Telecommunications Essentials: The Complete Global Source

Chapter 1. Telecommunications Technology Fundamentals This chapter talks about the types of transmission lines and network connections, the electromagnetic spectrum, and what bandwidth is all about in the emerging broad...

Chapter 2. Traditional Transmission Media Transmission media are the physical pathways that connect computers, other devices, and people on a networkthe highways and byways that comprise the information superhighway. Ea...

Chapter 3. Establishing Communications Channels This chapter discusses the key definitions and characteristics associated with establishing communications channels. It covers networking modes and switching modes, includ...

Chapter 4. The PSTN This chapter talks about the public switched telephone network (PSTN). It discusses what comprises the PSTN, what sorts of technologies have been used to complete the connections, how the signaling s...

Chapter 5. Data Communications Basics This chapter explores some of the basics of data communications. It starts with a discussion of the evolution of data communication and then discusses the terminology used to descri...

Chapter 6. Local Area Networking This book uses terminology that comes from the domain of local area networking, and in this chapter, you'll become familiar with the basics of local area network (LAN) componentsthe hist...

Chapter 7. Wide Area Networking A wide area network (WAN) is a group of computer networks connected over long distances by telecommunications links, which can be either wireline or wireless. A number of WAN links can be...

Chapter 8. The Internet and IP Infrastructures This chapter explores the Internet, including how today's Internet actually works, the protocolssuch as Internet Protocol (IP)that make the Internet what it is, how address...

Chapter 9. IP Services This chapter discusses the evolution from circuit-switched to Internet Protocol (IP)based packet-switched infrastructures to support the variety of IP services in use today, including IP telephony...

Chapter 10. Next-Generation Networks This chapter explores the current perspectives and developments with respect to next-generation infrastructures. It is a very important chapter for both service providers and end use...

Chapter 11. Optical Networking The recent inventions and developments in optical networking will no doubt yield a new, radical perspective on communications. We are beginning to see some exciting applications being deve...

Chapter 12. Broadband Access Alternatives Whereas Chapter 2, quot;Traditional Transmission Media,quot; discusses each of the traditional transmission media types, this chapter focuses on the important aspects of and con...

Chapter 13. Wireless Communications Basics Most people consider mobility to be one of their most cherished abilities and rights. In fact, what do we take away from those who have been deemed injurious to their fellow hu...

Chapter 14. Wireless WANs It is abundantly clear that wireless networks are a very important part of our future, promising to dramatically change the way society and industry function. Wireless networks fall into the sa...

Chapter 15. WMANs, WLANs, and WPANs Today's consumer appetite for wireless broadband and the high-bandwidth applications it supportssuch as photos, games, and videois enormous. However, the demands placed on a network t...

Chapter 16. Emerging Wireless Applications Realizing the utopian visions of the wireless world requires continued innovation, and indeed, the innovation occurring in the wireless arena today is nothing short of amazing....