ms of Use. Index decibel (see dB) FDI, 188-189 decibel above 1 uW (see dBu) FDDI, 110-121 decibel-milliwatt (see dBm) FDM, 145-146 dense wavelength division multiplex- Federal Communications Commis- ing (see DWDM) sion (see FCC) dibit coding, 42-43 feeder distribution interface (see FDI) digital access and cross connect femto, 3 system (see DACCS) fiber drawing tower, 49-50 digital loop carrier (see DLC) fiber distributed data interface digital subscriber line (see DSL) (see FDDI) direct ray, 59 fiber in the building, 14, 208-226 dispersion, 64-65 fiber in the LAN, 110-139 DLC, 189, 196-197 fiber in the neighborhood, 15, doping material, 83-84, 100 185-206 Doppler effect, 27 fiber in the WAN, 14, 141-183 DOCSIS, 199 fiber optic inter-repeater line DSL, 190-191, 197 (see FOIRL) dual attachment station, 116-117 fiber optic modem, 208-214 DWDM, 8-9, 14, 98, 147-148, 152-153, fiber optic multiplexer, 214-223 172-183, 218 fiber to the home, 202-206 dynamic bandwidth, 2 FM, 24, 27 D4 connector, 74 focusing lens, 87 FOIRL, 126-127 forward bias, 85 four-wave mixing (see FWM) Frame Relay, 2 ECSA, 156 frequency, 21-22 edge-emitting laser, 95-96 frequency division modulation EIATIA-568-B.1, 75-76 (see FDM) electromagnetic interference, 9 frequency modulation (see FM) electromagnetic wave, 19-20 frequency shift keying (see FSK) electro-optical frequency band, 25-26 frequency spectrum, 24-29 electronvolt (see eV) Fresnel reflection loss, 73 energy, 30-31 FSK, 42 erbium amplification, 151-153, 177 fusing cable, 12 Ethernet, 121-139 FT3C, 142-146, 175-176 eV, 29-31 FWM, 149 Exchange Carriers Standards Associa- tion (see ECSA) E1, 160 gain, 90, 194 gamma rays, 33, 100 gaussian noise, 38-39 Fast Ethernet, 14, 128-130 giga, 23 FC connector, 74 Gigabit Ethernet, 8, 14, 123, 130-138 FCC, 39 gigahertz, 23 FCPC connector, 74 giving cable, 12 Index glass fiber, 68 Global Crossing, 5 graded-index fiber, 60 LAN, 70 green light, 86 LAN extender, 125-140 laser, 46, 56, 66, 89-98 laser diode, 90-98 L-band, 66-67, 153, 181 LC connector, 74-7