1. Introduction to Optical Networks
PART I: TECHNOLOGY2. Propagation of Signals in Optical Fiber3.
Components4. Modulation and Demodulation5. Transmission System
Engineering
PART II: NETWORKS6. Client Layers of the Optical Layer7. WDM
Network Elements8. WDM Network Design9. Control and Management10.
Network Survivability11. Access Networks12. Photonic Packet
Switching13. Deployment Considerations
AppendixA. AcronymsB. Symbols and ParametersC. StandardsD. Wave
EquationsE. Pulse Propagation in Optical FiberF. Nonlinear
PolarizationG. Multilayer Thin-Film FiltersH. Random Variables and
ProcessesI. Receiver Noise Statistics
Everything you need to know to implement currently available optical networking solutions!
Rajiv Ramaswami worked on optical networks for fifteen years from research to commercial deployment and is currently a vice president at Cisco. He is an IEEE Fellow, a Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Madras, and received a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Kumar N. Sivarajan worked on optical, wireless and telecommunication networks for ten years in academia and research labs before cofounding the optical networking company, Tejas Networks, Bangalore, in 2000. He has a B.Tech. degree from IIT Madras and a Ph.D. from Caltech, Pasadena. Galen Sasaki worked on optical networks for sixteen years in academia and is an Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii. He has a BS degree from the University of Hawaii and MS and Ph.D degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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