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Optical WDM Networks

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2006
ISBN
9780387237565, 0-387-23756-9
Open Library ID
OL7444578M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
47 MB (49747689 bytes)
Series
Optical Networks
Edition
1
Pages
953\973
Topic
Physics Optics
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Research and development on optical wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) networks have matured considerably. While optics and electronics should be used appropriately for transmission and switching hardware, note that "intelligence" in any network comes from "software," for network control, management, signaling, traffic engineering, network planning, etc.The role of software in creating powerful network architectures for optical WDM networks is emphasized.Optical WDM Networks is a textbook for graduate level courses. Its focus is on the networking aspects of optical networking, but it also includes coverage of physical layers in optical networks. The author introduces WDM and its enabling technologies and discusses WDM local, access, metro, and long-haul network architectures. Each chapter is self-contained, has problems at the end of each chapter, and the material is organized for self study as well as classroom use. The material is the most recent and timely in capturing the state-of-the-art in the fast-moving field of optical WDM networking.

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