Optical Line Systems : Transmission Aspects

This comprehensive work gives a unique analysis of optical line systems.

The book opens with a review of the history of the British and American telegraph and telephone systems.

Regulatory, legal, economic and political issues are all discussed in detail.

After this introductory section, the text progresses to cover a wide range of information on physical and mathematical modelling, characterization, design and performance of the major communication components and systems.

Undersea, terrestrial and coherent systems are evaluated and the author compares the efficiency of copper, co-axial and microwave systems.