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Fiber Optic Communication Networks

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Various types of optical fiber networks have been conceived, designed, and built to satisfy a wide range of transmission capacities and speeds. The link lengths between users can vary from short localized connections within a building or a campus environment to networks that span continents and run across oceans. This chapter defines basic terminology and general network concepts, illustrates different fiber optic network architectures, discusses the concept of network layering, defines data packet switching elements, describes how these elements route signals along wavelength channels, and shows how network configuration flexibility can offer connection protection in case there are link or node failures.

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Keiser, G. (2021). Fiber Optic Communication Networks. In: Fiber Optic Communications. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4665-9_13

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