Metropolitan Area Optical Network

Author: Xu Rong, Gong Qian, Zhang Guanghai (editors)
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book features innovative selection of materials, comprehensive content, and strong systematicity. It strives to present topics in an accessible manner, accompanied by abundant charts and diagrams. It can serve as both a textbook and reference for relevant majors in higher education institutions, as well as a practical guide for、. With the growing demand for services and the gradual advancement of fiber-optic communication technology toward the user side, the role of metropolitan area networks (MANs) is becoming increasingly significant. This book is positioned for MAN applications in optical network technology, offering a systematic exposition of the latest research findings and engineering applications in metropolitan optical networks. The book is divided into 8 chapters. The first chapter provides a brief introduction to the fundamentals of optical networks. The second chapter elaborates on the origin, definition, technical characteristics, and equipment features of metropolitan optical networks. The following chapters categorically discuss various solutions and corresponding products offered by different manufacturers in metropolitan optical networks, including: metropolitan WDM OADM, 10GE optical Ethernet, elastic packet ring (RPR), and multi-service platforms (MSTP) based on SDH. Chapter 7 introduces several new metropolitan optical access technologies, which are an integral part of MANs. The final chapter briefly presents a new metropolitan network solution based on free-space optical communication technology. The book integrates fundamental principles and concepts with practical network applications, systematically discussing the technical principles, solutions, and current status of metropolitan optical networks for the first time. It also summarizes the authors' extensive research findings and experience in WDM optical networks, broadband metropolitan optical networks, IPoverWDM, and other optical communication systems and technologies.