Streaming Media Architectures, Techniques, and Applications: Recent Advances spans a...

Before discussing the book's topic, intended audience, etc., we remark that another book, entitled Optical Communication Networks, was published by the same author in 1997. Eight years is a long time in our fast-moving field. Relative to the old book, a brief outline of the new materials in the new book is provided below, followed by brief...

Network Infrastructure and Architecture: Designing High-Availability Networks takes a unique approach to the subject by covering the ideas underlying networks, the architecture of the network elements, and the implementation of these elements in optical...

Digital transmissions are rapidly supplanting analog transmissions in both amateur and commercial radio communications. Digital radio transmissions offer many inherent advantages. Digital techniques allow virtually noise-free transmission of data, messages, control commands, sounds and images to be achieved. Digital transmissions allow...

Recent advances in lightwave technology have led to an explosion of high-speed global information systems throughout the world. Responding to the growth of this exciting new technology, Lightwave Technology provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the underlying theory,...