Morgan Kaufmann Optical Networks: A Practical Perspective

The third edition of "Optical Networks" will continue be the market leader with its enormous depth and breath of coverage. Architecture, design, and management are completely covered at both the transmission and component levels. Essential revisions throughout the book will include discussions of aggregation and transport of broadband traffic, especially IPTV (TV over the Internet), and new design examples for metro and long haul traffic. New technologies will be completely covered with sections on pluggable optical transceivers, ROADM (reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer), and electronic dispersion compensation. Current standards updates such as G.709 OTN, as well as, those for GPON, EPON, and BPON will be highlighted. This book covers optical networks from building to building, city to city, and country to country. It offers in-depth coverage of optimization, design, and management of the components and transmission of optical networks. The book provides essential information to design networks to carry large volumes of multimedia content necessary in today's market. Filled with examples, figures, and problem sets to aid in development of dependable, speedy networks, it is written by brand-name author team widely recognized within industry.