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Applications of optical switching in network elements and communication networks are discussed in considerable depth. Optical circuits, packet, and burst switching are all included.                                                           … more

They have conquered.The Clan invaders are driving toward their ultimate objective - Terra, cradle of humankind and hub of the ComStar communications network.Nothing we have can stop them. The heir to the throne of the Draconis Combine is mi… more

Without the experience of disagreement, political communication among citizens loses value and meaning. At the same time, political disagreement and diversity do not always or inevitably survive. This book, accordingly, considers the compe… more

Graph theory is a flourishing discipline containing a body of beautiful and powerful theorems of wide applicability. Its explosive growth in recent years is mainly due to its role as an essential structure underpinning modern applied mathem… more

Summarizing research progress and prospects in the rapidly expanding area of animal communication networks, this book differs from other works on animal communication because it covers several animal groups and types of signal. It also high… more

Computer and communication networks are among society’s most important infrastructures. The internet, in particular, is a giant global network of networks with central control or administration. It is a paradigm of a complex system, where c… more

Higher transmission speeds, larger traffic volumes and the unpredictable characteristics of new applications, coupled with new end-user functions and features and variability of bandwidth, demand new networking methods, technologies and … more

The ever-increasing demand for an effective, high-speed, high bandwidth communications network can only be met using optical fiber as the transmission media. The Handbook of Optical Communication Networks presents comprehensive, up-to-date … more

Network Recovery is the first book to provide detailed information on protecting and restoring communication networks, and it sets a sky-high standard for any that may follow. Inside, you’ll learn specific techniques that work at each layer… more

No one can escape a sense of wonder when looking at an organism from within. From the humblest amoeba to man, from the smallest cell organelle to the amazing human brain, life presents us with example after example of highly ordered cellula… more

This work offers a summary of the book “BLUEPRINT TO THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: Creating Wealth in the Era of E-Business” by Don Tapscott, Alex Lowy & David Ticoll.In Blueprint To The Digital Economy, Tapscott, Lowy and Ticoll argue that the digi… more

On September 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), prohibiting nuclear explosions worldwide, in all environments. The treaty calls for a global verification system, including a n… more

This thesis investigates the feasibility and performance of using Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum (DSSS) modulation for utility-packet transmission in Seaweb underwater wireless acoustic communications networks. Seaweb networks require robu… more

How can you know when someone is bluffing? Paying attention? Genuinely interested? The answer, writes Alex Pentland in Honest Signals, is that subtle patterns in how we interact with other people reveal our att… more

A narrative of exploration—full of strange landscapes and even stranger inhabitants—that explains the enduring fascination of France.While Gustave Eiffel was changing the skyline of Paris, large parts of France were still terra incognita… more

The use of advanced transmission and switching techniques such as reconfigurable WDM optical crossconnects is enabling high capacity and flexible optical networking at ultra bit-rates reaching multi-terabits per second. These techniques als… more

The effective design of high-speed, reliable switching systems is essential for moving the huge volumes of traffic and multimedia over modern communications networks. This book explains all the main packet-switching architectures, including… more

Microsystems are an important factor that contribute to an automobile model’s success. To meet the customers’s desire for safety, convenience and vehicle economy, and to satisfy environmental standards, microsystems are the critical factor…. more

Welcome to Urbopolis, a fictional American city in your state. Urbopolis is something of an anomaly in this day and age, in that the city government has decided to forgo an official planning department, and all the bureaucracy and red tape … more