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- Telecommunications Essentials, Second Edition: The Complete Global Source
- Telecommunications Essentials, Second Edition: The Complete Global Source
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Praise for the Second Edition of Telecommunications Essentials
- About the Author
- About LIDO
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Understanding the Broadband Evolution
- Part I: Communications Fundamentals
- Chapter 1. Telecommunications Technology Fundamentals
- Transmission Lines
- Types of Network Connections
- The Electromagnetic Spectrum and Bandwidth
- Analog and Digital Transmission
- Multiplexing
- Political and Regulatory Forces in Telecommunications
- Chapter 2. Traditional Transmission Media
- Twisted-Pair
- Coaxial Cable
- Microwave
- Satellite
- Fiber Optics
- Chapter 3. Establishing Communications Channels
- Establishing Connections: Networking Modes and Switching Modes
- The PSTN Versus the Internet
- Chapter 4. The PSTN
- The PSTN Infrastructure
- The Transport Network Infrastructure
- Signaling Systems
- Intelligent Networks
- SS7 and Next-Generation Networks
- Part II: Data Networking and the Internet
- Chapter 5. Data Communications Basics
- The Evolution of Data Communications
- Data Flow
- The OSI Reference Model and the TCPIP Reference Model
- Chapter 6. Local Area Networking
- LAN Basics
- LAN Characteristics
- LAN Interconnection and Internetworking
- Chapter 7. Wide Area Networking
- Circuit-Switched Networks
- Packet-Switched Networks
- Chapter 8. The Internet and IP Infrastructures
- Internet Basics
- Internet Addressing and Address Resolution
- The Organization of the Internet
- IP QoS
- What s Next on the Internet
- Part III: The New Generation of Networks
- Chapter 9. IP Services
- The Evolution to IP Services
- IPT
- IPTV
- VPNs
- Chapter 10. Next-Generation Networks
- The Broadband Evolution
- Multimedia Networking Requirements
- The Broadband Infrastructure
- Next-Generation Networks and Convergence
- The Next-Generation Network Infrastructure
- Chapter 11. Optical Networking
- Optical Networking Today and Tomorrow
- End-to-End Optical Networking
- The Optical Edge
- The Optical Core: Overlay Versus Peer-to-Peer Networking Models
- The IPOptical Control Plane
- The Migration to Optical Networking
- Chapter 12. Broadband Access Alternatives
- Drivers of Broadband Access
- DSL Technology
- Cable TV Networks
- Fiber Solutions
- Wireless Broadband
- Broadband PLT
- HANs
- Part IV: Wireless Communications
- Chapter 13. Wireless Communications Basics
- A Brief History of Wireless Telecommunications
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