Optical Switching and Networking Handbook (repost)

The author Regis "Bud" Bates presents a market-driven, "business-needs" approach to optical communication technologies, covering technology fundamentals and business issues. Utilizing straightforward, jargon-free language, this resource provides descriptions of products, applications and standards - with an emphasis on key comparsions and factors needed for decision-making.
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"Five Star Amazon Customer Review: Broadband Telecommunications HB Excellent resource! Very well written and thorough. Most of my customers are in the telecom/datacom field. I was very happy that I chanced upon this book. It goes through the end user's perspective, the IS/IT staff's perspective and what's the typical decision process to make sure the design is appropriate and excellent description of each technology. It helps in sounding more intelligent in front