COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS 2ND ED.

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Ouvrage 9780764575228 : COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS 2ND ED.
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.
Table of Contents
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


Auteur : HORAK
Editeur : HUNGRY MINDS
Nombre de pages : 697
Date de publication : 10 2000

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