• DocumentCode
    1474975
  • Title

    Optical networking

  • Author

    Maxwell, Virginia

  • Author_Institution
    Lucent Technol., Bell Labs., USA
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • Firstpage
    26
  • Lastpage
    28
  • Abstract
    The author discusses the history of telecommunication networks and the development of fiber networks. The expansion of capacity is considered as is the introduction of DWDM (dense wave division multiplexing)
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM; capacity; dense wave division multiplexing; fiber networks; optical networking; telecommunication networks; ANSI standards; Fiber lasers; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber networks; SONET; Streaming media; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Telecommunication standards; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Potentials, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-6648
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/45.747242
  • Filename
    747242