December 1997, Volume 48, Issue 5 Articles
	Communications Challenges of the Digital Information Utility by Joel S. Birnbaum
	Residential Communications by Daniel A. Pitt
	Optical Networks: Backbones for Universal Connectivity by Robert C. Bray and Douglas M. Baney
	Data Transmission for Higher-Speed IEEE 802 LANs Using Twisted-Pair Copper Cabling by Steven G. Methley, Alistair N. Coles, and Eric Deliot
	SpectraLAN: A Low-Cost Multi-wavelength Local Area Network by Brian E. Lemoff, Lewis B. Aronson, and Lisa A. Buckman
	Gigabyte-per-Second Optical Interconnection Modules for Data Communications by Kenneth H. Hahn, Kirk S. Giboney, Robert E. Wilson, and Joseph Straznicky
	Developing Leading-Edge Fiber-Optic Network Link Standards by David G. Cunningham. Delon C. Hanson, Mark C. Nowell, and C. Steven Joiner
	1300-nm Strained Quantum Well Lasers For Fiber-Optic Communications by William S. Ring, Simon J. Wrathall, and Adrian J. Taylor
	Modeled Optimization and Experimental Verification of a Low-Dispersion Source for Long-Haul 2.488-Gbit/s Systems by Stephen M. Gee, Herbert Lage, Chris Park, Kevin A. Williams, Richard V. Penty, Ian H. White, and Joseph A. Barnard
	Flip-Chip Photodetector for High-Speed Communications Instrumentation by Tun S. Tan, David M. Braun, Tim L. Bagwell, Chris Kocot, Joseph Straznicky, and Susan R. Sloan
	A 2.488-Gbit/s Silicon Bipolar Clock and Data Recovery Circuit for SONET Fiber-Optic Communications Networks by Richard Walker, Cheryl Stout, Chu-Sun Yen, and Lewis R. Dove
	Testing Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers by Jim Stimple