Passive Optical Networks: Principles and Practice

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 368 pages
• Published by: Academic Press October 19, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0123738539
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0123738530
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1.6 pounds

Book Description
A complete reference on all the standards and technologies of Passive Optical Networks - a technology key to bringing future broadband applications to the home.

Product Description
Passive optical network (PON) technologies have become an important broadband access technology as a result of the growing demand for bandwidth-hungry video-on-demand applications. Written by the leading researchers and industry experts in the field, this book provides coherent coverage of networking technologies, fiber optic transmission technologies, as well as the electronics involved in PON system development.

Features:

* An in-depth overview of PON technologies and the potential applications that they enable
* Comprehensive review of all major PON standards and architecture evolutions, as well as their pros and cons
* Balanced coverage of recent research findings with economic and engineering considerations
* Presents system issues of protocols, performance, management and protection
* Extensive references to standards and research materials for further studies

This book provides an authoritative overview of PON technologies and system requirements and is ideal for engineers and managers in industry, university researchers, and graduate students.

*Balances treatment of the optical technologies with systems issues such as protocols, performance, management and protection
*Covers latest developments in WDM-PONS, protection switching, dynamic bandwidth allocation
*Practical coverage with a chapter on PON applications and deployment
*Case studies on implementing PONs

Reader Reviews
Are you a researcher, senior and graduate-level college student working in the field of broadband optical access networks? If you are, then this book is for you! Editor Cedric F. Lam, has done an outstanding job of writing a book that covers the different aspects of the PON technology. Lam, begins with the history of broadband access network and PON developments. In addition, the editor also reviews the various PON architectures and technologies. The editor then thoroughly covers PON-related optical technologies and their state of the art. Next, he focuses on the properties and characteristics of PON transceivers, which are quite different from those used with conventional two-fiber, continuous-mode optical transmission systems. Then, he reviews the ranging process and dynamic bandwidth allocation protocols, which are essential to the operation and performance of power-splitting TDM PON systems. The editor continues by discussing protection switching and traffic restoration schemes for PON systems. Finally, he covers the challenges to characterize, monitor, and diagnose optical links in a PON system. This most excellent book provides the need for those that have a general understanding of the PON field and depth, and for those who would like to dig deeper into PON technologies and relevant areas. Perhaps more importantly, this book will serve as a comprehensive reference of PON technologies for those interested in developing and understanding this fast-growing area!