This video is an overview of where and how fiber optics is being used in communication systems to meet the changing requirements of voice, video and data communications.

    Fiber Optics Role in a Communications World

    New Trends in Communications

        Telecommuting

        Teleconferencing

        Video Conferencing

        Security

        Smart Homes

    Communications

        LAN's

        WAN's

        MAN's

        Voice: T-Carrier

        SONET

        Fiber to the Curb  

    Video

        CCTV

        Broadcast

        HDTV

        CAD

        Imaging

    Data

        LAN's

        Ethernet

        Token Ring

        IEEE 802.3

        IEEE 802.5

        FDDI

        ATM   

        SMDS

    Sensing/Sensors

    Medical

    Entertainment

        Illumination

        Lasers

    Audio

    Virtual Reality

Length: 40 minutes