| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 472 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Optical communications -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Fiber optics.
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fiber optics.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Imaging Systems.
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Optical communications -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Fiber optics.
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Fiber optics
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Optical communications
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006047509 |
| ISBN |
0471460524 |
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9780471460527 |
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0470075058 |
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9780470075050 |
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0470075066 |
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9780470075067 |
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