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01 Fiber Optics Practice iz October 25th, 2012

1. What is the meaning of asynchronous, plesiochronous, and synchronous in the context of telecom-
munication networks?
2. What is an ADM and what is its function?
3. What is the dierence between a SONET network and a PON?
4. What is WDM?
5. What is the purpose of bit stung?
6. Why is it said that SONET is service independent?
7. What kind of information is transmied over the Section Overhead?
8. Can SONET be used to transmit POTS?
9. What is the relevance of Snells Law to optical transmission?
10. Determine the maximum bit rate for RZ encoding on a ber with t=15ns/m and length L = 200m.