suggestingtheuseoflow-lossopticalfibersforcommunication,appearedin19663.rationalen.(某事物的)基本理由,理论基础clada.穿衣的,(金属)包层n.覆盖层,(用壳)包盖bundlen.捆,束endoscopyn.内窥镜Thefirstlow-loss(20dB/km)silicafiberwasdescri
97、bedinapublicationwhichappearedinOctoberof1970.Thedateofthispublicationissometimescitedasthebeginningoftheeraoffibercommunication.Althoughthisdevelopmentdidreceive4considerableattentionintheresearchcommunityatthetime,itwasfarfrominevitablethatamajorindustrywouldevolve.The20dB/kmlossfigurewasstilltooh
98、ighforlong-halltelecommunicationsystems.Thefiberswerefragile,andawaytoprotectthemwouldhavetobefound.silican.石英,二氧化硅publicationn.发表,出版物citevt.引用,举(例)communityn.团体,社会inevitablea.不可避免的,必然的,合情合理的evolvevt.使发展,推论;进展,发展,进化figuren.外形,图形,人物,数字fragilea.脆的,易碎的Therewerenosuitablelightsources.Researchersdidnotkn
99、owwhetherfieldterminationandsplicingofopticalcableswouldeverbepractical.Finally,therewereseriousdoubtsastowhetherthesecomponentscouldeverbeproduced5economicallyenoughforthetechnologytoplayamajorroleinthemarketplace.Althoughthetechnologicalbarriersappearedformidable,theeconomicpotentialwasverysignifi
100、cant.Asaconsequence,researchanddevelopmentactivityexpandedrapidly,andanumberofimportantissueswereresolvedduringtheearly1970s.marketplacen.市场barriern.隔板,障碍,界限formidablea.可怕的,难以应付的,庞大的consequencen.结果,结论Duringthemiddleandlate1970s,therateofprogresstowardmarketableproductsacceleratedastheemphasisshifted
101、fromresearchtoengineering6.FiberswithlossesapproachingtheRayleighlimit7of2dB/kmatawavelengthof0.8m,0.3dB/kmat1.3m,and0.15dB/kmat1.55m,wereproducedinthelaboratory.Microbendlossproblemswereovercomethroughtheuseofimprovedfibercoatingsandcablingtechniques.Ruggedcablesandmultifibreconnectorswereproducedf
102、orfieldinstallation.acceleratevt.vi.加速Rayleighn.瑞利(人名)ruggeda.强壮的,艰苦的Roomtemperaturethresholdcurrentsforcommercialgalliumaluminumarsenidelasersoperatinginthe0.8to0.85mspectralregionwerereducedtothe20to30mArange,andprojectedlifetimesinthe100,000to1,000,000hourrangewereclaimedforbothlasersandLEDs.Ligh
103、tsourcesandimprovedphotodetectorswhichoperatednear1.3mweredevelopedtotakeadvantageofthelowfibrelossanddispersioninthislongerwavelengthregion.Severalmajorfieldtrialswereundertakenduringthisperiod,includingAT&TsAtlantaexperimentandChicagoinstallation,andJapanssubscriberaccessproject.thresholdn.门槛,阀,门限
104、galliumaluminumarsenide(GaAlAs)lasers镓铝砷激光器photodetectorn.光电探测器,光电检测器projectvt.设计,抛出n.项目,方案reliabilityn.可靠性trialn.(好坏、性能等的)试验Improvementsincomponentperformance,cost,andreliabilityby19808ledtomajorcommitmentsonthepartoftelephonecompanies.Fibersoonbecamethepreferredtransmissionmediumforlong-haultrunks
105、.Someearlyinstallationsused0.8mlightsourcesandgraded-indexmultimodefiber,butby1983,designersofintercitylinkswerethinkingintermsof1.3m,single-modesystems.Thesingle-modefibre,usedinconjunctionwitha1.3mlaser,providesabandwidthadvantagewhichtranslatesintoincreasedrepeaterspacingsforhighdataratesystems.D
106、ataratesforinstalledfiberopticsystemshaverecentlymovedintogigabitpersecondrange.Suchsystemsusethespectrallypuredistributed-feedbacklaserstominimizefibredispersioneffects.Fibresdesignedforlowdispersionat1.55mwavelength,whichcorrespondstominimumfiberloss,arenowcommonlyusedinlongdistancetransmission.Th
107、euseofwavelengthmultiplexingtofurtherincreasethefibreinformationcapacityisbecomingmorewidespread.gigabitn.吉比特,千兆比特spectrally-purea.光谱纯的distributed-feedback(DFB)laser分布反馈激光器Thepotentialoffibreopticsinotherareasisonlybeginningtoberealized.Fibreopticnetworksforcomputersystemsandofficesarebecomingmorepr
108、ominent.Inthetelephonesystem,theuseoffibreopticsforinterconnectingcentralofficeswithinametropolitanareaandforlowerlevelsintheswitchinghierarchyisstillincreasingrapidly.Fibrelinkstothehomehavebeenusedindemonstrationprojects.potentialn.潜力,可能prominenta.突出的,杰出的,重要的metropolitana.首都的,主要城市的hierarchyn.分类等级u
109、pgradevt.使升级videoa.使视频的,电视的Manyobserversbelievethatnationaltelephonesystemswilleventuallybeupgradedtohandlevideobandwidthsbyusingfibreoptics.ThesewidebandsubscriberloopsystemswouldprovideaccesstoservicessuchasPicturephone,videoentertainment.Widespreadinstallationofthesebroadbandserviceswillbecomeeco
110、nomicallyfeasible.widebandn.宽频带,宽波段entertainmentn.招待,娱乐broadbandn.宽频带,宽波段feasiblea.可实行的,行得通的,可能的UNIT7SynchronousDigitalHierarchy1SDHisaninternationalstandardforhigh-speedsynchronousopticaltelecommunicationnetworks-aSynchronousDigitalHierarchy.WorkstartedonSDHstandardsinCCITTsStudyGroupXVIIIinJune198
111、6.Theobjectivewastoproduceaworldwidestandardforsynchronoustransmissionsystemswhichprovidesnetworkoperatorswithaflexibleandeconomicnetwork.standardn.标准hierarchyn.体系,分层结构synchronousa.同步的approvev.批准,审订,通过tributarya.支流的,从属的,辅助的mapv.绘制,设计,映射,变换noden.节点,结InNovember1988thefirstSDHstandardswereapproved-G.70
112、7,G.708andG.709.Thesestandardsdefinetransmissionrates,signalformat,multiplexingstructuresandtributarymappingsfortheNetworkNodeInterface(NNI)-theinternationalstandardinterfaceforSynchronousDigitalHierarchy.InadditiontodefiningstandardscoveringtheNII,CCITTalsoembarkedonseriesofstandardsgoverningtheope
113、rationofsynchronousmultiplexers(G.781,G.782andG.783)andSDHNetworkManagement2(G.784).ItisthestandardizationoftheseaspectsofSDHequipmentthatwilldelivertheflexibilityrequiredbynetworkoperatorstocost-effectivelymanagethegrowthinbandwidthandprovisioningofnewcustomerservicesexpectedinthenextdecade3.embark
114、v.从事,开始搞provisionn.准备,预备essencen.本质,精华,核心inessence本质上,实质上advanceda.先进的,前进的,高深的maintenancen.维护,保养approximatelyad.近似的,大约地TheSDHstandardsarebasedontheprinciplesofdirectsynchronousmultiplexingwhichisthekeytocost-effectiveandflexibletelecommunicationnetworking.Inessence,itmeansthatindividualtributarysign
115、alsmaybemultiplexeddirectlyintoahigherrateSDHsignalwithoutintermediatestagesofmultiplexing.SDHNetworkElementscanthenbeinterconnecteddirectlywithobviouscostandequipmentsavingsovertheexistingnetwork.Advancednetworkmanagementandmaintenancecapabilitiesarerequiredtoeffectivelymanagetheflexibilityprovided
116、bySDH.Approximately5%oftheSDHsignalstructureisallocatedtosupportingadvancednetworkmanagementproceduresandpractices.TheSDHsignaliscapableoftransporting4allthecommontributarysignalsfoundintodaystelecommunicationnetworks.ThismeansthatSDHcanbedeployedasoverlaytotheexistingsignaltypes.Inaddition,SDHhasth
117、eflexibilitytoreadilyaccommodatenewtypesofcustomerservicesignalsthatnetworkoperatorswillwishtosupportinthefuture.overlayn.覆盖层,涂善层accommodatev.供应,提供,容纳unifyv.使一致,使一体SDHcanbeusedinalltraditionaltelecommunicationsapplicationareas.SDHthereforemakesitpossibleforaunifiedtelecommunicationnetworkinfrastruct
118、uretoevolve.ThefactthatSDHprovidesasinglecommonstandardforthistelecommunicationsnetworkmeansthatequipmentsuppliedbydifferentmanufacturersmaybeinterconnecteddirectly.Now,letstakealookatthenetwork“buildingblocks”andhowtheyareconfigured.ThesenetworkelementsarenowalldefinedinCCITTstandardsandprovidemult
119、iplexingorswitchingfunctions.configurev.使成形,使具形体,构成LineTerminalMultiplexer(LTM):LTMcanacceptanumberoftributarysignalsandmultiplexthemtotheappropriateopticalSDHratecarrier,i.e.STM-1,STM-4orSTM-16.TheinputtributariescaneitherbetheexistingPDHsignalssuchas2,34and140Mbit/sorlowerrateSDHsignals.LTMformsth
120、emaingatewayfromthePDHtotheSDH.gatewayn.门口,入口,通道Add-DropMultiplexer(ADM)5:aparticulartypeofterminalmultiplexerdesignedtooperateinathroughmodefashion.WithintheADMitispossibletoaddchannelsto,ordropchannelsfromthe“through”signal.ADMisgenerallyavailableattheSTM-1andSTM-4interfaceratesandmayadd/dropavari
121、etyoftributarysignals,i.e.2,34or140Mbit/s.TheADMfunctionisoneofthemajoradvantagesresultingfromtheSDHsincethesimilarfunctionwithinaPDHnetwork,requiredbanksofhardwiredback-backterminals.moden.方式,样式,模式varietyn.变化,多样化,各种各样SynchronousDXC:thesedeviceswillformthecornerstoneofthenewsynchronousdigitalhierarc
122、hy.Thycanfunctionassemi-permanentswitchesfortransmissionchannelsandcanswitchatanylevelfrom64kbit/suptoSTM-1.GenerallysuchdeviceshaveinterfacesatSTM-1orSTM-4.TheDXCcanberapidlyreconfigured,undersoftwarecontrol,toprovidedigitalleasedlinesandotherservicesofvaryingbandwidth.cornerstonen.基石,柱石,基础permanen
123、ta.永久的,持久的leasev.出租virtuala.虚的,假想的,虚拟的containern.容器Forclarity,asingleframeintheSTM-1canberepresentedbya2-dimensionalmap(seeFig.7-1).The2-dimensionalmapcomprises9rowsand270columnsofboxes.Eachboxrepresentsasingle8-bitsbytewithinthesynchronoussignal.Sixframingbytesappearinthetopleftcornerofthe2-dimensi
124、onalmap.Theseframingbytesactasamarker,allowing6anybyteintheframetobeeasilylocated.sectionn.节,段,部分dimensionala.维的,度的markern.记号,符号,标志intactad.;a.未经触动的(地),完整的(地),未受损的(地)capacityn.容量,能力,容纳量Thesignalbitsaretransmittedinasequencestartingwiththoseinthefirstrow.Theorderoftransmissionisfromlefttoright.Aftert
125、ransmissionofthelastbyteintheframe(thebytelocatedinrow9,column270),thewholesequencerepeatsstartingwiththe6framingbytesofthefollowingframe.Asynchronoustransportframecomprisestwodistinctandreadilyaccessiblepartswithintheframestructure-avirtualcontainerpartandasectionoverheadpart.VirtualContainer(VC)is
126、arrangedmainlyforusersinformationtobetransmittedthroughthenetwork,buttheSectionOverhead(SOH)providesthefacilitiesrequiredtosupportandmaintainthetransportationofaVCbetweennodesinasynchronousnetwork,suchasalarmingmonitoring,bit-errormonitoringanddatacommunicationchannels.distincta.不同的,有区别的,清晰的,明显的acce
127、ssiblead.很快地,容易地,简便地,直接地overheada.可接入的assemblev.集合,装配,聚集UNIT8WDM1EvenvisionariessuchasAlbertEinsteinandlsaacNewton,whocontributedsignificantlytoourunderstandingofthepropertiesoflightanditsfundamentalimportance,wouldnotlikelyimaginethecommunicationsnetworksoftoday.Highwaysoflightspantheglobe,transmit
128、tingmassiveamountsofinformationinthetwinklingofaneye2.Theequivalentsofmillionsoftelephonecallsaretransmittedonasinglefiber,thinnerthanahumanhair.Astoundingastheseadvancesmayseem,weareonlyatthebeginningofwhatispossible3.visionaryn.幻想家,梦想家contributev.捐献,贡献significantadv.重大的,效果显著的,具有特殊意义的propertyn.所有物,
129、房产,所有权fundamentaladj.基础的,重要的,本性的spanv.跨过,延伸twinklev.闪烁,闪耀,眨眼equivalentadj.相同的,同等trafficn.交通,通信量,交易Thecurrentexplosionoftrafficintheworldwidenetworksisampleevidenceofthespeedwithwhichweareadoptingnewcommunicationstechnologies.Thegrowthofwirelesssystemsandtheinternetarewell-documentedphenomena.Nomatte
130、rwhatapplicationisgeneratingtraffic,mostofthistrafficwillbecarriedbytheunifyingopticallayer4.ampleadj.充足的,充分的,宽敞的evidencen.证据,证词phenomenan.单数为phenomenonn.现象unifyv.使一致,使化一,统一Forthisreason,thegrowthofvariousapplicationssuchastelephony(whethercellularorfixed),internet,videotransmission,computercommunic
131、ationanddatabaseaccessleadsdirectlytoanincreaseinthedemandplacedontheopticalnetwork.Itisverylikelythattheopticalnetworkwillbeusedtoconveylargeamountsofvideoinformationinthefuture.videoadj.电视的,视频的,录像的ThemoststrikingrecentadvancesinopticalnetworkinghavetakenplaceinthefieldofWavelengthDivisionMultiplex
132、ing(WDM).Theseadvanceshavebenefitedbothterrestrialandsubmarinesystems,increasedavailablecapacitiesbyseveralordersofmagnitudeand,correspondingly5,reducedcosts.strikingadj.引人注意的,显著的advancev.前进,提升,进展magnituden.广大,巨大,重要Untilquiterecently,itwaspossibletosendonlyonewavelength,orcolor,oflightalongeachfiber
133、6.Alotofefforthasthereforebeenconcentratedinmaximizingtheamountofinformationthatcanbetransmittedusingasinglewavelength.Commercialsystemswillsoonbeabletocarry40Gbit/sonasinglewavelength,whileinthelabs320Gbit/ssystemshavealreadybeendemonstrated.correspondingadj.符合的,对应的,一致的mercialadj.商业的,商务的demonstrate
134、v.示范,展示,演示WDM,ontheotherhand,makesitpossibletotransmitalargenumberofwavelengthsusingthesamefiber7,effectivelysendinga“rainbow”ofcolors,wheretherewasonlyonecolorbefore8.Alreadytoday,commerciallyavailablesystemscantransmit400Gbit/sofinformationonasinglefiber.Thatisequivalenttotransmittingapproximately
135、200feature-lengthfilmspersecond.Recently,ateamofresearchersfromBellLabsdemonstratedlong-distance,error-freetransmissionof3.28Tbit/soverasingleopticalfiber.rainbown.虹,彩虹approximateadj.近似的,大概的lyadv.ThemajoradvancethathasledtotheWDMrevolutionhasbeentheinventionoftheOpticalAmplifier(OA).Beforetheinventi
136、onoftheOA,wavelengthhadtobeconvertedintoelectronicform,thenbackintoopticalformandthenretransmittedintothenextspanoffiber.Thiswasrelativelyexpensive,sincetheopticalcomponentsinvolvedarehighlyspecializeddevices9.TheOA,however,canboostthesignalpowerofallwavelengthsinthefiber,thuseliminatingtheeliminati
137、ngtheneedforseparateregenerators,andallowingmanywavelengthstosharethesamefiber.Advancesinopticalamplifierdesignhavebeenconsiderable.approximateadj.近似的,大概的lyadv.boostv.上推,增加,提高eliminatev.除去,淘汰considerableadj.相当大的,相当多的simultaneousadj.同时发生的,同时存在的,同时的lyadv.First,theoperatingwindowhasexpandedfrom12nm,int
138、hefirsgeneration,toabout80nmtoday.ThisallowstheOAtoamplifymoresignalssimultaneously.Second,thedevelopmentofgainequalizationtechniqueshasenabledamuchflatterresponseandallowsanumberoftheseamplifierstobeconnectedinseries.Therehavealsobeenadvancesinthefibersthemselves.Intheearlydaysofopticalsystems,opti
139、calfiberswerenotbuiltformulti-wavelengthtransmission.Todaysfibers,ontheotherhand,aredesignedtohavewidetransmissionwindowsandareoptimizedforhigh-capacity,multiple-wave-lengthtransmission.equalizationn.相等,均等,平等optimizev.乐观的考虑,使尽可能完善Thegrowingdemandonopticalnetworkisacomplexissue.Ontheonehand,thegrowth
140、incapacitydemandisextraordinary,andthisinitself10wouldbeabigenoughchallengetomeet.However,thisisaccompaniedbyanincreasingvarietyofservicesandapplications,aswellasmuchmoreexactingrequirementsforqualitydifferentiation,Forexample,thereisquiteadifferenceinthequalityrequirementforasignalbeingusedtotransm
141、itanemergencytelephonecallorlivevideocoverageofamedicaloperation,ascomparedwithanE-mailthatisnoturgentandcanarriveafterseveralhours.extraordinarya.非常的,特别的,非凡的exactingadj.苛求的,严格的differentiationa.分化,变异,演变medicaladj.医学的,医术的,医疗的However,thesameopticalinfrastructureisexpectedtosupportthiswidevarietyofserv
142、ices.InternetProtocol(IP)traffic,inparticular,isgrowingexponentially.Insomepartsoftheworld,itisexpectedthatIPwillconstitutethemajorityoftrafficinthenearfuture.Therefore,existingnetworkswillhavetobeprogressivelyoptimizedtohandlevarioustypesoftraffic.WDMhasamajoradvantageinthisregard,whichisthatthedif
143、ferenttypesoftrafficcanbeassignedtodifferentwavelengths,asrequired.infrastructuren.基础,基础结构exponentialadj.指数的,幂的constitutev.构成,组成,设立majorityn.多数,半数以上inthisregard在这一点上,关于此事Fortunately,wewillsoonbeinapositiontorouteindividualwavelengthsflexiblythroughanopticalnetwork.Featuressuchasadd/dropandcross-conn
144、ectionintheopticaldomainarebeingmadepossiblebyadvanceinphotonics11.Iwouldliketodrawattentiontoafewrecentadvancesinthisarea.Firstly,theso-calleddigitalwrapperisintheprocessofbeingstandardizedintheinternationalbodies.Asecondsignificantdevelopmentistheall-opticalcross-connect.BellLabshasrecentlyunveile
145、ditsall-opticalcrossconnectcalledtheLambdaRouter.BasedonMicroElectroMechanicalSwitching(MEMS)technology,itconsistsofmicroscopicmirrorsthattilt,andthusre-directopticalsignals.flexibleajd.易弯曲的,可变通的,灵活的domainn.领域,领地,范围wrappern.包装者,包装物,覆盖物standardizev.使与标准比较,使合标准,使标准化twofoldadj.两倍的,两重的identifyv.使等同于,识别,
146、鉴定unveilv.使公诸于众,揭露,展出microscopicadj.显微镜的,微小的,细微的implementv.贯彻,完成,履行Itissuchatechnologythatwillenableustobuildnetworksthatarepurelyoptical12.Asmoreroutingfunctionsareimplementedintheopticalplane,moresophisticatedintelligenceisneededtocontrolandmanagethenetwork.Controlsystemsarebeingdevelopedfortheseo
147、pticalrouterswithwhichitwillbeabletobuildopticalnetworksthatcanbeeasilyconfiguredinresponsetodemand13,andwhichalsohaveself-healingpropertiesandfastrestorationtimesintheorderoffiftytoahundredmilliseconds,muchthesameastodaysSDHandSONETnetworks.sophisticatev.使复杂,使精致intelligencen.智力,只能,理解力routern.路由器res
148、torationn.恢复,复位,复原aspectn.样子,外表,方面Afurtheraspecttoconsider14isaccesstotheopticalnetwork.Mostuserswouldliketohavedirectaccesstotheopticalnetworkandtheenormouscapacityitprovides.Thiswilltakeplaceinstages.Multi-wavelengthopticalsystemsarerapidlyspreadingoutfromthecoretowardstheenduser.Inregionalandmetr
149、opolitanareas,therequirementsaresomewhatdifferentfromthelong-distancearea.ThedreamofFiberToTheHome(FTTH)ordesktopisyettomaterialize,mainlybecauseofthecost-sensitivenatureofthispartofthenetwork.Inthenearfuture,residentialaccessmayremaincopper-based,usingtechnologiessuchasADSLtoboostthecapacityoftradi
150、tionalcopperlines.However,forbusinessoffices,opticaltechnologywillbeusedtobringbandwidthtotheend-used.Currently,alotofFiberToTheBuilding(FTTB)networksarebeingdeployedinvolvingATMandSDHaccessequipmentatcustomerpremises.ThenextstepistouseWDMtechnologyfortheseapplications.WDMwillfirstbeusedinindustrial
151、andcampusLocalAreaNetwork(LAN)environments.Weareatthebeginningofarevolutionincommunicationsnetworks,whereincreasingcapacity,varietyofapplications,andqualityofserviceareplacingenormousdemandsontheopticalnetwork.Therevolutionofopticalnetworkisjustbeginning,andisadvancingveryswiftlytowardsafutureonline
152、worldinwhichbandwidthisessentiallyunlimited,reliableandlow-cost.enormousadj.巨大的,庞大的metropolitanadj.大城市的,大都会的materializev.使物质化,使具体化residentialadj.居住的,长住的,居留的deployv.展开,调度,部署通信英语UNIT9GSM(GlobalSystemforMobileCommunication)Thesuccessofmobilesystemsacrosstheworldisasignthatcommunicationismovingtowardsam
153、orepersonalized,convenientsystem.success成功,成就sign标记,符号personalize个性化convenient便利的,方便的Peoplewhohavetouseamobilephoneonbusinesssoonbegintorealizethattheabilitytophoneanytime,anyplaceinonespersonalliferapidlybecomesanecessity,notaconvenience.business业务,生意realize实现,认识到ability能,能力necessity必要性,需要Thespeeda
154、ndrapiditywithwhichthepersonalcommunicationsrevolutiontakesplaceis,unlikefixedtransmissionsystems,highlydependentontechnologyandcommunicationstandards.rapidity快,迅速revolution革命,彻底改变fixed固定的standard标准Formobilethethreekeyelementstoachievingservicetake-uparethecost,thesizeandtheweightofthephone,andtheco
155、standqualityofthelink.elementachievetake-upcostqualitylinkIfanyofthesearewrong,especiallythefirsttwo,thenmarketgrowthisliabletobeseverelyrestricted.especiallymarketgrowthliableseverelyrestrictThefixedtelephoneserviceisglobalandtheinterconnectionvariesfromcoaxialcabletoopticalfibreandsatellite.global
156、全球的interconnection互联vary变化,改变coaxial同轴的,共轴的cable电缆,有线satellite卫星Thenationalstandardsaredifferent,butwithcommoninterfacesandinterfaceconversion,interconnectioncantakeplace.standard标准common公共的,共同的interface接口conversion转化,变换Formobiletheproblemisfarmorecomplex,withtheneedtoroamcreatinganeedforcomplexnetw
157、orksandsystems.problem问题complex复杂的roam漫游create产生Thusinmobilethequestionofstandardsisfarmorecrucialtosuccessthanfixedsystems.Inaddition,thereisalsothevexedquestionofspectrumallocationinthemobilearea.crucial决定性的,紧要关头的vexed争论不休的,棘手的spectrum频谱allocation配给,分配Mobilesystemsoriginallyoperatedinanalogmodeint
158、he450MHzband,movinglaterto900MHzwithdigitalGSMandthento1,800MHzwithpersonalcommunicationsystems.Thehistoryofmobilitycansplitintogenerations.analog模拟的mode方式,样式mobility流动性,移动性split裂开,破裂generation一代Thefirstgenerationsystemsweretheadvancedmobilephonesystems(AMPS)intheUS,totalaccesscommunicationsystem(TA
159、CS)inmostofEuropeandNordicmobiletelephonesystem(NMT);whichwereallanaloguesystems.advancedtotalaccessNordicThesecondgenerationisvarymuchdominatedbythestandardfirstsetoutinEuropebythegroupspecialmobile(GSM)committee,whichwasdesignedasaglobalmobilecommunicationsystem.dominatespecialcommitteeTheGSMsyste
160、misbasedonacellularcommunicationsprinciplewhichwasfirstproposedasaconceptinthe1940sbyBellSystemengineersintheUS.base以-为基础cellular蜂窝状的principle原则,原理propose提议,建议concept概念Theideacameoutoftheneedtoincreasenetworkcapacityandgotroundthefactthatbroadcastmobilenetworks,operatingindenselypopulatedareas,could
161、bejammedbyaverysmallnumberofsimultaneouscalls.IdeacapacitybroadcastdenselypopulatejamsimultaneousThepowerofthecellularsystemwasthatitallowedfrequencyreuse.powercellularThecellularconceptisdefinedbytwofeatures,frequencyreuseandcellsplitting.featurereusecellsplittingFrequencyreusecomesintoplaybyusingr
162、adiochannelsonthesamefrequencyincoverageareasthatarefarenoughapartnottocauseco-eintoplaychannelcoverageapartcauseco-channelinterferenceThisallowshandlingofsimultaneouscallsthatexceedthetheoreticalspectralcapacity.HandlingsimultaneousexceedtheoreticalspectralcapacityCellsplittingisnecessarywhenthetra
163、fficdemandonacellhasreachedthemaximumandthecellisthendividedintoamicro-cellularsystem.cellsplittingtrafficdemandmaximumdividemicro-cellularTheshapeofcellinacellularsystemisalwaysdepictedasahexagonandtheclustersizecanbeseven,nineortwelve.shapecellulardepicthexagonclusterUNIT104G1Intelecommunications,
164、4Gisthefourthgenerationofmobilecommunicationtechnologystandards.A4Gsystemprovidesmobileultra-broadbandInternetaccess,forexampletolaptopswithUSBwirelessmodems,tosmartphones,andtoothermobiledevices.Conceivableapplicationsincludeamendedmobilewebaccess,IPtelephony,gamingservices,high-definitionmobileTV,
165、videoconferencing,3Dtelevision,andcloudcomputing.laptopn.笔记本电脑modemn.调制解调器smartphonen.智能手机conceivablea.想得到的,可想象的amendv.修改,改善,改进Two4Gcandidatesystemsarecommerciallydeployed:theMobileWiMAXstandard(firstusedinSouthKoreain2006),andthefirst-releaseLongTermEvolution(LTE)standard(inOslo,NorwayandStockholm,
166、Swedensince2009).Ithashoweverbeendebatedifthesefirst-releaseversionsshouldbeconsideredtobe4Gornot2.InMarch2008,theInternationalTelecommunicationsUnion-Radiocommunicationssector(ITU-R)specifiedasetofrequirementsfor4Gstandards,namedtheInternationalMobileTelecommunicationsAdvanced(IMT-Advanced)specific
167、ation,settingpeakspeedrequirementsfor4Gserviceat100Mb/sforhighmobilitycommunication(suchasfromtrainsandcars)and1Gb/sforlowmobilitycommunication(suchaspedestriansandstationaryusers)3.definitionn.定义,清晰度conferencen.会议,讨论,协商candidaten.候选人,候选者commerciallyad.商业上,通商上deployv.部署,展开Asopposedtoearliergeneratio
168、ns,a4Gsystemdoesnotsupporttraditionalcircuit-switchedtelephonyservice,butall-InternetProtocol(IP)basedcommunicationsuchasIPtelephony.Thespreadspectrumradiotechnologyusedin3Gsystemsisabandonedinall4GcandidatesystemsandreplacedbyOFDMA,multi-carriertransmissionandotherfrequency-domainequalization(FDE)s
169、chemes,makingitpossibletotransferveryhighbitratesdespiteextensivemulti-pathradiopropagation(echoes)4.Thepeakbitrateisfurtherimprovedbysmartantennaarraysformultiple-inputmultiple-output(MIMO)communications.releasev.释放,发射,发布debatev.辩论,争论,讨论specifyv.指定,详细说明LTEAdvanced(LongTermEvolutionAdvanced)isacandi
170、dateforIMT-Advancedstandard,formallysubmittedbythe3GPPorganizationtoITU-Tinthefall2009,andexpectedtobereleasedin2013.Thetargetof3GPPLTEAdvancedistoreachandsurpasstheITUrequirements.LTEAdvancedisessentiallyanenhancementtoLTE.Itisnotanewtechnology,butratheranimprovementontheexistingLTEnetwork.Thisupgr
171、adepathmakesitmorecosteffectiveforvendorstoofferLTEandthenupgradetoLTEAdvancedwhichissimilartotheupgradefromWCDMAtoHSPA5.LTEandLTEAdvancedwillalsomakeuseofadditionalspectrumsandmultiplexingtoallowittoachievehigherdataspeeds.CandidateSubmitSurpassExistingUpgradeSpectrumJustwhenLTEandWiMaxarevigorousl
172、ypromotingintheglobaltelecommunicationsindustry,theformer(LTE)isalsothemostpowerful4Gmobilecommunicationsleadingtechnology,andquicklyoccupiedtheChinesemarket.TD-LTE,oneofthetwovariantsoftheLTEairinterfacetechnologies,isnotyetmature,butmanydomesticandinternationalwirelesscarriersoneafteranotherturnto
173、TD-LTE6.IBMsdatashowthat67%oftheoperatorsareconsideringLTE,becausethisisthemainsourceoftheirfuturemarket7.Whileonly8%oftheoperatorsareconsideringtheuseofWiMAX.vigorouslyOccupyVariantCarrierOperatorTD-LTEisnotthefirst4Gwirelessmobilebroadbandnetworkdatastandard,butitisChinas4Gstandardthatwasamendedan
174、dpublishedbyChinaslargesttelecomoperator-ChinaMobile8.Afteraseriesoffieldtrials,itisexpectedtobereleasedintothecommercialphaseinthenexttwoyears.AmendPublishTrialReleaseThemainreason4Gisfasterthan3GisbecauseofOrthogonalFrequency-DivisionMultiplexing(OFDM).Itsoundscomplicated,butitsthesametechnologyus
175、edinWi-Fi,ADSLbroadbandanddigitalTV9.OFDMisatechniqueforsqueezingmoredataontothesameamountofradiofrequency10.Italsoreduceslatencyandinterference.Dataissplitupandsentviasmallchunksoffrequencyinparallel,thereforeincreasingthecapacityofthenetwork11.squeezev.挤压,挤interferencen.干扰,干涉latencyn.潜伏,潜在因素chunkn
176、.大块,数据块configurationn.配置,结构Multiple-inputandmultiple-output,orMIMO,isanotherreason4Gisabletoprovidefasterspeeds.Itissimplytheuseofmultipleantennaarraysatboththetransmitterandreceivertoimprovecommunicationperformance12.Theperformanceofradiocommunicationsdependsonanantennasystem,termedsmartorintellige
177、ntantenna.Intheearly1990s,tocaterforthegrowingdatarateneedsofdatacommunication,manytransmissionschemeswereproposed.AntennaArrayPerformanceSmartIntelligentSchemeOnetechnology,spatialmultiplexing,gainedimportanceforitsbandwidthconservationandpowerefficiency13.Spatialmultiplexinginvolvesdeployingmultip
178、leantennasatthetransmitterandatthereceiver.Thisallowsmoredatatobetransferredwithoutrequiringadditionalbandwidthordrawingmorepower14.Themostcommonconfigurationcurrentlyisa2x2MIMO,foundinmanysmartphonesandsometablets.tabletn.写字板,平板电脑Asdatarateshaveincreasedovertheyears,higherperformanceapplicationshav
179、ebeenenabledonthemobilehandset.Contextawarenesswillallowphonestosenseandreacttoauserssurroundings.Forexample,imagineawomanisoutshoppinginalocalmall.ShepassesbyaposterofherfavoriteTVstar.Herphoneandthepostersenseeachotherandshereceivesinformationdirectlyonherphoneaboutshowtimesorevenanoffertodownload
180、thestarslatesthitsingle.ContextSurroundingPosterFavoriteUNIT11CircuitSwitchingandPacketSwitching1Therearetwobasictypesofswitchingtechniques:circuitswitchingandmessageswitching.Incircuitswitching,atotalpathofconnectedlinesissetupfromtheorigintothedestinationatthetimethecallismade,andthepathremainsall
181、ocatedtothesource-destinationpair(whetherusedornot)untilitisreleasedbythecommunicatingparties2.Theswitches,calledcircuitswitches(orofficeexchangeintelephonejargon),havenocapabilityofstoringormanipulatingusersdataontheirwaytothedestination3.destinationn.目的地,终点allocatevt.分配,分派,配给releasevt.释放,放松,发布jarg
182、onn.行话,土语manipulatevt.处理,操纵Thecircuitissetupbyaspecialsignalingmessagethatfindsitswaythroughthenetwork,seizingchannelsinthepathasitproceeds4.Oncethepathisestablished,areturnsignalinformsthesourcetobegintransmission.Directtransmissionofdatafromsourcetodestinationcanthentakeplacewithoutanyintervention
183、onthepartofthesubnet.seizevt.抓住,占领,俘获proceedvi.进行,继续informvt.通知,告诉interventionn.干预,干涉,妨碍subnetn.子网,分网Inmessageswitching,thetransmissionunitisawell-definedblockofdatacalledamessage.Inadditiontothetexttobetransmitted5,amessagecomprisesaheaderandachecksum.Theheadercontainsinformationregardingthesourcea
184、nddestinationaddressesaswellasothercontrolinformation6;thechecksumisusedforerrorcontrolpurposes.Theswitchingelementisacomputerreferredtoasamessageprocessor7,withprocessingandstoragecapabilities.Messagestravelindependentlyandasynchronously,findingtheirownwayfromsourcetodestination8.Firstthemessageist
185、ransmittedfromthehosttothemessageprocessortowhichitisattached9.subnetn.子网,分网blockn.一批,一组,一块headern.头,头部checksumn.检验和,检验项regardv.与有关,涉及Oncethemessageisentirelyreceived,themessageprocessorexaminesitsheader,andaccordinglydecidesonthenextoutgoingchannelonwhichtotransmitit10.Ifthisselectedchannelisbusy,t
186、hemessagewaitsinaqueueuntilthechannelbecomesfree,atwhichtimetransmissionbegins.Atthenextmessageprocessor,themessageisagainreceived,stored,examined,andtransmittedonsomeoutgoingchannel,andthesameprocesscontinuesuntilthemessageisdeliveredtoitsdestination.Thistransmissiontechniqueisalsoreferredtoasthest
187、ore-and-forwardtransmissiontechnique11.headern.头,头部checksumn.检验和,检验项regardv.与有关,涉及attachvt.缚,系,捆entirelyad.完全地,彻底地accordinglyad.相应地queuen.行列,长队variationn.变动,变化,变更Avariationofmessageswitchingispacketswitching.Herethemessageisbrokenupintoseveralpiecesofagivenmaximumlength,calledpackets.Aswithmessagesw
188、itching12,eachpacketcontainsaheaderandachecksum.Packetsaretransmittedindependentlyinastore-and-forwardmanner.Withcircuitswitching,thereisalwaysaninitialconnectioncostincurredinsettingupthecircuit13.Itiscost-effectiveonlyinthosesituationswhereoncethecircuitissetupthereisaguaranteedsteadyflowofinforma
189、tiontransfertoamortizetheinitialcost14.Thisiscertainlythecasewithvoicecommunicationinthetraditionalway,andindeedcircuitswitchingisthetechniqueusedinthetelephonesystem.Communicationamongcomputers,however,ischaracterizedasbursty.Burstinessisaresultofthehighdegreeofrandomnessencounteredinthemessage-gen
190、erationprocessandthemessagesize,andofthelowdelayconstraintrequiredbytheuser15.incurvt.招致,惹起guaranteevt.保证,担保steadya.平稳的,不变的amortizevt.缓冲,分摊Theusersanddevicesrequirethecommunicationresourcesrelativelyinfrequently;butwhentheydo,theyrequirearelativelyrapidresponse.Ifafixeddedicatedend-to-endcircuitwere
191、tobesetupconnectingtheendusers16,thenonemustassignenoughtransmissionbandwidthtothecircuitinordertomeetthedelayconstraintwiththeconsequencethattheresultingchannelutilizationislow17.Ifthecircuitofhighbandwidthweresetupandreleasedateachmessagetransmissionrequest,thentheset-uptimewouldbelargecomparedtot
192、hetransmissiontimeofthemessage,resultingagaininlowchannelutilization18.DedicatedAssignDelayConstraintConsequenceUtilizationTherefore,forburstyusers(whichcanalsobecharacterizedbyhighpeak-to-averagedataaterequirements),store-and-forwardtransmissiontechniquesofferamorecost-effectivesolution,sinceamessa
193、geoccupiesaparticularcommunicationslinkonlyforthedurationofitstransmissiononthatlink;therestofthetimeitisstoredatsomeintermediatemessageswitchandthelinkisavailableforothertransmissions.Thusthemainadvantageofstore-and-forwardtransmissionovercircuitswitchingisthatthecommunicationbandwidthisdynamically
194、allocated,andtheallocationisdoneonthefinebasisofaparticularlinkinthenetworkandaparticularmessage(foraparticularsource-destinationpair).burstyn.突发性,突发randomnessn.随机,机遇constraintn.强迫,强制,制约relativelyad.相对地,比较地responsen.回答,响应dedicateda.专用的assignvt.分配,指派,委派utilizationn.利用dynamicallyad.动态地,有生气地Packetswitc
195、hingachievesthebenefitsdiscussedsofarandoffersaddedfeatures.Itprovidesthefulladvantageofthedynamicallocationofthebandwidth,evenwhenmessagesarelong.Indeed,withpacketswitching,manypacketsofthesamemessagemaybeintransmissionsimultaneouslyoverconsecutivelinksofapathfromsourcetodestination,thusachievingap
196、ipeliningeffectandreducingconsiderablytheoveralltransmissiondelayofthemessageascomparedtomessageswitching.benefitn.利益,好处,恩惠simultaneouslyad.同时地,同时发生consecutivead.连续地,连贯地pipelinev.用管道输送proceduren.过程,步骤entityn.存在,实体Ittendstorequiresmallerstorageallocationattheintermediateswitches.Italsohasbettererrorc
197、haracteristicsandleadstomoreefficienterrorrecoveryprocedures,asitdealswithsmallerentities.Needlesstosay19,packetswitchingpresentsdesignproblemsofitsown,suchastheneedtoreorderpacketsofagivenmessagethatmayarriveatthedestinationnodeoutofsequence20.AllocationIntermediateCharacteristicsUNIT12Multimedia1T
198、heword“multimedia”isbeingusedtodescribeamixtureofhardware,softwareandapplications,withaconsequentconfusioninpeoplesmindsastowhatitis2.Itisaconfusionsituationthatcouldleadtoamissedopportunityforindustrytodevelopanewmarketplace.Thetermmultimedialiterallymeansmanyformsofcommunicationandinasensewehaveal
199、waysbeenimmersedinamultimediaenvironmentbecausewearebeingsthatrespondtosound,light,touch,andideas.Thisisessentiallyaninteractiveenvironment.multimedian.多媒体describev.描述,形容mixturen.混合,混合物consequenta.作为结果的,随之发生的confusionn.混,混乱状态opportunityn.机会,良机literallyad.逐字地,字面地inasense从某种意义上说immersev.沉浸,使陷入environm
200、entn.环境,周围Inthemodernpresentationofmultimediawenowhavethetechnologythatcanbegintomovetowardsanability,alreadyheldbythehumanbeing,inthatbyusingcomputertechnology,suchasCD-ROM,notonlycanwebringtogetheraudioandvisualimagesbutalsobeinteractivewithothercomputerusers3.presentationn.呈现,展示visuala.视觉的audioa.
201、听觉的,声音的Perhapsthebiggestreasonfortheexplosion4ofmultimediaofferingsistheenormousadvancesinpersonaldesktopcomputers.Thiscomputeradvancewouldappeartobringmultimediafacilitieswithinthereach5ofthemajorityofhomesforaboutUS$1000;thissystemmightconsistofahigh-speedprocessorwithhugestoragesofRAMandharddisc,
202、acolourmonitor,CD-ROM,soundsystem,languageandlearningsystemsandWindowsandLotusApplications.Thissortofspecificationisaimedatthepersonal,homecomputermarketandisprobablymoreforgamesandeducation.enormousa.巨大的,庞大的facilityn.设备,工具majorityn.多数ThefirstelementassociatedwithmultimediaisperhapstheCD-ROM,nowcons
203、ideredamaturetechnology6.TheCD-ROMisusedtostoredatathatrepresentsvisualimageryandcurrentunitscanstoreupto650Mbytesofdata.ThestandardsofmultimediacanbefoundinwhatisknownastheITUWhiteBoot,whichbringstogethervariousstandardsforCD-COMandvideocompressionanditisessentialthatthesetwoareasofstandardsaretake
204、ntogether7.monitora.监视器maturea.成熟的Acrucialelementintheprovisionofmultimediaistheuseofcompressedvideo.WithoutcompressiontheamountofstoragethatwouldhavetobeprovidedbytheCD-ROMwouldbeimmense,oryouwouldonlybeabletostore15secondsofafullmotionpicture.Ifcompressionisappliedtothemotionpicturesexpertsgroup(M
205、PEG-1)standard,thena650MbytesCD-ROMcanholdeither72minutesofvideo,or19hoursofaudio,or7000stillphotographs.representv.描述,讲述compressionn.压缩,浓缩immensea.广大的,巨大的ThestandardsformovingpicturesarebyMPEGasinternationalstandards.ThetwolevelsareMPEG-1,whichsetstheprovisionofconsumerqualityofvideoandaudioandMPEG
206、-2,whichsetsthehigherstandardsforprofessional,broadcastimagesandalsolookstodefinehighdefinitiontelevision8(HDTV).MPEG-2looksatmorethanpictures;itlooksattheassociatedsound,storagemethods,bitratesneeded,codingalgorithms,etc.ModernencodersarenotonlyusedintheCD-ROMarea,butalsoasameansoftransmittingsigna
207、ls,theyuseanumberofdigitalsignalprocessortoformavisionencoder.photographn.照片professionala.职业的,专业的definitionn.定义,清晰度Ifweconsiderthebusinessareaofmultimediaapplications,theprovisionofvideoiscrucialandthatvideoinformationmustcometouserinrealtimeandthereforebeprocessedinrealtime.Thismeansthatanysystemmu
208、stconformto9theCCITTMPEG-2standard.Thetechnologytodothishasmovedontremendouslyinthelastfewyearsduetotheneedtoreducethecostoftransmittingdataoverthenetwork.Theencodersanddecodersforvideoarenowmanufacturedwithaminimumofintegratedcircuits.Whatthentheproblemsforthedesigner?Theindividualelementsofmultime
209、diaarealreadyhandledbyastandardpersonalcomputer,suchthingsasaudio,graphicsandtext,butthemajorchallengeisinrealtimevideo,for10thisisthemajorbusinessrequirementandanecessityifmultimediasystemsaretobecomestandarditemsforthedesktop.Thisrealtimeprocessingrequiresavastamountofdatastorageandthisisafunction
210、oftheamountofinformationcontainedinacolourpicture11,forinstanceanormal640480pixelcolourpicturerequireswellover1Mbytesofstoragetogivetherequiredquality,thoughforfullmotionvideothisisincreasedupto100Mbytesofdata.Thespreadofmultimediausersisnotjustafunctionoftechnology,anditiscertainlynotastoppableproc
211、ess.Thekeytoitstake-upisinthesuccessfulsellingofvideoandtelevisionservices,whichareoftengatheredunderthegeneraltitleofvideo-on-demand(VOD)interactiveservices.AtypicalVODarchitecturetakestrunkandaccessnetworksintoaccount12.Thevideoserveristhekeytoon-demandservices.Thevideoserverwillstorealargenumbero
212、fprogramsthatcanbeinstantlyaccessedbyalargenumberofindividualsubscribers;itisstoredinacompressedformtosavespace.architecturen.结构,组织trunkn.干线instantlyad.立刻,即刻Theuseofmultimediaisincreasingallthetimeanditisestimatedthatintheperiodfrom1991to1998thevolumeofmultimedia,notonlyforpersonalbutalsobusinessuse
213、,willincreasefromzeroto$1.9billionforthesoftwareelementalone13.Multimediaisnolongeratoyoragametechnology.Itismovingintoourlivesinmanyways.Itisaffectingourbanking,shopping,education,andtravelandworkpatterns.Yet,itisanincreasingelementinourlives.estimatev.估计toyn.玩具UNIT13IPTV1Overthepastfewmonths,there
214、hasbeenincreasedinterestintheuseofIPnetworkstodeliverbroadcast-qualityTV.IPTVisarelativelyrecentbuzzwordhavingemergedonlythreeorfouryearsago2.Inanutshell,itmeansthedeliveryoftelevisionoverInternetProtocol(IP)networks.Butforthetelecommunicationindustry,whichdrivesittothemarket,IPTVmeansmuchmore.buzzw
215、ordn.时髦术语,口号emergev.出现,浮现nutshelln.极小的东西inanutshell简括地说,一句话marketn.市场Forthem,IPTVisanentirelynewmultimediaexperienceextendingthebordersofconventionalbroadcasttelevision;itisanintegrated,“all-embracing”mediaplatformofferingabundleofdiversecontentandcommunicationservicesfromasingleprovideroverasinglen
216、etworktoasingleuserdevice-allwithasinglepayment3.entirelyad.完全地,全部地experiencen.经历extendv.伸长,延伸bordern.边界integratev.综合,集成embracev.拥抱,怀抱;利用,抓住,采用;包围,包括,包含platformn.平台,站台,讲台bundlen.一捆,一束,一大堆diversea.多种多样的,形形色色的contentn.内容,含量,目录paymentn.支付,支付的款项unreliablea.不可靠的Whyuse30-year-oldtechnologydesignedforslow,
217、unreliable,unicastcommunicationstotransportvideo?TheansweristhatIPisamagicalplatformtobreedsuccessandithasbecometotallypervasive4.ThesecondmotivationisthatIPcanoffermorefunctionalitythantraditionalTV.Theopen,extensiblenatureofIPholdsthepromiseofmanymoreservicesinthefuture.IPinfrastructurealsocanbele
218、veragedtoprovidevideotelephonyandremotemonitoring,aswellasnewusesofvideowithinapplicationsthathaventbeenthoughtofyet5.Thefinalfactorthatisemergingiscostsavings.unreliablea.不可靠的unicasta.单播的magicala.迷人的,神秘的,有魔力的breedv.养育,培养,教养pervasivea.遍布的,充满的motivationn.动力,动机,诱因functionalityn.功能extensiblea.可延伸的,可扩展的
219、promisen.允诺,诺言;出息,前途infrastructuren.基础结构leveragev.举债经营TherearedivergingviewsaboutwhatIPTVreallymeans6.Tobroadcasters,IPTVissimplyanewemergingplatformfordistributingdigitaltelevisionchannelstohomeconsumersusingaTVscreen.Tothetelecomindustry,IPTVissynonymouswithanewbroadbanddigitaltechnology,offeringv
220、oice,dataandvideo.IPTViscomplementarytoexistingsatellite,cableandterrestrialsystems,althoughinsomecasesitmaybecomeavigorouscompetitortothem.divergev.分叉,分歧;发散distributev.分配,分发,分送;散布synonymousa.同义的complementarya.补充的,补足的terrestriala.地面的vigorousa.朝气蓬勃的Sofar,thetelecomindustryhasmerelybeenprovidingteleco
221、mmunicationservicessuchasvoiceconnectionsbetweentwopoints7.Thetelecomcompanieswerenotatallconcernedwiththecontentoftheinformationcarried.TheyarenowgettinginvolvedinIPTVastheyfacingdecreasingsubscriberrevenuesfromtheirtraditionalvoiceandbroadbandcommunication8.Theyareintheprocessofmovingintotheconten
222、t-providingdomainwithnorealexpertiseandexperienceinprovidingtelevisionservicestothegeneralpublic,simplyinordertoimprovetheirbalancesheetandbringthecustomersback.Indeed,IPTVisbeginningtolooklikeapromisingnewbusinessopportunityfortelecomoperators.merelyad.仅仅,只不过revenuen.(年)收入,收益domainn.领域,领地,范围experti
223、sen.专长,专门的技能banlancen.平衡,均衡sheetn.表格However,telecomswillhavetoresolvesomemajortechnicalchallenges.Oneproblemistheend-to-endtransmissionqualityduetolimitednetworkbandwidthwhichdecreaseswiththedistancefromtheexchangecabinet.NewmodulationstrategiessuchasADSL2+andVDSLarebeingintroduced,butthecostconcern
224、edisrelativelyhigh.TheintroductionofHigh-DefinitionTelevision(HDTV)maybequiteachallenge,evenifadvancedcodingtechnologiessuchasITU/MPEG4orMicrosoftVC1areused9.Furthermore,Telecomnetworksdonotgenerallyservethehundredsofthousandsandevenmillionsofsimultaneoususers.Alackofinternationalstandardization,whi
225、chiscurrentlythemainobstacletoestablishinghorizontalmarketsandequipmentinter-operability,isnowbeingaddressedbytheInternationalTelecommunicationsUnion10.challengen.挑战cabinetn.机柜strategen.战略,策略obstaclen.障碍horizontala.同行业的,同一层次的IPTVcanpotentiallyofferamyriadofnewinnovativeservicesandapplicationstotheus
226、er,manyofwhicharealreadypossiblewithdigitaltelevision.ThemaindifferencescomefromthefactthatIPTVusesatwo-waycommunicationchannel,sotheusercaninteractdirectlywiththecontentandserviceprovider11.Theinteractivelinkbetweentheproviderandtheuserenablessendingindividualvideostreamstoindividualdevicesinthehom
227、eattheusersrequest,incontrasttothebroadcastmodelwhereallchannelsaresenttoallusersallthetime.Suchpersonalizedservicesarebecomingincreasinglypopular,particularlywithentertainmentandeducation.potentiallyad.潜在地,有可能地myriadn.无数innovativea.创新的interacta.交互的personalizev.个人化entertainmentn.娱乐Whilethetechnicali
228、ssuesarenoteasy,theyarenotinsurmountable.Thelegalandregulatoryissues,however,arearealnightmare.OneoftheoutstandingissuesistodeterminewhichnationalregulatorybodyisresponsiblefortheregulationofIPTVservices.ThisdependsontheverydefinitionofIPTV.SomecountriesconsiderIPTVabroadcastserviceandsomeatelecomse
229、rvice.Notonlydothelegalregimesvaryfromcountrytocountry,theyarealsodifferentfortelecomsandbroadcasters12.insurmountablea.难以逾越的legala.法律的,合法的,法定的regulatoryn.管理的,控制的nightmaren.噩梦,梦魇regimen.政治制度,社会制度,体制;政权IPTVisstillinitsinfancy.Itsmarketsizeisstillsmallbutitisgrowingrapidly.Theprospectsforthecommercial
230、successaregreat.TheprincipledriversforIPTVaretheincumbenttelecomandInternetcompanies.Sofar,broadcastershavebeenmarginallyinvolvedintheIPTVprocess.Itisnowtimetoraisetheawarenessofbroadcasters,sothattheycanplayamoreactiveroleintheIPTVdevelopments13.infancyn.婴幼年期,初期prospectn.展望,前景,前程incumbenta.成为责任的,义不
231、容辞的marginallyad.边沿,勉强够格地awarenessn.意识,认识UNIT14ADSL1ConnectiontotheInternetcanbemadeinvariousways.OnemightconnectacomputertotheInternetoveraregularmodem,onanIntegratedServicesDigitalNetworkline,throughalocalareanetworkintheoffice,throughacablemodem,andthroughadigitalsubscriberline(DSL)connection.ADSL
232、(AsymmetricDigitalSubscriberLine)isahigh-speedInternetaccessservicethatutilizesexistingcoppertelephoneslinestosendandreceivedataatspeedsthatfarexceedconventionaldial-upmodems2.Thefastestdial-upmodemsareratedat57kilobitspersecond(Kbps),andusuallyoperateatabout53Kbpsundergoodconditions.Bycomparison,AD
233、SLallowsdatastreamspeedsfrom1.5to8megabitspersecond(Mbps),dependingonthegradeofADSLservicepurchased.variousa.各种各样的;多种多样的regulara.规则的;经常的,习惯性的,普通的integrateda.综合的;集成的modema.调制解调器subscribern.用户;订户asymmetrica.不对称的accessn.接通,接入,存取utilizev.利用,使用exceedv.超过,胜过;越出dialv.拨号,打电话给ADSLusesstandardtelephonelinesto
234、transmitupstreamanddownstreamdataonadigitalfrequency,whichsetsthesedatastreamsapartfromtheanalogsignalstelephonesandfaxmachinesuse3.BecausetheADSLsignalisoperatingonadifferentfrequency,thetelephonecanbeusednormally,evenwhensurfingtheWebwithADSLservice.TheonlyrequirementwillprobablybeinexpensiveDSLfi
235、ltersoneachphoneorfaxline,toremoveany“whitenoise”onthelinethatmightbegeneratedfromADSLservice4.upstreama.上行(流)downstreama.下行(流)faxn.传真机normallyad.正常,一般地surfv.冲浪;浏览inexpensivea.不贵的The“asymmetric”inADSLreferstothefactthatthedownstreamdatarate,orthedatacomingtoyourcomputerfromtheInternet,istravelingfas
236、terthanupstreamdata,orthedatatravelingfromyourcomputertotheInternet5.UpstreamdataratesareslowerbecauseWebpagerequestsarefairlyminisculedatastringsthatdonotrequiremuchbandwidthtohandle6.ADSLwillplayacrucialroleastelephonecompanies,andotherserviceproviders,enternewmarketsfordeliveringinformationinvide
237、oandmultimediaformats7.Newbroadbandcablingwilltakedecadestoreachallprospectivesubscribers,butsuccessofthesenewserviceswilldependuponreachingasmanysubscribersaspossibleduringthefirstfewyears.Bybringingmovies,television,videocatalogs,corporateLANs,andtheInternetintohomesandsmallbusinesses,ADSLwillmake
238、thesemarketsviable,andprofitable,fortelephonecompaniesandapplicationsuppliersalike.cruciala.决定性的;关键的;至关重要的providern.提供者videon.视频;录像;图像formatn.格式cablingn.成缆;铺缆decaden.十年,十年期prospectivea.期望中的;未来的catalogn.目录;目录册;目录内容corporatea.公司的;团体的viablea.有望成功的;可实施的;切实可行的profitablea.有益的;有盈利的twistv.绞扭;对绞duplexa.双工的An
239、ADSLcircuitconnectsanADSLmodemoneachendofatwisted-pairtelephoneline,creatingthreeinformationchannels-ahighspeeddownstreamchannel,amediumspeedupstreamchannel,andaduplextelephonechannel,dependingontheimplementationoftheADSLarchitecture.ADSLdependsuponadvanceddigitalsignalprocessingandcreativealgorithm
240、stosqueezesomuchinformationthroughtwisted-pairtelephonelines.Inaddition,manyadvanceshavebeenrequiredintransformers,analogfilters,andA/Dconverters.Longtelephonelinesmayattenuatesignalsatonemegahertzbyasmuchas90dB,forcinganalogsectionsofADSLmodemstoworkveryhardtorealizelargedynamicranges,separatechann
241、els,andmaintainlownoisefigures.architecturen.结构;体系;架构algorithmn.算法squeezev.挤压;榨;紧握transformern.变压器;变换器convertern.转换器attenuatev.衰减;衰耗掉megahertzn.兆赫兹sectionn.段;部分dynamica.动态的;不断变化的Tocreatemultiplechannels,ADSLmodemsdividetheavailablebandwidthofatelephonelineinoneoftwoways:FrequencyDivisionMultiplexing
242、(FDM)orEchoCancellation.FDMassignsonebandforupstreamdataandanotherbandfordownstreamdata.ThedownstreampathisthendividedbyTimeDivisionMultiplexingintooneormorehighspeedchannelsandoneormorelowspeedchannels.EchoCancellationassignstheupstreambandtooverlapthedownstream,andseparatesthetwobymeansoflocalecho
243、cancellation,atechniquewellknowninV.32andV.34modems8.echon.回声;反响cancellationn.删除,删去assignv.分配;指定overlapv.重叠,互搭ADSLworksontheprinciplethatsincevoicedoesnotuseallofthebandwidthavailablefromastandardcoppertwisted-pairline;itispossibletomaintainahigh-speeddataconnectionatthesametime9.Todothis,ADSLsplits
244、the1MHzmaximumbandwidthofacopperwireconnectioninto4KHzchannels,onlythebottom4KHzchannelusedforplainoldtelephonesystem(POTS)conversations,faxandanaloguemodemdata.Theother256availablechannelsareusedforparalleldigitalcommunication.Beingasymmetric,192channelsof4KHzareusedforthedownlinkandonly64fortheupl
245、ink.InthiswayADSLcanbeviewedassimplytakingaserialstringofdigitaldataandconvertingitintoaparallelstring,therebyincreasingdatathroughput10.splitv.劈开,切开;裂开plaina.简单的;不复杂的;单纯的;无装饰的;坦白的;普通的conversationn.对话;交谈parallela.并行的;平行的throughputn.生产量;吞吐量;通过量ThemodulationtechniqueisknownasDiscreteMulti-tone(DMT),th
246、eencodinganddecodingisperformedattheexchangeandattheuserendrespectively,inthesamewayitisbyaconventionaldial-upmodem.Anearliersystem,calledCarrier-lessAmplitudePhase(CAP),abletouseallthebandwidthabove4KHzasasingletransmissionchannel,hadtheadvantageofbeingcloselyrelatedtotheQuadratureAmplitudeModulati
247、on(QAM)techniqueusedbyhigh-speedmodemsatratesabove9.6Kbit/sandwasalsocheapertoimplement.However,DMTisamorereliable,sophisticatedandflexibletechnology,andhassucceededinbecomingtheuniversallyadoptedstandard.modulationn.调制discreta.离散的;不连续的multitonen.多音调carrierlessa.无载波的,载波消掉的phasen.相位;相角quadraturea.正交;
248、90度相位差reliablea.可靠的,可信赖的sophisticateda.复杂的;高级的;尖端的flexiblea.灵活的succeedv.接替;继承;成功;办妥universallyad.普遍地;普通地;一般地;通用地;全体地adoptv.采用,采纳Attheuserend,theADSLmodemcollectshigh-frequencydigitaldataandassemblesitfortransmissiontothePCornetwork.Attheexchangeend,aDigitalSubscriberLineAccessMultiplexer(DSLAM)conne
249、ctstheADSLusertothewiderInternet,aggregatingincomingADSLlinesintoasingledataconnectionfortransmissionontovoiceanddatanetworks11.ThephonesignalsaresenttotheswitchedtelephonenetworkandthedigitaldatarouteddatatotheInternetviaahigh-speedbackbone.assemblev.拼装;组装aggregatev.聚集;集合;总计routev.为选择路由backbonen.主干
250、;骨干Ethernetn.以太网routern.路由器ADSLmodemshaveevolvedovertheyearsandarenowavailableinanumberofforms.SomeconnecttoaPCviaaUSBport,othersviaEthernet.MostdevicesallowanInternetconnectiontobesharedacrossseveralPCs.Integratedmodem/routerssupportanetworkofPCs,somecomingwithanintegratedfirewalltoprovidevaryingle
251、velsofprotectionagainstunauthorizedaccess.firewalln.防火墙protectionn.防护;保护unauthorizeda.非授权的;未授权的UNIT15EPONTechnology1Nowadays,sincemoreandmoreInternetbusinesseshavegraduallyenteredintonumeroushouseholdswiththerapiddevelopmentoftheInternet,bottlenecksofaccessnetworkareemerging2.EPONtechnology,whichcom
252、binesamatureEthernettechnologyandhigh-bandwidthPONtechnology,isanidealaccessmethodtoachieveintegratedservices3.graduallyad.逐步地,渐渐地;按部就班地numerousa.很多的,许多的;数不清的emergevi.出现,浮现;暴露;摆脱maturea.成熟的;仔细考虑过的Inrecentyears,thetelecommunicationbackbonenetworkhasbeenupgradedfromtimetotimewhilemorefibersarelaidandd
253、evicesoflargercapacitieshavecomeintouse.Butasfortheaccessnetwork,thecopperlineisstilltheleadingchoice.ThetremendousincreaseinInternetserviceshasprickeduptheshortageoftheaccessnetworkscapacity.Theaccessnetworkwhichiscalled“lastmile”stillremainsthebottleneckbetweenhigh-speedLANsandthehigh-capacityback
254、bonenetwork.accessn.接近,进入integratevt.使一体化;使整合;使完整upgradevt.提升;使升级;capacityn.容量;才能;性能tremendousa.极大的,巨大的;可怕的,惊人的;prickv.刺;竖起,加剧Themostwidelydeployed“broadband”solutionstodayareDSLandCMnetworks.Althoughtheyareimprovementscomparedto56kbpsdial-uplines,theyarestillunabletoprovideenoughbandwidthforemergin
255、gservicessuchasvideo-on-demand(VOD),interactivegaming,ortwo-wayvideoconferencing4.Anewkindofaccesstechnologyisrequiredforthetimewithfollowingfeatures:inexpensive,simple,upgradeable,andbeingabletoprovidebundledvoice,dataandvideoservices.EPON,whichmergesthelow-costEthernettechnologyandlow-costopticnet
256、workarchitecture,isthebestrepresentativeofthefuture-orientednextgenerationaccessnetworktechnologies5.solutionn.解答;解决(办法);解释;dial-up拨号interactivea.互相作用的;交互式的;互动的conferencen.会议;讨论;(正式)讨论会bundledv.收集,归拢,把塞入architecturen.体系结构;(总体、层次)结构Ethernetpassiveopticalnetworks(EPON)arenext-generationsubscriberacces
257、snetworktechnologiesthatdeployopticalaccesslinesbetweenanopticallineterminator(OLT)andmultipleopticalnetworkunits(ONU)and/oropticalnetworkterminators(ONT)6.OLTislocatedinnetworksideandONU/ONTisincustomerside.EPONwillbeutilizedinprovidingsubscriberswithaccessbandwidthsof10Mbpsupto10Gbpsperusertobenee
258、dedforhigh-qualityInternetservices.TheOLT(OpticalLineTerminal)residesintheCentralOffice(CO)andconnectstheopticalnetworktothemetropolitan-areanetworkorwide-areanetwork,alsoknownasthebackboneorlong-haulnetwork.OLTisbothaswitchorrouterandamulti-serviceplatformwhichprovidesEPON-orientedopticalinterfaces
259、.Besidesthenetworkassemblingandaccessfunctions,OLTcouldalsoperformbandwidthassignments,networksecurityandmanagementconfigurationsaccordingtothecustomersdifferentQoSrequirements.metropolitana.大都会的;大城市的routern.路由器platformn.台;站台;平台interfacen.界面;接口;交界面assemblevt.装配,组合assignmentn.分给,分配;任务,工作securityn.安全;
260、保证,担保TheONU(OpticalNetworkUnit)islocatedeitherattheend-userlocationoratthecurbandprovidesopticalinterfaceswhichareconnectedtotheOLTandserviceinterfacesatuserssidesuchasvoice,dataandvideo7.TheODN(OpticalDistributedNetwork)isanopticaldistributionnetworkandismainlycomposedofoneormorepassiveopticalsplit
261、terswhichconnecttheOLTandONU.Itsfunctionistosplitdownstreamsignalfromonefiberintoseveralfibersandcombineopticalupstreamsignalsfrommultiplefibersintoone.Opticalsplitterisasimpledevicewhichneedsnopowerandcouldworkinanall-weatherenvironment.Thetypicalsplittershaveasplittingratioof2,4,8,16or32andcanbeco
262、nnectedtoeachother.ThelongestdistancetheODNcouldcoveris20Km.configurationn.组合,布置;结构,构造distributionn.分配,分布splittern.分裂机;分流器upstreama.向上游的;逆流而上的Inthedownstreamdirection(fromOLTtoONUs),aPONisapoint-to-multipointnetwork.Intheupstreamdirection,aPONisamultipoint-to-pointnetwork:multipleONUstransmitalltowa
263、rdsoneOLT.Directionalpropertiesofapassivesplitter/combineraresuchthatanONUstransmissioncannotbedetectedbyotherONUs.EPONsystemadoptsthebroadcastmethodindownstreamdirection.EthernetframesofdifferentONUsaretransmittedinonedownstreamtimeslot.ThepacketwhichcarriesalltheONUsdatareachesdifferentONUsandeach
264、ONUonlyextractsitsowndataframesandtransmitthemtotheuserswhileothersframesarediscarded.environmentn.环境,外界;周围propertyn.特性,属性;财产timeslotn.时隙packetn.小包;信息包,分组extractvt.提取;拔出;选取discardvt.丢弃,抛弃;解雇However,datastreamsfromdifferentONUstransmittedsimultaneouslystillmaycollide.Thus,intheupstreamdirection(fromu
265、sertonetwork),PONshouldemploysomechannelseparationmechanismtoavoid8datacollisionsandfairlysharethetrunkfiberchannelcapacityandresources.OnepossiblewayofseparatingtheONUsupstreamchannelsistouseawavelength-divisionmultiplexing(WDM),inwhicheachONUoperatesonadifferentwavelength.Whileitisasimplesolution(
266、fromatheoreticalperspective),itremainscost-prohibitiveforanaccessnetwork.collidevi.相撞;碰撞;冲突separationn.分离,分开;间隔,距离mechanismn.机制,机能;结构,机械装置simultaneouslyad.同时地;一壁;齐InaTimeDivisionMultiplexing(TDM)PON,simultaneoustransmissionsfromseveralONUswillcollidewhenreachingthecombiner.Inorderto9preventdatacolli
267、sions,eachONUmusttransmitinitsowntransmissionwindow(timeslot).OneofthemajoradvantagesofaTDMPONisthatallONUscanoperateonthesamewavelength.TheOLTwillalsoneedasinglereceiver.AtransceiverinanONUmustoperateatthefulllinerate,eventhoughthebandwidthavailabletotheONUislower.However,thispropertyalsoallowstheT
268、DMPONtoefficientlychangethebandwidthallocatedtoeachONUbychangingtheassignedtimeslotsize,orevenemploystatisticalmultiplexingtofullyutilizethebandwidthavailableinthePON10.cost-prohibitive成本高昂的preventvt.预防;阻碍;阻止wavelengthn.波长;波段allocatevt.分配,分派;把拨给statisticala.统计的;统计学的utilizevt.利用,使用ItispossiblethatEPO
269、Nsandpoint-to-pointopticalEthernetofferthebestpossibilityforaturnaroundinthetelecomsector11.Asserviceprovidersinvestinopticalaccesstechnologies,thiswillenablenewapplications,stimulatingrevenuegrowthanddrivingmoretrafficontobackboneroutes.UNIT16CurrentSituationandtheFutureintheTelecommunicationworld1
270、Todaystelecommunicationnetworksarecharacterizedbyspecialization.Thismeansthatforeveryindividualtelecommunicationserviceatleastonenetworkexiststhattransportsthisservice.Afewexamplesofexistingpublicnetworksaredescribedbelow:Thetelexnetworktransportstelexinformation,i.e.messagesofcharacters,transported
271、atverylowspeed.Thecharactersarecodedbasedonaspecific5-bitcode.POTS(plainoldtelephoneservice)istransportedviathepublicswitchedtelephonenetwork(PSTN).Thisubiquitousnetworkoffersthecustomersclassicaltwo-wayvoiceconversation.Computerdataaretransportedinthepublicdomaineitherbyapacketswitcheddatanetworkba
272、sedonX.25protocolsorinaverylimitednumberofcountriesbyacircuitswitcheddatanetworkbasedonX.21protocols2.Televisionsignalscanbetransportedinthreeways:broadcastviaradiowavesusinggroundantenna,bythecoaxialtreenetworkofcommunityantennaTVnetworkorrecentlyviaasatellite,usingtheso-calleddirectbroadcastsystem
273、.Intheprivatedomain,computerdataaremainlytransportedbyLANs(LocalAreaNetwork).ThemostfamousonesareEthernet,tokenbusandtokenring(IEEE802series).Eachofthesenetworkswasspeciallydesignedforthatspecificserviceandisoftennotatallapplicabletotransportanotherservice.Forinstance,theoriginalCATVnetworksdidnotal
274、lowthetransportationofPOTS;orthePSTNdoesnottransportTVsignals;orthetransferofvoiceoveranX.25networkisveryproblematicbecauseoftoolargeend-to-enddelayandjitteronthisdelay.Onlyinlimitedandspecialcasescanservicetypesotherthantheonethenetworkwasoriginallydesignedforbetransportedoverit3.Thisisforinstancet
275、hecaseforthePSTNwhichiscapableoftransportingcomputerdataatalimitedspeed,ifmodemsareprovidedatbothendsofthenetwork.Animportantconsequenceofthisservicespecializationistheexistenceofalargenumberofoftenworld-wideindependentnetworks,eachrequiringitsowndesignphase,manufacturingandmaintenance4.Inaddition,t
276、hedimensioningofeachnetworkmustbedoneforeveryindividualservicetype.Evenifresourcesarefreelyavailableinonenetwork,theycannotbeusedbyanotherservicetype.Forexample,thepeakhoursinthetelephonenetworkarebetween9a.m.and5p.m.,whereasthepeakhoursintheCATVnetworkareduringevening.Sinceresourcepoolingisimpossib
277、leeachnetworkmustbedimensionedforitsworstcasetrafficconditionswhichisthepeakhourtraffic.Afirststep,albeitalimitedonetowardsasingleuniversalnetwork,istheintroductionofNISDNinwhichvoiceanddataaretransportedoverasinglemedium.ThisnetworkcannottransportTVsignalsduetoitslimitedbandwidthcapabilities,soaspe
278、cialTVnetworkisstillrequired.EveninNISDNtheintegrationofnarrowbandservicessuchasdataandvoicecanbeconsideredasbeingratherlimited:theuseraccesstothenetworkisfullyintegrated,eitherbyabasicaccessorprimaryrateinterface.However,insidethenetworktherewillstillexistforsometimeapacketswitchedandacircuitswitch
279、ednetworkastwooverlaynetworksincapableoftransportingothertraffictypesandeachdimensionedeitherforvoiceorX.25data5.Anotherimportantconsequenceofthisservicespecializationistheinabilityofthenetworktobenefithighlyfromtheprogressmadeintechnologyandcodingalgorithms.Forinstance,currentdigitalNISDNswitchesar
280、edesignedfor64kbit/svoicechannels.However,withthecurrentprogressinspeechcodingandchiptechnology,bitratesof32kbit/s,13kbit/sandevenlowerwillbeusedinthefuture.Theexistingswitchesandtransmissionsystemsarenotdirectlysuitedandthusneedanadaptation,orwillnotefficientlyusetheirinternalresourcesfortheselower
281、speedbitrates.WhendesigningthefutureBISDNnetwork,onemusttakeintoaccountallpossibleexistingandfutureservices.Supposeanetworkiscapableoftransportingaspecificservice,e.g.acircuitswitchedservicewithachannelrateof70Mbit/s.Supposealsothatitisspecificallydesignedtotransportthisbitrate.Someyearslateranewtel
282、eserviceof,forexample,40Mbit/sappearsonthescene.Thiswouldmeanthatthenetworkdesignedforthatservice(i.e.70Mbit/s)willbecapableoftransportingthenewteleservice,butwithalargeinefficiency:only40outofthe70Mbit/savailablewillbeused.Thisexampleisnotunrealistic.Itisverylikelythatinthefuturenewserviceswillemer
283、gewhichhavenotyetbeenidentified,andofwhichtherequirementsareunknowntoday.Ascanbeconcludedfromtheaboveexamples,thenetworksoftodayareveryspecializedandsufferfromalargenumberofdisadvantages,themostimportantbeing:ServiceDependenceEachnetworkisonlycapableoftransportingonespecificserviceforwhichitwasinten
284、tionallydesigned.Onlyinalimitednumberofcasesandbyusingadditionalequipment(e.g.amodem)andwithaninefficientuseofitsresourcescanitbeadaptedtootherservices6.InflexibilityAdvancesinaudio,videoandspeechcodingandcompressionalgorithmsandprogressinVeryLargeSystemsIntegration(VLSI)technologyinfluencethebitrat
285、egeneratedbyacertainserviceandthuschangetheservicerequirementsforthenetwork.Inthefuture,newserviceswithunknownrequirementswillappear.Forthetimebeingitisyetunclear,e.g.whattherequirementsintermsof7bitrateforHDTVwillbe.Aspecializednetworkhasgreatdifficultiesinadaptingtochangingornewservicerequirements
286、.InefficiencyTheinternalavailableresourcesareusedinefficiently.Resourceswhichareavailableinonenetworkcannotbemadeavailabletoothernetworks.Takingintoaccountalltheseconsiderationsonflexibility,servicedependenceandresourceusage,itisconsequentlyveryimportantinthefuturethatonlyasinglenetworkexistsandthat
287、thisnetworkofthefuture(BISDN)isservice-independent.Thisimpliesasinglenetworkcapableoftransportingallservices,sharingallitsavailableresourcesbetweenthedifferentservices.Asingleservice-independentnetworkwillnotsufferfromthedisadvantagesdescribedabove,butitwillhavethefollowingmainadvantages:Flexibleand
288、future-safeAdvancesinthestateoftheartofcodingalgorithmsandVLSItechnologymayreducethebandwidthofexistingteleservices.Anetworkcapableoftransportingalltypesofserviceswillbeabletoadaptitselftochangingornewneeds.Allavailableresourcescanbesharedbetweenallservices,suchthatanoptimalstatisticalsharingofthere
289、sourcescanbeobtained.LessexpensiveSinceonlyonenetworkneedstobedesigned,manufacturedandmaintained,theoverallcostsofthedesign,manufacturing,operationsandmaintenancewillbesmaller.UNIT17NGN1Themarketforinformationandcommunicationstechnologyiscurrentlyundergoingastructuralchange.Theclassictelecommunicati
290、onnetworkswereplannedandimplementedforthetransferofspecificdatasuchastelephonecallsorpuredatapackages.Therecentgrowthincompetition,newrequirementsforthemarketandtechnologicaldevelopmentshavefundamentallychangedthetraditionalattitudesofthetelecommunicationsindustry.Thepresentindustryischaracterizedby
291、therapidgrowthofbroadbandconnections,theconvergenceprocessesofvariousnetworktechnologiesandtheemergenceofauniformIPstandardforindividualandmasscommunications2.undergov.历经;经历;忍受structurala.结构上的;构造上的transferv.转移;传送;传输purea.纯净的,纯粹的packagen.包;分组competitionn.竞争;比赛fundamentallyad.基本地;基础地;主要地attituden.姿态;态
292、度;看法characterizev.以为特征;表征convergencen.收敛;会聚;会合;集中emergencen.浮现;出现uniforma.划一的;统一的;相同的;一致的Traditionaltelecommunicationsoperatorsfindthemselvesconfrontedwithahostofnewchallenges3.Inparticular,theirpreviouslysuccessfulfixed-networkbusinessiscomingincreasinglyunderpressure.Newcommunicationpossibilities,
293、suchastelephoningviatheInternet,andalsogrowingmarketsharesinmobiletelephonyarecausingagreatdealofconcern4.Tocounteracttheselosses,thenetworkoperatorsareinvestingmorestronglyinbroadband,thegrowthdriver.Thetraditionallyfamiliarmarketboundariesbetweenfixednetworks,mobiletelephonyanddatanetworksaredisap
294、pearingmoreandmorequickly.confrontv.使面对;使面向;使遭遇hostn.一大群;许多challengen.挑战pressuren.压力;压迫;挤压possibilityn.可能性concernn.关心的事;关切counteractv.对抗;抵抗;抵制lossn.丢失;遗失;丧失;亏损investv.投资;投入boundaryn.边界;分界线;界限Thisgivesthecustomertheadvantagethathecancallonanextremelywiderangeofservices,regardlessofhisaccesstechnology
295、5.Thisdevelopmentrequiresametainfrastructurebeyondtheexisting,subordinatednetworks-acorenetworkforalltheaccessnetworks.ThisnewnetworkiscalledtheNextGenerationNetwork.TheInternetProtocolisthemostsignificantintegrationfactorbecauseitisavailablegloballyand,atleastinprinciple,itcanusealmostalltheservice
296、sandapplicationsinallthenetworks6.extremelyad.极度地;极大地regardlessa.毫不留心的;毫不在意的infrastructuren.基础设施;基础结构subordinatev.使成为下级;使成为次要coren.核心;芯integrationn.综合;集成Inface,NextGenerationNetwork(NGN)isabroadtermtodescribesomekeyarchitecturalevolutionsintelecommunicationcoreandaccessnetworksthatwillbedeployedover
297、next5-10years7.ThegeneralideabehindNGNinthatonenetworktransportsallinformationandservices(voice,dataandallsortsofmediasuchasvideo)byencapsulatingtheseintopackets.LikeitisontheInternet,NGNarecommonlybuiltaroundtheInternetprotocol,andthereforetheterm“all-IP”isalsosometimesusedtodescribethetransformati
298、ontowardsNGN.termn.术语;专门名词;学期;任期;期限describev.描述;描写architecturala.建筑学的evolutionn.进化;发展;演进encapsulatev.打包;封装definitionn.定义;限定AccordingtoITU-T,thedefinitionofNGNis:ANextGenerationNetwork(NGN)isapacket-basednetworkabletoprovideservicesincludingTelecommunicationServicesandabletomakeuseofmultiplebroadband
299、,QoS-enabledtransporttechnologiesandinwhichservice-relatedfunctionsareindependentfromunderlyingtransport-relatedtechnologies.Itoffersunrestrictedaccessbyuserstodifferentserviceproviders.Itsupportsgeneralizedmobilitywhichwillallowconsistentandubiquitousprovisionofservicestousers.underlyinga.在下面的;基本的;
300、基础的unrestrictv.不限制;不约束consistenta.协调的;一致的;连贯的;相容的;一致的ubiquitousa.普遍存在的;无处不在的ThebasicpremiseforNGNisthearchitectureonseveralindependentlevels.Theseincludetheaccessarea,thecorenetworkarea,thecontrollevelandtheservicemanagementlevel.TheconnectionofsubscribersandterminalstotheNGNcanbeachievedwithvarious
301、accesstechnologies.TheinformationandtransmissionformatsofthevariousnetworksmustbeconvertedintoinformationthatiscomprehensiblefortheNGN8.ThiscallsforGatewaysfortheconnectionofbusinessandprivatecustomers.ThecorenetworkoftheNGNisanIPnetwork.ThisisastandardizedtransportplatformconsistingofvariousIProute
302、rsandswitches9.Theconnectioncontroloftheindividualcomponentsiscarriedoutbythecontrollevel.Standardandvalue-addedservicescanthenbeprovidedviatheservicemanagementlevel.premisen.假设;前提comprehensiblea.可理解的;易懂的gatewayn.关口;网关standardizev.使标准化platformn.平台TheprerequisitefortheefficientuseoftheNGNisanetworkac
303、cesswithhighbandwidthforthesubscriber.Itistobeexpectedthataccessnetworksinthefuturewillbeabletoprovidebandwidthsofupto100Mbit/sforprivatesubscribers10.Forbusinesscustomers,transmissionratesinthegigabyterangeareconceivable.ThepossibleoptionsforaccesstotheIPbackbonewouldincludecopper,cable,fiber-optic
304、andwirelessconnections.prerequisiten.先决条件;前提expectv.期望;盼望gigabyten.千兆字节conceivablea.可想象的;可得到的ForvoiceapplicationoneofthemostimportantdevicesinNGNisasoftswitch-aprogrammabledevicethatcontrolsVoiceoverIPcalls.ItenablescorrectintegrationofdifferentprotocolswithinNGN.Themostimportantfunctionofthesoftswi
305、tchiscreatingtheinterfacetotheexistingtelephonenetwork,PSTN,throughsignalingGateways(SG)andMediaGateway(MG).However,thesoftswitchasatermmaybedefineddifferentlybythedifferentequipmentmanufacturersandhavesomewhatdifferentfunctions.ASignalingGatewayisanetworkcomponentsolelyresponsiblefortranslatingsign
306、alingmessages(i.e.informationaboutcallestablishmentandteardown)betweenonemedium(usuallyIP)andanother(PSTN)11.softswitchn.软交换programmablea.可编程的solelyad.单独地;唯一地;仅仅responsiblea.负责的translationn.翻译;转换disparatea.全异的,根本不同的Forexample,asignalinggatewaymighttranslatebetweenISUPandSIP.AMediaGatewayactsasatrans
307、lationunitbetweendisparatetelecommunicationsnetworkssuchasPSTN,NextGeneration,2Gand3G,radioaccessnetworksorPBX.MediaGatewaysenablemultimediacommunicationsacrossNextGenerationNetworkovermultipletransportprotocolssuchasATMandIP.BecausetheMGconnectsdifferenttypesofnetworks,oneofitsmainfunctionsistoconv
308、ertbetweenthedifferenttransmissionandcodingtechniques.TranslateGatewayProtocolconvertThemarketfortelecommunicationsservicesintheworldhasdevelopedextremelydynamicallysincebeingliberalized.However,aweakeningoftheaverageannualgrowthonthevariousmarketsistobeexpectedbytheendofthedecade.Thebusinesswithbro
309、adbandconnectionsisbeingtreatedasparticularlylucrativeinordertocompensateforthemarket-sharelossesofthefixednetworkinparticular.Thenetworkoperatorsareattemptingtoprovideamoreefficientandcost-effectiveprovisionofserviceswiththecurrentconversionoftheentirenetworkinfrastructuretoIPtechnology.Theaimistounitfixed,mobileanddatanetworkstogetherandsotoprovidevariousservicesviaatransparentnetwork-thesocalledNetworkGenerationNetwork.dynamicallyad.动态的liberalizev.使自由化weakenv.削弱;减弱;变弱averagea.平均的annuala.每年的;年度的lucrativea.生利的;赚钱的compensatev.补偿;赔偿conversionn.转换;变换aimn.目标;目的transparenta.透明的;清澈的;可穿透的