Optical 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 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. 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. John R. Vacca. Description Based On Print Version Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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.