Description
Book SynopsisOutlines the expertise essential to the successful operation and design of every type of telecommunications network in use. This edition also covers the important developments.
Table of ContentsPreface xxiii
Chapter 1 Basic Telephony 1
Chapter 2 Local Networks 41
Chapter 3 Switching in an Analog Environment 73
Chapter 4 Signaling for Analog Telephone Networks 111
Chapter 5 Introduction to Transmission for Telephony 139
Chapter 6 Long-Distance Networks 157
Chapter 7 The Design of Long-Distance Links 185
Chapter 8 Digital Transmission Systems 261
Chapter 9 Digital Switching and Networks 317
Chapter 10 Introduction to Data Communications 365
Chapter 11 Data Networks and their Operation 409
Chapter 12 Voice-Over IP 483
Chapter 13 Local Area Networks 501
Chapter 14 Integrated Services Digital Networks 565
Chapter 15 Speeding Things Up with Frame Relay 603
Chapter 16 The Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Broadband ISDN 631
Chapter 17 CCITT Signaling System No. 7 681
Chapter 18 Wireless and Cellular/Mobile Radio 737
Chapter 19 Last-Mile Broadband Connectivity and Wireless Local Loop (WLL) 805
Chapter 20 Optical Networking 835
Chapter 21 Network Management 871
Appendix 1 Acronyms and Abbreviations 911
Index 931
