Deploying Optical Networking Components

Name: Deploying Optical Networking Components
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ISBN: 9780071375054

ISBN-10: 0071375058

ISBN-13: 9780071375054

Edition: 2001

Authors: Gilbert Held

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As data transmisson migrates from copper to fibre optic conductors, this guide explains how fibre-based components will work in the present environment, and how they will alter the environment for better of worse.

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List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 257
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Optical Networking and Basic Terminology	p. 2
Advantages of Optical Transmission	p. 6
Disadvantages of Optical Fiber	p. 11
Understanding Light	p. 17
Describing Light	p. 18
Basics of Electromagnetic Waves	p. 21
Power Measurements	p. 33
Metallic Media Transmission Rate Constraints	p. 41
Optical Media Transmission Rate Constraints	p. 44
Understanding Optical Fiber	p. 47
Evolution	p. 48
Fabrication	p. 49
Basic Composition	p. 50
Light Flow in a Fiber	p. 52
Optical Fiber Metrics and Terms	p. 57
Fiber Composition	p. 67
Types of Cable	p. 70
Connectors	p. 72
Insertion Loss	p. 74
The EIA/TIA 568 Standard	p. 75
Light Sources and Detectors	p. 77
Components of an Optical Transmission System	p. 78
Light Sources	p. 80
Photodetectors	p. 97
Couplers and Connectors	p. 102
Fiber in the LAN	p. 109
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)	p. 110
Ethernet and Fast Ethernet	p. 121
Gigabit Ethernet	p. 130
Fiber in the WAN	p. 141
Evolution and Rationale	p. 142
SONET and SDH	p. 156
Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) and Dense WDM (DWDM)	p. 172
Fiber in the Neighborhood	p. 185
The Existing Telephone Company Infrastructure	p. 186
The Original Cable TV Infrastructure	p. 192
The Evolving Local Telephone Network	p. 195
The Evolving Cable TV Infrastructure	p. 198
Fiber to the Home	p. 202
Fiber in the Building	p. 207
Fiber-Optic Modems	p. 208
Fiber-Optic Multiplexers	p. 219
Optical Mode Converters	p. 223
Frequency vs. Wavelength	p. 227
Glossary	p. 243
Abbreviations	p. 249
Index	p. 253
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