WDM technologies : optical networks / edited by Achyut K. Dutta, Niloy K. Dutta, Masahiko Fujiwara.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dutta, Achyut K.

Dutta, Niloy K., 1953-

Fujiwara, Masahiko.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wavelength division multiplexing.

Optical communications.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Internet information (which is doubling every six months) travels through optical fibers. Today, optical fibers are being installed where a single fiber has the ability to carry information as much as 200 times faster than was possible just five years ago. This revolutionary capability is being achieved with technology known as wavelength division multiplexing WDM). WDM technology relies on the fact that optical fibers can carry many wavelengths of light simultaneously without interaction between each wavelength. Thus, a single fiber can carry many separate wavelength signals or channels s

Contents:

Front Cover; WDM TECHNOLOGIES: OPTICAL NETWORKS; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Foreword: The WDM Revolution; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Overview; 1.1. Prospectus; 1.2. Organization and Features of the WDM Technologies Series; 1.3. Survey of Volume III, WDM Technologies: Optical Networks; References; Part 1: Overview and WDM/TDM Perspectives; Chapter 2. OTDM and WDM for Large-Scale Photonic Networks; 2.1. OTDM and WDM for Large-Scale Photonic Networks as the Global Information Infrastructure; 2.2. Ultrafast Photonic Processing; 2.3. Wavelength-Band Generation; 2.4. Format Conversion

2.5. Wavelength-Band Conversion2.6. Polarization-Mode Dispersion and Its Equalization; 2.7. Conclusion; References; Part 2: Critical Technologies; Chapter 3. Optical Path Cross-Connect; 3.1. Path Technologies; 3.2. Optical Path Technologies; 3.3. Optical Path Cross-Connect System; References; Chapter 4. Optical Packet Switching; 4.1. Architecture; 4.2. Subsystems; 4.3. Device Technology; 4.4. Optical Burst Switch; 4.5. Optical Packet-Switching Testbeds; 4.6. Summary; References; Chapter 5. Submarine Networks; 5.1. Outline; 5.2. Progress of Optical Submarine Networks

5.3. Submarine Cable Systems Configuration5.4. Network Confiuration; 5.5. Network Implementation; 5.6. Future Submarine Networks; References; Part 3: Applications; Chapter 6. Optical Access/Metropolitan Area Network Using WDM; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Current Features; 6.3. Current Status of Optical Technology; 6.4. WDM System for Access and Metropolitan Area Networks; 6.5. Future Networks for Access and Metropolitan Areas; 6.6. Standardization; 6.7. Trends in Access and Metropolitan Area Networks; 6.8. Conclusion; References

Chapter 7. A Wavelength-Division-Multiplexed Optical Network for Video/Audio Signal Distribution in a Broadcast Center7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Requirements for a Signal Routing Network in a Contemporary Broadcast Center; 7.3. Proposed WD/TD Optical Network; 7.4. Network Design; 7.5. Practical Network Development; 7.6. Conclusion; References; Chapter 8. WDM Computer Networks: A Survey; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. WDM and WDM Computer Networks; 8.3. Local Optical Networks: WDM LAN; 8.4. Metropolitan Optical Networks: WDM MAN; 8.5. Wide Area Optical Networks: WDM WAN

8.6. WDM Technologies on the Horizon8.7. Summary; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-02001-X

9786611020019

0-08-049244-4

OCLC:

467148704