Scalability issues in optical networks

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E82-B, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-237

  Ohlen, Peter ^a   Berglind, Eilert ^a   Thylen, Lars ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Jitter; Noise; Optical communication; Optoelectronic devices; Repeaters

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

METROPOLITAN OPTICAL NETWORKS (METON);

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 0032642146     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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