
Optical Networks
A Practical Perspective
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Description
Key Features
- In-depth coverage of optimization, design, and management of the components and transmission of optical networks
- Filled with examples, figures, and problem sets to aid in development of dependable, speedy networks
- Focuses on practical, networking-specific issues: everything you need to know to implement currently available optical solutions
Readership
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Optical Networks
PART I: TECHNOLOGY
2. Propagation of Signals in Optical Fiber
3. Components
4. Modulation and Demodulation
5. Transmission System EngineeringPART II: NETWORKS
6. Client Layers of the Optical Layer
7. WDM Network Elements
8. WDM Network Design
9. Control and Management
10. Network Survivability
11. Access Networks
12. Photonic Packet Switching
13. Deployment ConsiderationsAppendix
A. Acronyms
B. Symbols and Parameters
C. Standards
D. Wave Equations
E. Pulse Propagation in Optical Fiber
F. Nonlinear Polarization
G. Multilayer Thin-Film Filters
H. Random Variables and Processes
I. Receiver Noise Statistics
Product details
- No. of pages: 928
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Morgan Kaufmann 2009
- Published: August 21, 2009
- Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780123740922
- eBook ISBN: 9780080920726
About the Authors
Rajiv Ramaswami
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.
Affiliations and Expertise
Kumar Sivarajan
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.