Now in its fourth edition, this industry classic networking reference gives readers real world, in-depth explanations of confusing networking architectures and protocols, and helps them track down and repair costly networking problems.

History of fiber optics / Jeff D. Montgomery -- Market analysis and business planning / Yann Y. Morvan and Ronald C. Lasky -- Small form factor fiber optic connectors / John Fox and Casimer DeCusatis -- Specialty fiber optic cables / Casimer DeCusatis and John Fox -- Optical wavelength division multiplexing for data communication networks / Casimer DeCusatis -- Optical backplanes, board and chip interconnects / Rainer Michalzik -- Parallel computer architectures using fiber optics / David B. Sher and Casimer DeCusatis -- Packaging assembly techniques / Ronald C. Lasky, Adam Singer, and Prashant Chouta -- InfiniBand, the interconnect from backplane to fiber / Ali Ghiasi -- New devices for optoelectronics : smart pixels / Barry L. Shoop, Andre H. Sayles, and Daniel M. Litynski -- Emerging technology for fiber optic data communication / Chung-Sheng Li -- Manufacturing challenges / Eric Maass.

Sections 1-2. Keyword Index.--Section 3. Personal author index.--Section 4. Corporate author index.-- Section 5. Contract/grant number index, NTIS order/report number index 1-E.--Section 6. NTIS order/report number index F-Z.