Read more
Informationen zum Autor 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. 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. Galen Sasaki worked on optical networks for sixteen years in academia and is an Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii. He has a BS degree from the University of Hawaii and MS and Ph.D degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Optical fiber is set to exceed the sales of copper fiber in the near future. This change has been initiated by the need to efficiently move large volumes of multimedia content over long distances. Video on demand, online gaming (XBOX 360 and Playstation 3), and HD personal video conferences insist upon non-stop fast, efficient, and dependable network service. Optical networks have extremely flexible infrastructures that can handle lots of information at faster rates while optical switching and redundant fibers aid against delivery failure... The 3e of Optical Networks will continue be the market leader with its enormous depth and breadth of coverage. Architecture, design, and management are completely covered at both the transmission and component levels. Essential updates throughout the book 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. Zusammenfassung Offers information on optical networking technologies and techniques. This book discusses componentry and transmission with an emphasis on practical networking issues that affect organizations as they evaluate, deploy, or develop optical networks....
Report
"The authors' grasp of what is truly workable and worthwhile in optical networks is fundamental, and they have effectively packaged this knowledge in an easy-to-comprehend text that will be valued to both veterans and those new to optical networking." --Scott Grout, President and CEO, Chorum Technologies
