ISDN Explained
Published on 25. July 1990
Book
Hardback
190 pages
978-0-471-92675-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book is designed to help those who need the technical background to understand ISDN by describing the principles and facets of the ISDN operation. It does not describe the details needed to build network or customers' premises equipment components. The object of this book is to give an overview either to set the operations in context, or to act as an introduction to detailed standards, recommendations and specifications.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
97 line drawings, 2 half-tones, tables, index
Dimensions
Height: 92 mm
Width: 53 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-92675-7 (9780471926757)
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Content
Part 1 Network evolution: the telegraph; the telephone arrives; telex; the computer and the transistor; data networks; digital telephone; the ISDN; early ISDN's; international standards; open systems interconnect (OSI), the 7 layer model. Part 2 Pulse code modulation: sampling; coding; compression; 64 kbits/sec channels. Part 3 The integrated digital network: multiplexing; transmission; switching; remote units; signalling. Part 4 Local network digital transmission, Peter Adams: the local network; cable characteristics; modulation; equalization; timing recovery; duplex transmission; a comparison of transmission techniques; crosstalk analysis; impulsive noise; echo canceller structures; echo canceller adaptation; non-linearity; jitter perforamnce; dynamic range; transmitter realization; receiver realization; line interfacing; USA standard system; modulation format; transmit signal specification; local network transmission outside USA. Part 5 The basic rate ISDN customers interface: the customers installation, John Hovell; layer 2, Kevin Woollard; layer 3, Derek Rumsey; relationship with signalling system CCITT no 7; maintenance; testing and approvals. Part 6 Primary rate ISDN access: background; signalling; the UK solution; international standards for inter PABX signalling. Part 7 Packet mode services, John Atkins. Part 8 ISDN customers premises equipment and applications: high quality speech, Paul Challener; facsimile, Malcolm Jones; photographic videotex, Graham Hudson; video, Geoff Morrison; customer premises equipment. Part 9 Broadband ISDN: N x 64 kbits/sec; H-channels; higher rate interfaces; synchronous digital hierarchy, Paul McDonald; asynchronous transfer mode (ATM); the future.