Optical Communication Networks

by Biswanath Mukherjee

Greater bandwidth appears to be the most sought after enhancement of the data infrastructure on the cusp of the millennium. Optical communication networks (capacity measured in terabits) are being touted as the holy grail of the burgeoning universe of the Internet World Wide Web, Java applications, video-on-demand, and cable communications. Mukherjee (computer science, U. of CA, Davis) guides systems engineers, administrators, and hopeful end users through relevant theoretical and practical developments and implications of optical expansion of the electronic realm. His chapter case studies, exercises, and reading list provide tools for enlightenment on such topics enabling technologies, broadcast (local) networks, wavelength-routed (wide-area) networks, and wavelength-division multiplexing. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

576 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997