October 2003
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
6h 25m
English
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- waveband.
A set of contiguous wavelengths that can be switched together as a unit.
- wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM).
Optical technology whereby multiple optical wavelengths can share the same transmission fiber. The spectrum occupied by each channel must be adequately separated from the others.
- Wildcard Filter (WF).
Reservation style in which a single shared reservation is used for all senders to a session. The total reservation on a link remains the same regardless of the number of senders.