Volume B is devoted to light wave systems and system impairments and compensation. Some of the topics include growth of the Internet, network architecture, undersea systems, high speed TDM transmission, cable TV systems, access networks, simulation tools, nonlinear effects, polarization mode dispersion, bandwidth formats, and more. This book is an excellent companion to Optical Fiber Telecommunications IVA: Components

Contents

1. Overview
2. Growth of the Internet
3. Optical Network Architecture Evolution
4.Undersea Communications Systems
5. High Capacity, Ultra-Long Haul Networks
6. Pseudo-Linear Transmission of High-Speed TDM Signals: 40 and 160 Gb/s
7. Dispersion Managed Solitons & Chirped Return to Zero: What is the Difference?
8. Metropolitan Optical Networks
9. The Evolution of Cable TV Networks
10. Optical Access Networks
11. Beyond Gigabit: Development and Application of High Speed Ethernet Technology
12. Photonic Simulation Tools
13. Nonlinear Optical Effects in WDM Transmission
14. Fixed and Tunable Managment of Fiber Chromatic Dispersion
15. Polarization Mode Dispersion
16. Bandwidth Efficient Modulation Formats for Digital Fiber Transmission Systems
17. Error-Control Coding Techniques and Applications
18. Electronic Equalization Techniques for Mitigating Transmission Impairments
Index to Volumes IVA and IVB