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by Annabel Z. Dodd
Essential Guide to Telecommunications, The, Third Edition
Copyright
Praise for The Essential Guide to Telecommunications
Essential Guide Series
Preface
Acknowledgments
Fundamentals
Basic Concepts
Analog and Digital
Bauds, Bits, Bytes and Codes—Getting Down to Basics
Bandwidth—Measuring Capacity
Compression and Multiplexing
Protocols and Architectures
LANs, MANs and WANs
Telephone Systems, Peripherals and Cabling
Telephone Systems—PBXs, Centrex and Key Systems
Add-On Peripherals for Key Systems, Pbxs and Centrex Systems
ACDs—Specialized Equipment to Handle Large Volumes of Calls
Media: Wireless, Fiber and Unshielded Twisted Pair Copper
Industry Overview
The Bell System and Regulatory Affairs
The Bell System Prior to and After 1984
Local Competition Prior to the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Factors Leading to Passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
The Telecommunications Act of 1996
Post Telecommunications Act of 1996 Developments
Impact of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Appendix
Network Service Providers and Local Competition
Local Competition
Carriers
Bandwidth Trading: The Commoditization of Bandwidth
Local Service Providers
Summary
The Public Network
Switched Services—Local and Long Distance Calling
Dedicated Services
Virtual Private Networks—Connectivity for Remote Access, Intranets and Extranets
“The Last Mile” or Access Networks
Optical Networking
Network Intelligence and Signaling
Convergence—Technical Advances Leading to Improvements in IP Networks
Examples of Converged Networks
Document Sharing and Click to Talk
Summary
Advanced Technologies, The Internet and Wireless
Specialized Network Services
T-1—24 Voice or Data Paths Over One Telephone Circuit
ISDN—Integrated Services Digital Network
Digital Subscriber Line Technology
Frame Relay—A Shared Wide Area Network Service
Gigabit Ethernet—Ethernet Over Fiber in Metropolitan Areas
ATM—ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE
SONET—Synchronous Optical Network
Analog, Cable TV and Digital Modems and Set-Top Boxes
Transferring Data From Computers to Telephone Lines
DCE—Connections to Telephone Lines
Modems—Analog Telephone Lines for Transmitting Data from Digital Devices
NT1S—Connecting Devices to an ISDN Line
CSU/DSUS—Connecting Devices to a Digital Line
Cable Modems—Using Cable TV Facilities for Data Communications
Set-Top Boxes
Appendix: Modem Standards
The Internet
The History of the Internet
The World Wide Web—Linking and Graphics
Email—Computers That Send, Store and Receive Messages
Internet Service Providers, Application Service Providers and Portals
Search Engines
Internet Addresses
Electronic Commerce and Advertising on the Web
Privacy on the World Wide Web
Legal Issues
Open Cable—Cable Companies as Both ISPs and Network Service Providers
Intranets and Extranets
Security on the World Wide Web—Establishing Trust
Conclusion
Wireless Services
Historical Background of Mobile and Cellular Services
Spectrum Allocation
Mobile Telephone Service—Technologies
Mobile Carriers
The Mobile Market
The Transition from Second to Third Generation Mobile Networks
Mobile Internet Access, Messaging Services and Bluetooth
Specialized Mobile Radio—Originally Voice, Later Data
Paging Services
Satellites
Time Division Multiple Access, GSM and Code Division Multiple Access Air Interfaces
Globalization
The Impetus to Deregulate
Latin America
Asia
Europe
Africa and the Middle East—Emerging Markets
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author
Index
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