Bøger af Georgios I. (Aristotle University Papadimitriou

Covers the architectural, topological and protocol issues regarding optical Local Area Networks (LANs). This book presents the class of adaptive protocols for optical LANs, and the Media-Access Control protocols. It is useful for undergraduate and graduate computer science, computer, electrical and telecommunications engineering students.

While much has been published on the subject in individual articles, this text is the first to cohesively present optical switching in a single book. The three authors examine and discuss all the challenges involved in the commercialization of optical switching.

Wireless is a term used to describe telecommunications in which electromagnetic waves (rather than some form of wire) carry the signal over part or all of the communication path and the network is the totality of switches, transmission links and terminals used for the generation, handling and receiving of telecoms traffic.