Telecommunications essentials : the complete global source
“In this updated and expanded edition of her excellent telecommunications primer, Lili explains in just the right detail everything you need to know to become fluent in this most important and fascinating industry. Besides including a satisfying amount of expert technical detail, the book also discu...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified]
Addison Wesley
2007
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627049806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- 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 TCP/IP 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 IP+Optical 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
- Wireless Communications Regulations Issues
- Wireless Impairments
- Antennas
- Wireless Bandwidth
- Wireless Signal Modulation
- Spectrum Utilization
- Chapter 14 Wireless WANs
- 1G: Analog Transmission
- 2G: Digital Cellular Radio
- 2.5G: Enhanced Data Services
- 3G: Moving Toward Broadband Wireless
- Beyond 3G
- 4G: Wireless Broadband
- 5G: Intelligent Technologies
- Chapter 15 WMANs, WLANs, and WPANs
- WMANs
- WLANs
- WPANs
- Chapter 16 Emerging Wireless Applications
- The Handset Revolution
- Mobile IP
- The IP Multimedia Subsystem
- Mobile Gaming
- Mobile Video
- Mobile TV
- Mobile Content
- Glossary.
