DWDM Fundamentals, Components, and Applications

This leading-edge resource provides you with comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the principles, technologies, standards and applications of Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM). Essential reading for technical and business professionals alike, this volume will enable you to: understand how DWDM components, devices and networks operate, examine the configuration and design trade-offs of current DWDM components and systems, assess the latest standards for optical network management, discover recent technological developments, and decide the direction and most promising areas for future R&D in the field. With an authoritative and balanced presentation of history, theory, information on WDM components, and a focus on practical system applications, the work is an invaluable technical resource and research tool for design and manufacturing engineers, optical network designers, and postgraduate students. The book also gives you an overview of the latest, innovative applications of DWDM, particularly in telecommunication transmission links, advanced transport architectures and others.