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Optical Networks
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Figure 17.1. Examples of broad categories of networks
ranging from LANs to WANs.
17.1.1. Types of networks
Networks can be divided into the following broad categories, as Fig. 17.1 illustrates:
1. Local-area networks (LANs) interconnect users in a localized area such
as a room, a department, a building, an office or factory complex, or a
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