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professionals and strategic market planners learn about the current range
of communications systems and networks including wired and wireless voice,
data, video, ATM, SMDS, and frame relay. Convergence technology and networks
from the Internet and video-on-demand to interactive TV are covered, as
well as the fundamentals of transmission systems, data communications protocols,
and carrier options. Also, discover broadband technologies including their
application, regulation, standards, and cost issues.
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Communications
Systems and Networks offers a comprehensive, common-sense explanation of
current and developing communications systems and networks. The book broadly
explores the current range of communications systems including wired and
wireless voice, data, and video. It also features recently developed and
emerging technologies such as Frame Relay, SMDS, and ATM. Convergence technologies
and networks ranging from the Internet and video-on-demand, to interactive
TV are evaluated in the context of the developing Information Superhighway.
This valuable reference demystifies the complex layers of networking technology,
places standards in perspective, and explains regulatory issues and trends.
Each chapter addresses a key area of telecommunications technology and
applications with an eye toward the development of meaningful and cost-effective
solutions to vital communications concerns. Communications professionals
including business people, network managers, regulators, TelCom attorneys,
and manufacturers will use Communications Systems and Networks as the essential
handbook for working with the complex, emerging communications systems
for the next century.
| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Ch. 1 | Fundamentals of the Technology: Concepts and Definitions | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | Fundamentals of Transmission Systems: Technologies and Applications | 35 |
| Ch. 3 | Voice Communications Systems: PBX, ACD, Centrex, and KTS | 77 |
| Ch. 4 | Messaging Systems: Facsimile, Voice Processing, and Electronic Mail | 117 |
| Ch. 5 | Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) | 145 |
| Ch. 6 | Fundamentals of Data Communications | 189 |
| Ch. 7 | Conventional Digital and Data Networks | 227 |
| Ch. 8 | Local Area Networks: Connectivity and Internetworking | 277 |
| Ch. 9 | Broadband Network Infrastructure | 331 |
| Ch. 10 | Broadband Network Services: Frame Relay, SMDS, ATM, B-ISDN, and AINs | 371 |
| Ch. 11 | Wireless Networking: Voice and Data | 441 |
| Ch. 12 | The Internet and World Wide Web | 493 |
| Ch. 13 | Video and Multimedia Networking | 555 |
| Ch. 14 | Network Convergence | 585 |
| Ch. 15 | Regulation: Issues And (Some) Answers | 623 |
| App. A Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbols | 637 | |
| App. B | Standards Organizations and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) | 661 |
| Index | 667 |
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