Broadband Telecommunications Handbook
2nd Edition
Published on 16. June 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
805 pages
978-0-07-139851-0 (ISBN)
Description
Broadband telecommunications, the delivery of lightning fast internet access to the home or office, is a field confusing, competing technologies: DSL, cable, wireless, optical, and many more. This book breaks down each broadband technology and explains it by function, asking Bates' 3 Questions: What is it, what will it do for me, and what is it going to cost me?
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
200 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 54 mm
Weight
1341 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-139851-0 (9780071398510)
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Person
Regis J. "Bud" Bates (Phoenix, AZ), president of TC International Consulting, has 40 years of experience in telecommunications and information systems. He is a wireless systems expert who specializes in network operations and planning. Bates is the author of more than 15 technology-oriented books.
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction to Telecommunications Concepts Chapter 2: Telecommunications Systems Chapter 3: Virtual Private Networks Chapter 4: Data Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) Chapter 5: Advanced Intelligent Networks (AINs) Chapter 6: Local Number Portability (LNP) Chapter 7: Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) Chapter 8: Signaling System #7 (SS7) Chapter 9: CTI Technologies and Applications Chapter 10: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Chapter 11: Frame Relay Chapter 12: Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Chapter 13: ATM and Frame Relay Internetworking Chapter 14: Cable TV Systems Chapter 15: Cable Modem Systems and Technology Chapter 16: xDSL Chapter 17: Microwave- and Radio-Based Systems Chapter 18: MMDS and LMDS Chapter 19: Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) Chapter 20: Cellular Communications Chapter 21: Global Services Mobile Communications (GSM) Chapter 22: Personal Communciation Services Chapter 23: Wireless Data Communications (Mobile IP) Chapter 24: General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Chapter 25: Third-Generation (3G) Wireless Systems Chapter 26: Satellite Communications Networking Chapter 27: Low-Earth-Orbit Satellites (LEOs) Chapter 28: The T Carrier Systems (T1/T2 and T3) Chapter 29: Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) Chapter 30: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) Chapter 31: Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) Chapter 32: The Internet Chapter 33: Voice over IP (VoIP) Chapter 34: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Chapter 35: Intranets and Extranets Chapter 36: Network Management SNMP