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Table of Contents:

Definition and Overview

1. Benefits and History of Optical Networks

2. Optical-Network Drivers

3. Enabling Technologies

4. Technologies on the Horizon

5. Component Applications

6. Markets for Optical Networks

7. Design and Planning

8. Restoration

9. Network Management

10. Network Evolutions: Part I

11. Network Evolutions: Part II

12. The Future of Optical Networks

Self-Test

Glossary

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ATM
asynchronous transfer mode

DWDM
dense wavelength division multiplexing

ETDM
electronic time division multiplexing

IOF
interoffice networks

LAN
local-area network

MAN
metropolitan-area network

OADM
optical add/drop multiplexer

OBLSR
optical bidirectional line switched rings

OSNR
optical signal-to-noise ratio

OTDM
optical time division multiplexing

OXC
optical cross-connect

PBST
phase-shaped binary transmission

SOA
semiconductor optical amplifier

SONET
synchronous optical network

TCP/IP
transmission control protocol/Internet protocol

TDM
time division multiplexing

VWP
virtual wavelength path

WAN
wide-area network

WDM
wavelength division multiplexing

WP
wavelength path