Telecommunications Primer

For courses in telecommunications.
A sourcebook on telecommunication facilities and protocols, this comprehensive overview shows how to implement "electronic highways" that will allow information to be created and used anywhere. It covers the full spectrum of services-from those that use low-speed data and voice, to high-speed digital signals over SONET and SDH in a Frame Relay or Cell Relay environment.

List of contents

I. INTRODUCTION.
 1. Contemporary Communication.
 2. Modes of Telecommunication.
II. SIGNALS.
 3. Baseband Signals.
 4. Modulated Signals.
III. BUILDING BLOCKS.
 5. Bearers.
 6. Multiplexers and Subscriber Lines.
 7. Data Communication.
 8. Open Systems Architecture.
IV. NETWORKS.
 9. Transfer Modes.
10. Telephone Networks.
11. Wireless Networks.
12. LANs, MANs, and Internet.
13. Enterprise Networks.
Acronyms.
Glossary.

Summary

Useful for courses in telecommunications, this book on telecommunication facilities and protocols shows how to implement "electronic highways" that allow information to be created and used anywhere. It covers all the services, from those using low-speed data and voice, to high-speed digital signals over SONET and SDH in a Cell Relay environment.

Product details

• Authors: E. Bryan Carne
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9780130221551
• ISBN: 978-0-13-022155-1
• No. of pages: 832
• Weight: 1370 g
• Series: Prentice Hall; Feher/Prentice Hall Digital an; Prentice Hall
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering