Name: Optical Networking Crash Course By Steven Shepard
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Optical Networking Crash Course Summary

Optical Networking Crash Course by Steven Shepard

Here is a clear, readable explanation of the hottest topic in telecommunications. In this resource, a telecommunications expert explains how to evaluate technologies, companies, equipment, and trends in optical networking. He delves into business strategies, future applications, convergence opportunities, and much more.

About Steven Shepard

Steven Shepard (Williston, VT) is a professional writer and educator specializing in international telecommunications. He has written and taught technical courses on a broad range of topics around the globe. He is the author of several books, including Telecommunications Convergence and Optical Networking Demystified.

Part One: The Optical Networking Marketplace. Chapter 1: Toward a New Network Model. Chapter 2: A Corollary: The Data Network. Chapter 3: The Local Service Providers' Response. Chapter 4: Service Regions of the Optical Network. Chapter 5: The Optical Networking Applications Set. Chapter 6: A Brief History of the Network. Chapter 7: The Traditional Digital Hierarchy. Chapter 8: The Birth of Optical Networking: Sonet and SDH. Chapter 9: Switching and Routing. Chapter 10: The Service Provider's World: Back to Switching and Routing. Chapter 11: Ring Architectures in the Optical Domain. Chapter 12: Amplification and Regeneration. Part Two: From Copper to Glass. Chapter 13: Overview of Optical Technology. Chapter 14: Total Internal Reflection. Chapter 15: Later Developments in Optical Networking. Chapter 16: Fundamentals of Optical Networking. Chapter 17: Optical Sources. Chapter 18: Optical Fiber. Chapter 19: Optical Fiber. Chapter 20: Putting It All Together. Chapter 21: Fiber Nonlinearities. Chapter 22: Intermodulation Effects. Chapter 23: Scattering Problems. Chapter 24: An Aside: Optical Amplification. Chapter 25: Pulling it all Together. Chapter 26: Optical Receivers. Chapter 27: Photodetector Types. Chapter 28: Optical Fiber. Chapter 29: Multimode Fiber. Chapter 30: Single-Mode Fiber. Chapter 31: Why Do We Care? Part Three: Corollary Technologies. Chapter 32: Introduction. Chapter 33: Optical Cable Assemblies. Chapter 34: Fiber Cable Architectures. Chapter 35: The Special Case of Submarine Cables. Chapter 36: Fiber Installation Options. Chapter 37: Commercial Fiber Products. Chapter 38: An Aside: Freespace Optics. Chapter 39: Summary. Chapter 40: Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM). Chapter 41: Optical Switching and Routing. Chapter 42: Network Management. Part Four: Solutions and Applications. Chapter 43: The Optical Hierarchy of Motivation. Chapter 44: Players in the Network Game. Chapter 45: Reinventing the Network. Chapter 46: Toward a New Network Paradigm. Chapter 47: Why the Evolution? Chapter 48: The Evolving IP Protocol Model. Chapter 49: IP's Promise. Chapter 50: Protocol Assemblies: Putting it Together. Chapter 51: One More time: Putting it All Together. Chapter 52: The Future.

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9780071372084

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0071372083

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Optical Networking Crash Course by Steven Shepard

Author

Steven Shepard

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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

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2001-03-16

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292

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Optical Networking Crash Course Steven Shepard

Optical Networking Crash Course by Steven Shepard

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