| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 785 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Artech House telecommunications library
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Artech House telecommunications library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Segmentation -- Protocol Model Baseline -- Protocol Framework -- Some Notable Trends -- Some Modeling Considerations -- Size of U.S. Industry -- Growth of the Internet During the Late 1990s into the Early 2000s -- Growth of Wireless During the Late 1990s and Early 2000s -- Wireless Internet -- One View on Regulation -- Optics Technologies -- Transmission Systems -- Optical Fibers -- Fiber-Optic Medium Performance -- Dispersion Compensation Approaches -- Fiber Products -- Fiber-Optic Elements -- Optical Transmitters -- Fiber-Optic Receivers -- WDM Elements -- Regenerators and Optical Amplifiers -- Optical Network Elements in Common Use -- Applications -- All-Optical Networks -- Motivations, Goals, and Approaches -- OTN Standards Support -- Evolutionary Approach -- Framework -- Basic OTN Technical Concepts -- Implementations -- Intelligent Optical Networks and GMPLS -- Positioning of GMPLS in ASTN/ASON -- ASON Architecture Principles -- ASON Control Plane Requirements -- ASON Functional Architecture -- ASON Reference Points and GMPLS Protocols -- ASON/ASTN CP Transport Network (Signaling Network) -- Transport Network Survivability and Protection -- Relationship to GMPLS Architecture -- Other ASON/ASTN-Related ITU Activities -- Deployment Status -- Dense and Coarse WDM -- Introduction to the Technology -- How Does WDM Work? -- Enabling Technologies -- Technical Details -- Operation of a Transponder-Based DWDM System -- Network Design Evolutions -- Long-Haul Application Scope -- Metro Access/Metro Core Application Scope. |
| Summary |
Annotation Look to this authoritative, new resource for a comprehensive introduction to the emerging field of microfluidics. The book shows you how to take advantage of the performance benefits of microfluidics and serves as your instant reference for state-of-the-art technology and applications in this cutting-edge area. It offers you practical guidance in choosing the best fabrication and enabling technology for a specific microfluidic application, and shows you how to design a microfluidic device. This forward-looking resource identifies and discusses the broad range of microfluidic applications including, fluid control devices, gas and fluid measurement devices, medical testing equipment, and implantable drug pumps. You get simple calculations, ready-to-use data tables, and rules of thumb that help you make design decisions and determine device characteristic. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Telecommunication.
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Telecommunication. |
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Data transmission systems.
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Data transmission systems. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Minoli, Daniel, 1952- Telecommunications technology handbook. 2nd ed. Boston : Artech House, ©2003 1580535283 (DLC) 2003057716 (OCoLC)52357728 |
| ISBN |
1580537081 (electronic book) |
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9781580537087 (electronic book) |
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1580535283 (alkaline paper) |
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9781580535281 (alkaline paper) |
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