SONET-Based Metro Area Networks (Paperback)

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Chapter 1: Advances and Opportunities in Next-Generation SONET and Other Optical Architectures

Chapter 2: Optics Primer

Chapter 3: Traditional SONET Architectures

Chapter 4: Next-Generation SONET and Optical Architectures

Chapter 5: Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Systems

Chapter 6: Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) Technology

Chapter 7: All-Optical Networks

Chapter 8: GMPLS in Optical Networks

Chapter 9: Free-Space Optics (FSO)

Chapter 10: Practical Design and Economic Parameters

Appendix A: Revenue per Employee

Appendix B: Calculating Your Sales Staff Number

Appendix C: Generalized "Rule of 78"

Acronyms

Index