Handbook of Emerging Communications Technologies
The Next Decade
Published on 1. September 1999
Book
Hardback
XV, 400 pages
978-3-540-66350-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this landmark volume, 18 leading authorities each tackle one of the cutting edge technologies destined to shape our future. Each chapter describes a technology and any standards on which it is based, discusses its impact on the communications field and forecasts its future direction. Developed primarily for telecommunications specialists network managers, developers, and analysts, this handbook offers a deeper understanding of future technologies necessary to remaining up-to-date, and serves as a valuable reference guide for corporate executives, planners, and information managers - in fact anyone seeking general knowledge about where the communications industry is heading.
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Content
Preface. RSVP. Multimedia Over IP: RSVP, RTP, RTCP, RTSP, Sonia Fahmy and Raj Jain. Video Transmission Over Wireless Links: State of the Art and Future Challenges, Chunlei Liu. JMAPI - Java Management Application Programming Interface, Antonio Ortega and Masoud Khansari. Cable Modems and HFC, Mario Francois Jauvin. DVD Technology, Bruce Klopfenstein. Switched Network Carrying Capacities, George Scheets and Mark Allen. The Development of Multiprotocol Label Switching to Integrate IP with ATM for the Internet Backbone, Andrew Malis. Designing Multipoint Logically Switched Optical Networks, Eric Bouillet. Multi-wavelength Optical Networks, Krishna Bala. IP and Integrated Services, Saleem N. Bhatti. Satellite Communications, Ahmad Khanifar. Internet/MBONE Audio, V. Hardman and O. Hodson. Broadcasting in the Internet Age: Emerging Business Models for Broadcasting, Richard Ducey. High Definition Television, Douglas A. Ferguson. The New Technologies of Radio: Terrestrial Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) and Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (DARS), Ted Carlin. Key Concepts in Electronic Commerce, Bruce Klopfenstein. Emerging Security Testing, Evaluation, and Validation: The Key to Enhancing Consumer Trust in Security-Enhanced Products, Paul Brusil, Arnold Johnson, and Edwin Steeble.