Networks and Telecommunications - Design and Operation

Informationen zum Autor Martin P. Clark is a freelance consultant in telecommunications, IT, business management and strategy. A veteran of the public telecommunications services industry, Martin planned international telephone networks for British Telecom International in the early 1980s - when it was still part of the UK Post Office. Having experienced the privatisation of British Telecom and market deregulation in the UK, Martin moved to Germany in the early 1990s, where he wrote the business plan and project managed the first fixed network competitor to Deutsche Telekom. The company became Vodafone Germany. Since the late 1990s, Martin has been involved in a number of successful technology start-ups, as well as a NASDAQ IPO, and amassed a huge breadth of technological experience, covering data networking, broadband, radio and mobile networks. Martin works as an independent consultant in telecommunications, IT and business strategy. Klappentext Telecommunications network design and operation is now widely regarded as an issue of business management as well as electrical engineering. In this updated edition, Martin Clark, a pioneer of this perspective, applies it to the increasingly complex and diverse realm of voice, data and multimedia networks. Written in an accessible style and clearly illustrated throughout, this is a basic, practical and intuitive insight into modern network engineering with sections including: * Technical accounts of modern voice, data and multimedia networks * Coverage of ATM, B-ISDN, SDH, mobile radio and satellite networks, Internet and TCP/IP * Practical aspects of running and setting-up networks * Running a business based on telecommunications A text specifically for readers new to the whole subject of telecommunications, and professional telecommunications managers who need an introduction and reference work on all aspects of technology, operational techniques and regulation. Zusammenfassung Telecommunications network design and operation is now widely regarded as an issue of business management as well as electrical engineering. In this updated edition, Martin Clark, a pioneer of this perspective, applies it to the increasingly complex and diverse realm of voice, data and multimedia networks. Inhaltsverzeichnis Aus dem Inhalt: SECTION 1: Fundamentals of Telecom Networks; Information and its Conveyance (Updated); Introduction to Signal Transmission and the Basic Line Circuit (Updated); Long-haul Communication (Updated); Data and the Binary Code System (Updated); Digital Transmission and Pulse Code Modulation; (New material added); The Principles of Circuit Switching (New material added); Setting Up and Clearing Calls (Updated); Transmission Systems (Updated); Data Networks and Protocols (New material added); SECTION 2: Modern Voice Networks (New); ISDN; Intelligent Networks; Signalling System 7; Mobile Networks; Radio in the Local Loop; Fibre to the Kerb; SECTION 3: Modern Data Networks (New);Packet Switching; Local Area Networks; Frame Relay; Campus and Metropolitan Area Networks; Electronic Mail; Internet; TCP/IP; The Message Handling System; SECTION 4: Emerging Technologies (New); Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) and SONET; ATM; B-ISDN; The Telecommunications Network; SECTION 5: Running a Network; Teletraffic Theory; Traffic Monitoring and Forecasting; Network Traffic Control; Practical Network Transmission Planning; Network Routing and Numbering Plans; Operator Assistance and Manual Services; Quality and the Management of Service; Charging and Accounting for Network Use; Maintaining the Network; Containing Network Overload; Network Economy Measures; Technical Standards for Networks; SECTION 6: Setting Up ...

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Aus dem Inhalt:
SECTION 1: Fundamentals of Telecom Networks; Information and its Conveyance (Updated); Introduction to Signal Transmission and the Basic Line Circuit (Updated); Long-haul Communication (Updated); Data and the Binary Code System (Updated); Digital Transmission and Pulse Code Modulation; (New material added); The Principles of Circuit Switching (New material added); Setting Up and Clearing Calls (Updated); Transmission Systems (Updated); Data Networks and Protocols (New material added); SECTION 2: Modern Voice Networks (New); ISDN; Intelligent Networks; Signalling System 7; Mobile Networks; Radio in the Local Loop; Fibre to the Kerb; SECTION 3: Modern Data Networks (New);Packet Switching; Local Area Networks; Frame Relay; Campus and Metropolitan Area Networks; Electronic Mail; Internet; TCP/IP; The Message Handling System; SECTION 4: Emerging Technologies (New); Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) and SONET; ATM; B-ISDN; The Telecommunications Network; SECTION 5: Running a Network; Teletraffic Theory; Traffic Monitoring and Forecasting; Network Traffic Control; Practical Network Transmission Planning; Network Routing and Numbering Plans; Operator Assistance and Manual Services; Quality and the Management of Service; Charging and Accounting for Network Use; Maintaining the Network; Containing Network Overload; Network Economy Measures; Technical Standards for Networks; SECTION 6: Setting Up Networks; Building, Extending and Replacing Networks; Selecting and Procuring Equipment; SECTION 7: Running a Business; Meeting Business Needs and Creating Competitive Edge; Company Telecommunications Management; Network Regulation and Deregulation; Marketing and Business Strategy for Public Telecommunications Operators; Glossary; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Clark, Martin P Clark, Martin P. Clark, Martin P. (Telecommunications Consultant Clark, Mp Clark, CLARK MARTIN P
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.1997
• EAN: 9780471973461
• ISBN: 978-0-471-97346-1
• No. of pages: 960
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing