
Understanding Telecommunications and Lightwave Systems
An Entry-Level Guide
John G. Nellist(Author)
Wiley-IEEE Press
3rd Edition
Published on 24. October 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
284 pages
978-0-471-15032-9 (ISBN)
Description
The up-to-date edition of the bestselling guide to the basics of telecommunications and digital technology
Understanding Telecommunications and Lightwave Systems presents a nontechnical treatment of how voice, video, and multimedia can simultaneously travel over today's evolving telecommunications systems. This updated Third Edition provides a comprehensive overview of the telecommunications field as well as a detailed introduction to the latest lightwave technology.
The author's examination of recent techniques and developing technologies in telecommunications includes:
* Third-generation cell phones with microbrowser capabilities
* Changes in the global PCS network
* Optical switching and transmission parameters
* Lightwave systems and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
* A new chapter (Chapter 17: The Internet) that examines this multimedia structure and the network economy it has created
* Satellite communications, new transcontinental carriers, lightwave undersea systems, and other advances toward improving global communication
Understanding Telecommunications and Lightwave Systems is the perfect introduction for anyone whose work requires a fundamental understanding of current developments in telecommunications, as well as for students or inquiring readers who want an overview of telecommunications and the exciting technology of lightwave communications.
Reviews / Votes
"...provides a non-technical overview of contemporary telecommunications systems." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2002)More details
Product info
Paperback
Series
Edition
3. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
439 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-15032-9 (9780471150329)
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09/1995
2nd Edition
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Person
JOHN G. NELLIST led the development and implementation of fiber optic technology into the British Columbia telephone network as General Transmission Engineering Manager at Telus (formerly BC Telecom). He was appointed overall coordinator for the first field trial of a fiber optic transmission system in 1978 and presented one of the first papers on an operating fiber optic system in 1979 at the International Fiber Optic Conference.
With more than forty years of telecommunications experience, John Nellist has published and presented numerous technical papers and articles on the subject. Currently a consultant at Sarita Enterprises, Ltd., Nellist has also coauthored two books with Elliott M. Gilbert, Telecommunications Wiring for Commercial Buildings and Understanding Modern Telecommunications and the Information Superhighway.
Content
Introduction.
The Evolution of Telecommunications.
Analog Transmission.
Digital Transmission.
Basic Multiplexing Techniques.
Switching Hierarchy.
North American Digital Hierarchies.
Transmission.
The Local Subscriber Loop.
Microwave Radio.
Satellite Communications.
Switching Systems.
Private Branch Exchange.
Traffic Considerations.
Video Transmission.
Wireless.
The Computer.
The Internet.
Lightwave Systems.
Telecommunications Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.
Answers to Review Questions.
About the Author.