Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- 1 Historical overview of optical networks
- 2 Optical switching networks
- 3 Building blocks
- 4 Summary
- Part II Optical wide area networks
- Part III Optical metropolitan area networks
- Part IV Optical access and local area networks
- Part V Testbeds
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - Building blocks
from Part I - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- 1 Historical overview of optical networks
- 2 Optical switching networks
- 3 Building blocks
- 4 Summary
- Part II Optical wide area networks
- Part III Optical metropolitan area networks
- Part IV Optical access and local area networks
- Part V Testbeds
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Optical Switching Networks , pp. 31 - 41Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008