Telecommunications Essentials, Second Edition: The Complete Global Source
By Lillian Goleniewski, Kitty Wilson Jarrett
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Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Pub Date: October 10, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-321-42761-0
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-42761-8
Pages: 928
Telecommunications Essentials, Second Edition: The Complete Global Source
By Lillian Goleniewski, Kitty Wilson Jarrett
...............................................
Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Pub Date: October 10, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-321-42761-0
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-42761-8
Pages: 928
Table of Contents | Index
Copyright
Praise for the Second Edition of Telecommunications Essentials
About the Author
About LIDO
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Understanding the Broadband Evolution
Part I: Communications Fundamentals
Chapter 1. Telecommunications Technology Fundamentals
Transmission Lines
Types of Network Connections
The Electromagnetic Spectrum and Bandwidth
Analog and Digital Transmission
Multiplexing
Political and Regulatory Forces in Telecommunications
Chapter 2. Traditional Transmission Media
Twisted-Pair
Coaxial Cable
Microwave
Satellite
Fiber Optics
Chapter 3. Establishing Communications Channels
Establishing Connections: Networking Modes and Switching Modes
The PSTN Versus the Internet
Chapter 4. The PSTN
The PSTN Infrastructure
The Transport Network Infrastructure
Signaling Systems
Intelligent Networks
SS7 and Next-Generation Networks
Part II: Data Networking and the Internet
Chapter 5. Data Communications Basics
The Evolution of Data Communications
Data Flow
The OSI Reference Model and the TCP/IP Reference Model
Chapter 6. Local Area Networking
LAN Basics
LAN Characteristics
LAN Interconnection and Internetworking
Chapter 7. Wide Area Networking
Circuit-Switched Networks
Packet-Switched Networks
Chapter 8. The Internet and IP Infrastructures
Internet Basics
Internet Addressing and Address Resolution
The Organization of the Internet
IP QoS
What's Next on the Internet
Part III: The New Generation of Networks
Chapter 9. IP Services
The Evolution to IP Services
IPT
IPTV
VPNs
Chapter 10. Next-Generation Networks
The Broadband Evolution
Multimedia Networking Requirements
The Broadband Infrastructure
Next-Generation Networks and Convergence
The Next-Generation Network Infrastructure
Chapter 11. Optical Networking
Optical Networking Today and Tomorrow
End-to-End Optical Networking
The Optical Edge
The Optical Core: Overlay Versus Peer-to-Peer Networking Models
The IP+Optical Control Plane
The Migration to Optical Networking
Chapter 12. Broadband Access Alternatives
Drivers of Broadband Access
DSL Technology
Cable TV Networks
Fiber Solutions
Wireless Broadband
Broadband PLT
HANs
Part IV: Wireless Communications
Chapter 13. Wireless Communications Basics
A Brief History of Wireless Telecommunications
Wireless Communications Regulations Issues
Wireless Impairments
Antennas
Wireless Bandwidth
Wireless Signal Modulation
Spectrum Utilization
Chapter 14. Wireless WANs
1G: Analog Transmission
2G: Digital Cellular Radio
2.5G: Enhanced Data Services
3G: Moving Toward Broadband Wireless
Beyond 3G
4G: Wireless Broadband
5G: Intelligent Technologies
Chapter 15. WMANs, WLANs, and WPANs
WMANs
WLANs
WPANs
Chapter 16. Emerging Wireless Applications
The Handset Revolution
Mobile IP
The IP Multimedia Subsystem
Mobile Gaming
Mobile Video
Mobile TV
Mobile Content
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