Screen LibraryOptical networking best practices handbook
"Optical Networking Best Practices Handbook presents optical networking in a very comprehensive way for nonengineers needing to understand the fundamentals of fiber, high-capacity, high-speed equipment and networks, and upcoming carrier services. The book provides a practical understanding of f...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/0470075066 |
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"Optical Networking Best Practices Handbook presents optical networking in a very comprehensive way for nonengineers needing to understand the fundamentals of fiber, high-capacity, high-speed equipment and networks, and upcoming carrier services. The book provides a practical understanding of fiber optics as a physical medium, sorting out single-mode versus multi-mode and the crucial concept of Dense Wave-Division Multiplexing"--Resource description page. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxix, 472 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0471460524 9780471460527 0470075058 (electronic bk.) 9780470075050 (electronic bk.) 0470075066 (electronic bk.) 9780470075067 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | TK5103 |
| CLC: | TN929.1 |
| Contents: | Optical networking fundamentals -- Types of optical networking technology -- Optical transmitters -- Types of optical fiber -- Carriers' networks -- Passive optical components -- Free-space optics -- Optical formats : Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)/ Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH), and gigabit Ethernet -- Wave division multiplexing -- Basics of optical switching -- Optical packet switching -- Optical network configurations -- Developing areas in optical networking. |