Download or read book Optical Networking Best Practices Handbook written by John R. Vacca and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optical Networking Best Practices Handbook presents optical networking in a very comprehensive way for nonengineers needing to understand the fundamentals of fiber, high-capacity, high-speed equipment and networks, and upcoming carrier services. The book provides a practical understanding of fiber optics as a physical medium, sorting out single-mode versus multi-mode and the crucial concept of Dense Wave-Division Multiplexing.