Multiwavelength Optical Networks
Subtitle: A Layered Approach (Professional Computing)
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Published: May 13, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 766
ISBN-13: 9780201309676
Description: Written by leading authorities in optical networking, this book explores wide area wavelength-division multiplexing now that commercial deployment is at hand. After an overview of the enabling technology, the authors focus on methodologies for network analysis, control, design, and protection from a layered multiwavelength network architecture point of view.

Procedures for network control and design are covered for each category of network and are illustrated with examples. The emphasis here is on the fundamental role of available network resources - optical spectrum, fiber topology, and switching node and access station functionality - in determining network performance.