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                    capacities, 111–112                          local carriers, 32
                    component vendors, 157                       NICs, 31
                    differences from FDM, 109                    rewiring example, 28–29
                    major vendors, 156                          wireless optical networks, 258
                    multiplexing, 110                           WIXCs (wavelength interchange
                    nonzero-dispersion fiber, 111                    cross-connects), 146
                    optical cross-connects, 228                 WON (Wireless Optical Networking),
                    wavelength, 111–112                              260–261
                  wire categories                               WSXCs (wavelength-selective
                    data rates, 29                                   cross-connects), 147
                    Gigabit Ethernet, 31                        zero dispersion fiberoptics, 250
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