Optical WDM Networks

• Main Author: Mukherjee, Biswanath (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Optical Networks
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer organization.; Computer communication systems.; Electrical engineering.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.; Electrical Engineering.

Research and development on optical wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) networks have matured considerably. While optics and electronics should be used appropriately for transmission and switching hardware, note that "intelligence'' in any network comes from "software,'&#...