Introduction to Communication Networks
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2014
388 pages
978-1-60807-762-5 (ISBN)
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This new book is an introduction to modern communications networks that now rely far less on telephone services and more on cellular and IP networks. The resource is designed to provide answers to the fundamental questions concerning telecommunications networks and services. This includes the structure and main components of a modern telecommunications network; the importance of standardization; and how cellular mobile networks operate; among many others. In addition, you are provided with problems and review questions to work though and help you master the material.
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Tarmo Anttalainen | Ville Jaaskelainen
Introduction to Communication Networks
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Artech House Publishers
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Objectives
- Third Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Telecommunications
- 1.1 What is Telecommunications?
- 1.2 Significance of Telecommunications
- 1.3 Historical Perspective
- 1.4 Standardization
- 1.5 Standards Organizations
- 1.5.1 Interested Parties
- 1.5.2 National Standardization Authoriti
- 1.5.3 European Organizations
- 1.5.4 American Organizations
- 1.5.5 Global Organizations
- 1.5.6 Other Organizations
- 1.5.7 Intellectual Property Rights and P
- 1.6 Development of the Telecommunication Business
- 1.7 Problems and Review Questions
- References
- Chapter 2 Networks: An Overview
- 2.1 Telecommunication Network Architecture
- 2.1.1 Transmission
- 2.1.2 Switching and Routing
- 2.1.3 Signaling
- 2.1.4 Basic Network Architecture
- 2.2 Access Network
- 2.3 Core Network
- 2.4 International Networks
- 2.4.1 Public Switched Telephone Network
- 2.4.2 The Internet
- 2.5 Network Categories
- 2.5.1 Network Categories Based on Geogra
- 2.5.2 Public Networks
- 2.5.3 Private or Dedicated Networks
- 2.6 Signaling
- 2.6.1 Tone Dialing
- 2.6.2 Common Channel Signaling (CCS)
- 2.6.3 Session Initiation Protocol
- 2.7 Telephone Numbering
- 2.7.1 International Prefix
- 2.7.2 Country Code
- 2.7.3 Trunk Code, Trunk Prefix, or Area
- 2.7.4 Subscriber Number
- 2.7.5 Operator Number
- 2.7.6 Telephone Call Routing
- 2.7.7 Mobile Telephone Number Portabilit
- 2.8 Internet Addresses
- 2.9 Traffic Engineering
- 2.9.1 Grade of Service
- 2.9.2 Busy Hour
- 2.9.3 Traffic Intensity and the Erlang
- 2.9.4 Probability of Blocking
- 2.9.5 Capacity Planning of Packet-Switch
- 2.10 Network Management
- 2.10.1 Introduction to Network Managemen
- 2.10.2 Who Manages Networks?
- 2.10.3 Network Management Standardization
- 2.11 Problems and Review Questions
- References
- Chapter 3 Principles of Digital Communications
- 3.1 Types of Information and Their Requirements
- 3.1.1 Data Rate or Bandwidth Requirement
- 3.1.2 Data Loss Tolerance
- 3.1.3 Fixed Delay Tolerance
- 3.1.4 Variable Delay Tolerance
- 3.1.5 Connection Symmetry
- 3.2 Parallel and Serial Data Communication
- 3.2.1 Universal Serial Bus (USB)
- 3.3 Asynchronous and Synchronous Data Transmission
- 3.4 Circuit and Packet Switching
- 3.4.1 Circuit Switching
- 3.4.2 Packet Switching
- 3.4.3 Switching and Routing Through Virt
- 3.5 Simplex and Duplex Communication
- 3.5.1 Simplex Communication
- 3.5.2 Half-Duplex Communication
- 3.5.3 Full-Duplex or Duplex Communicatio
- 3.5.4 Duplex Methods
- 3.5.5 Polling
- 3.5.6 Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast, and
- 3.6 Data Communication Protocols
- 3.6.1 Protocol Hierarchies
- 3.6.2 Protocol and Protocol Stack
- 3.6.3 The Purpose and Value of Layering
- 3.7 Open Systems Interconnection
- 3.7.1 The OSI Reference Model
- 3.7.2 Physical Layer
- 3.7.3 Data Link Layer
- 3.7.4 Network Layer
- 3.7.5 Transport Layer
- 3.7.6 Session Layer
- 3.7.7 Presentation Layer
- 3.7.8 Application Layer
- 3.8 TCP/IP Protocol Stack
- 3.9 Data Flow Through a Protocol Stack
- 3.10 Error Control
- 3.10.1 Error Control Methods
- 3.10.2 Forward Error Correction (FEC)
- 3.10.3 Backward Error Correction (BEC) o
- 3.10.4 Development and Applications of E
- 3.11 Problems and Review Questions
- References
- Chapter 4 Signals Carried over the Network
- 4.1 Analog and Digital Signals
- 4.2 Advantages of Digital Technology
- 4.3 Frequency, Bandwidth, and Spectrum
- 4.3.1 Frequency
- 4.3.2 Bandwidth
- 4.3.3 Spectrum
- 4.4 Power Levels of Signals and Decibels
- 4.4.1 Decibel, Gain, and Loss
- 4.4.2 Power Levels
- 4.4.3 Signal-to-Noise Ratio as a Measure of Quality
- 4.5 Analog and Digital Systems
- 4.5.1 Analog Amplifier
- 4.5.2 Digital Regenerator
- 4.5.3 Analog and Digital Connections Through the Network
- 4.6 Examples of Messages
- 4.6.1 Information
- 4.6.2 Analog Message
- 4.6.3 Digital Message
- 4.7 Analog Signals over Digital Network
- 4.8 Pulse Code Modulation
- 4.8.1 Sampling
- 4.8.2 Reproduction of Analog Signal and Aliasing
- 4.8.3 Quantizing
- 4.8.4 Quantizing Noise
- 4.8.5 Summary of Encoding and Decoding Processes
- 4.8.6 Nonuniform Quantizing
- 4.8.7 Companding Algorithms and Performance
- 4.8.8 Binary Coding
- 4.8.9 PCM Decoding
- 4.8.10 Digital Milliwatt
- 4.9 Other Speech Coding Methods
- 4.9.1 Differential Pulse Code Modulation
- 4.9.2 Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM)
- 4.9.3 Vocoding
- 4.9.4 Hybrid Coding
- 4.9.5 Adaptive Multirate (AMR) Speech Coding
- 4.9.6 Summary of Speech Coding Methods
- 4.10 Codecs and File Formats
- 4.11 Coding of Music
- 4.11.1 Uncompressed Audio Format
- 4.11.2 Lossless Compressed Audio Format
- 4.11.3 Lossy Compressed Audio Format
- 4.12 Coding of Images
- 4.13 Video Coding
- 4.13.1 MPEG-2
- 4.13.2 MPEG-4 and H.264
- 4.14 Streaming Music or Video
- 4.15 Problems and Review Questions
- References
- Chapter 5 Transmission
- 5.1 Basic Concept of a Transmission System
- 5.1.1 Transmitter
- 5.1.2 Transmission Channel
- 5.1.3 Noise, Distortion, and Interference
- 5.1.4 Receiver
- 5.2 Spectrum of a Transmitted Symbol
- 5.3 Maximum Data Rate of a Transmission Channel
- 5.3.1 Symbol Rate (Baud Rate) and Bandwidth
- 5.3.2 Symbol Rate and Bit Rate
- 5.3.3 Maximum Capacity of a Transmission Channel
- 5.4 Allocation of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
- 5.4.1 Wavelength and Frequency
- 5.4.2 Propagation Modes
- 5.4.3 Optical Communications
- 5.5 Transmission Media
- 5.5.1 Copper Cables
- 5.5.2 Twisted Pair
- 5.5.3 Open-Wire Lines
- 5.5.4 Coaxial Cable
- 5.5.5 Optical Fiber Cables
- 5.6 Propagation of Radio Waves
- 5.6.1 Free-Space Loss of Radio Waves
- 5.6.2 Okumura-Hata Propagation Loss Model
- 5.6.3 Multipath Propagation
- 5.6.4 Multipath Propagation and ISI
- 5.6.5 Antennas
- 5.6.6 Adaptive or Smart Antennas
- 5.7 CW Modulation Methods
- 5.7.1 Amplitude Modulation (AM) and Amplitued Shift Keying (ASK)
- 5.7.2 Digital AM, Amplitude Shift Keying
- 5.7.3 Suppressed Carrier Double-Sideband
- 5.7.4 Frequency Modulation (FM)
- 5.7.5 FSK and MSK
- 5.7.6 Phase Modulation (PM)
- 5.7.7 BPSK and M-PSK
- 5.7.8 M-QAM
- 5.8 Multiplexing
- 5.8.1 Frequency-Division Multiplexing (FDM) and FDMA
- 5.8.2 Time-Division Multiplex (TDM) and TDMA
- 5.8.3 Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
- 5.8.4 The PCM Frame Structure
- 5.8.5 Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH)
- 5.8.6 Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH
- 5.8.7 Multiplexing Scheme in SDH
- 5.8.8 Multiplexing Scheme of SONET
- 5.8.9 Optical Transport Network (OTN)
- 5.8.10 Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and OFDMA
- 5.8.11 Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO) Method
- 5.9 Baseband Transmission Systems
- 5.9.1 Coding
- 5.9.2 The Purpose of Line Coding
- 5.9.3 Spectrum of Some Common Line Codes
- 5.9.4 Regeneration
- 5.10 Radio Systems
- 5.10.1 Microwave Radio Relay Systems
- 5.10.2 Cellular Systems
- 5.10.3 Satellite Systems
- 5.11 Optical Line Systems
- 5.11.1 Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
- 5.11.2 Optical Amplifiers
- 5.12 Problems and Review Questions
- References
- Chapter 6 Local Area Network
- 6.1 Ethernet
- 6.1.1 Ethernet Frame Structure
- 6.1.2 Multiple Access Scheme of the Ethernet
- 6.2 Switched Ethernet, Switches and Bridges
- 6.2.1 Spanning Tree Protocols
- 6.3 Ethernet Standards
- 6.3.1 Fast Ethernet
- 6.3.2 Gigabit Ethernet
- 6.3.3 Other Features
- 6.3.4 Autonegotiation
- 6.4 Virtual LAN
- 6.5 Wireless Local Area Network
- 6.5.1 WLAN Frequency Bands
- 6.5.2 WLAN Standards
- 6.6 Problems and Review Questions
- References
- Chapter 7 Internet Protocols
- 7.1 Bearer Network Protocols
- 7.2 Network Layer Protocols
- 7.2.1 IP Version 4 Addresses
- 7.2.2 IP Version 4 Header
- 7.2.3 IP Version 6
- 7.2.4 IP Version 6 Addresses
- 7.2.5 Transition from IPv4 to IPv6
- 7.2.6 IP Tunneling
- 7.2.7 Mobile IP
- 7.2.8 Address Resolution Protocol
- 7.2.9 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP)
- 7.2.10 Routing Protocols
- 7.2.11 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
- 7.3 Host-to-Host Protocols
- 7.3.1 Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
- 7.3.2 Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
- 7.3.3 User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
- 7.4 Network Address Translation (NAT)
- 7.5 Quality of Service
- 7.6 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
- 7.7 Internet Application Protocols
- 7.7.1 Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP)
- 7.7.2 File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- 7.7.3 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- 7.7.4 TELNET and Secure Shell
- 7.7.5 Domain Name System (DNS)
- 7.7.6 Simple Network Management Protocol
- 7.7.7 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- 7.7.8 Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) and Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP)
- 7.8 Internet Applications
- 7.8.1 WWW
- 7.8.2 Voiceover IP (VoIP)
- 7.8.3 Streaming Services and Multicastin
- 7.8.4 Cloud Computing
- 7.8.5 Software-Defined Networking
- 7.8.6 Summary
- 7.9 Problems and Review Questions
- References
- Chapter 8 Fixed Access Technologies
- 8.1 Digital Subscriber Line
- 8.1.1 Applications of DSL
- 8.1.2 Digital Subscriber Line Techniques
- 8.1.3 Symmetrical High-Speed DSL
- 8.1.4 Asymmetrical DSL
- 8.1.5 Very High Bit Rate DSL
- 8.2 Cable TV Networks
- 8.3 Fiber to the Home
- 8.3.1 Network Topology
- 8.3.2 Communication Principles in Passive Optical Networks
- 8.3.3 Passive Optical Network Standards
- 8.4 Fixed Wireless Access
- 8.4.1 WLAN
- 8.4.2 WiMax
- 8.5 Problems and Review Questions
- References
- Chapter 9 Mobile Networks
- 9.1 Evolution of Mobile Networks
- 9.2 Cellular Radio Principles
- 9.2.1 Structure of a Cellular Network
- 9.2.2 SIM Module
- 9.2.3 Mobile Devices
- 9.2.4 Security in Mobile Networks
- 9.2.5 Radio Channels
- 9.2.6 Mobility Management
- 9.2.7 Outgoing Calls
- 9.2.8 Incoming Call
- 9.2.9 Power Control
- 9.3 GSM
- 9.3.1 Network Architecture
- 9.3.2 Physical Radio Interface
- 9.3.3 Location Update
- 9.3.4 Mobile Calls
- 9.3.5 Handover or Handoff
- 9.4 GPRS
- 9.4.1 GPRS Network Structure
- 9.4.2 GPRS Network Elements
- 9.4.3 Operation of GPRS
- 9.4.4 EDGE
- 9.5 WCDMA
- 9.5.1 Network Architecture
- 9.5.2 Physical Radio Interface
- 9.5.3 Soft and Softer Handover
- 9.5.4 HSPA
- 9.6 LTE
- 9.6.1 Network Architecture
- 9.6.2 Physical Radio Interface
- 9.6.3 Handover
- 9.6.4 Voice Services in LTE
- 9.6.5 Evolution of LTE
- 9.7 Other Mobile Communication Systems
- 9.7.1 PMR systems
- 9.7.2 Mobile Satellite Systems
- 9.8 Problems and Review Questions
- References
- About.the.Authors
- Index
