Research and development on optical wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) networks have matured considerably. While optics and electronics should be used appro

Optical WDM networking technology is spearheading a bandwidth revolution in the networking infrastructure being developed for the next generation Internet. Rapi

Lo, soul! seest thou not God's purpose from the first? The earth to be spann'd, connected by net-work From Passage to India! Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass", 19

The essential guide to the state of the art in WDM and its vast networking potential As a result of its huge transmission capacity and countless other advantage

Provides a comprehensive and updated account of WDM optical network systems Optical networking has advanced considerably since 2010. A host of new technologies