Optical Fiber Communications, McGraw-Hill, 1983, 1991, 2000. Now in its third edition, this book is highly popular in both academic and professional circles worldwide. It presents the fundamental principles for understanding and applying fiber optic technology to sophisticated modern telecommunication systems, with topics ranging from fibers and components to optical networks and measurements. Details on the third edition are on the Web at www.mhhe.com/keiser. Key features of the text include: · A comprehensive treatment of optical link constituents such as optical fibers, light sources, photodetectors, connecting and coupling devices, and optical amplifiers. · The design principles of fiber transmission links, including optical power budgets, signal rise times, line coding, and noise effects on system performance. · The operating principles of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) and the components needed for its realization. · Descriptions of the architectures and performance characteristics of optical networks for connecting users having a wide range of transmission needs. · An entire chapter devoted to measurement standards, basic test equipment, and techniques for verifying the operational characteristics of components and links. · A modeling and simulation program on a CD-ROM, which is adapted for student use from the photonic transmission design suite of VPIsystems, Inc.
		Local Area Networks, McGraw-Hill, 1989, 2002. The second edition of this book presents the fundamental concepts needed to understand, design, and implement a local area network. Key features of the text include: · Discussions of standard network-architecture models and communication theory techniques for understanding the principles of different LAN categories. · Detailed discussions of Ethernet, ATM-based LANs, wireless LANs, storage area networks, personal area networks, and LANs for use in homes and small offices. · A presentation of internetworking concepts that effectively create a single large loosely coupled network from many different local, metropolitan, and wide-area networks. · Descriptions of network management services for monitoring and maintaining LANs in the areas of performance, configuration, accounting, fault, and security management. · Network security issues including security policies, data encryption techniques, firewalls, access methods, IP security, and the concepts of virtual private networks. · A Windows-based CD-ROM that contains a network capacity planning tool which is adapted for educational use from the VPIserviceMakerTM tool of VPIsystems, Inc.
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