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Telecommunications and data communications handbook / Ray Horak.

By: Horak, Ray [author.].
Contributor(s): IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | Wiley [publisher.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Interscience, c2007Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2012]Description: 1 PDF (xxxviii, 791 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780470399224.Subject(s): Telecommunication -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Digital communications -- Handbooks, manuals, etcGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 621.382 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF THE TECHNOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS -- 1.1 Fundamental Definitions -- 1.2 Dedicated, Switched, and Virtual Circuits -- 1.3 Two-Wire versus Four-Wire Circuits -- 1.4 Bandwidth -- 1.5 Analog versus Digital -- 1.6 Loading Coils, Amplifiers, and Repeaters -- 1.7 Conversion Process: Modems and Codecs -- 1.8 Multiplexers (Muxes) -- 1.9 Switches and Switching: The Basics . . . and Then Some -- 1.10 Signaling and Control -- References -- 2 FUNDAMENTALS OF TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS: TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS -- 2.1 Electromagnetic Spectrum -- 2.2 Transmission Media Selection Criteria -- 2.3 Twisted Pair: Introduction to Telephone Wire -- 2.4 Shielded Copper -- 2.5 Coaxial Cable -- 2.6 Microwave Radio -- 2.7 Satellite Radio -- 2.8 Free Space Optics -- 2.9 Fiber Optics -- 2.10 Powerline Carrier -- 2.11 Hybrid Transmission Systems -- References -- 3 VOICE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS: KTS, PBX, CENTREX, AND ACD -- 3.1 Key Telephone Systems -- 3.2 Private Branch Exchanges -- 3.3 Centrex -- 3.4 Automatic Call Distributors -- 3.5 Computer Telephony -- 3.6 IP Systems -- 3.7 Futures -- References -- 4 MESSAGING SYSTEMS -- 4.1 Facsimile (Fax) Systems -- 4.2 Voice Processing Systems -- 4.3 Electronic Mail (E-Mail) -- 4.4 Instant Messaging -- 4.5 Mobile Messaging: SMS and MMS -- 4.6 Unified Messaging and Unified Communications -- References -- 5 PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK -- 5.1 Network Characteristics -- 5.2 Numbering Plan Administration -- 5.3 Domains -- 5.4 Signaling and Control: Expanded View -- 5.5 Network Services -- 5.6 Portability: A Special Issue -- 5.7 Equal Access: Another Special Issue -- 5.8 VoIP: Next-Generation PSTN -- References -- 6 FUNDAMENTALS OF DATA COMMUNICATIONS -- 6.1 Functional Domains -- 6.2 DCE: Expanded View -- 6.3 Protocol Basics -- 6.4 Network Architectures -- 6.5 Security -- References -- 7 CONVENTIONAL DIGITAL AND DATA NETWORKS -- 7.1 Dataphone Digital Service -- 7.2 Switched 56 -- 7.3 Virtual Private Networks: In the Classic Sense.
7.4 Digital Carrier Systems and Networks -- 7.5 X.25 and Packet Switching -- 7.6 Integrated Services Digital Network -- References -- 8 LOCAL AREA NETWORKS: CONNECTIVITY AND INTERNETWORKING -- 8.1 LANs Defined -- 8.2 LAN Dimensions -- 8.3 LAN Equipment -- 8.4 LAN Operating Systems -- 8.5 Virtual LANs -- 8.6 Remote LAN Access -- 8.7 LAN Standards and Standards Bodies -- 8.8 Life in the Fast LAN: The Need for Speed -- 8.9 Wireless LANs -- 8.10 Minding Your Ps and Qs -- 8.11 IEEE 1394 and FireWire -- 8.12 Nonstandard LANs -- 8.13 Broadband over Power Line -- 8.14 Storage Area Networks -- References -- 9 BROADBAND NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE -- 9.1 Access Technologies -- 9.2 SONET/SDH -- 9.3 IEEE 802.17, Resilient Packet Ring -- References -- 10 BROADBAND NETWORK SERVICES -- 10.1 Frame Relay -- 10.2 Switched Multimegabit Data Service -- 10.3 Asynchronous Transfer Mode -- 10.4 Metropolitan Ethernet -- 10.5 Broadband ISDN -- 10.6 Advanced Intelligent Networks (AINs) -- References -- 11 WIRELESS NETWORKING: EMPHASIS ON MOBILITY -- 11.1 Wireless Defined -- 11.2 Standards and Regulations -- 11.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Wireless -- 11.4 Cell Concept: Frequency Reuse -- 11.5 Multiplexing and Access Techniques -- 11.6 Specialized Mobile Radio -- 11.7 Paging -- 11.8 Cordless Telephony and Wireless Office Telecommunications Systems -- 11.9 Cellular Radio -- 11.10 Packet Data Radio Networks -- 11.11 Satellite Systems: LEOs, MEOs, and GEOs -- 11.12 And That's Not All -- References -- 12 VIDEO AND MULTIMEDIA NETWORKING -- 12.1 Video Communications: Defined and Evolved -- 12.2 Video Basics -- 12.3 Analog TV Standards -- 12.4 Digital TV and High-Definition TV -- 12.5 Bandwidth and Compression -- 12.6 Video Standards -- 12.7 Internet Protocol TeleVision (IPTV) -- 12.8 The H.320 Family of Multimedia Standards -- 12.9 Session Initiation Protocol -- 12.10 H.248: Media Gateway Control -- 12.11 Videoconferencing Systems -- 12.12 Videoconferencing Equipment -- 12.13 WAN Videoconferencing Networks.
12.14 Video over IP -- 12.15 Multimedia Conferencing -- Applications and Benefits -- References -- 13 THE INTERNET AND WORLD WIDE WEB -- 13.1 The Internet Defined -- 13.2 Internet Physical Topology -- 13.3 Internet Access -- 13.4 Internet Standards, Administration, and Regulation -- 13.5 IP Addressing -- 13.6 Domain Name System -- 13.7 Internet Protocols -- 13.8 Internet Applications -- 13.10 Internet2 -- 13.11 World Wide Web -- 13.12 Intranets and Extranets -- 13.13 Internet Security: A Special Issue -- 13.14 Misuse and Content -- 13.15 Internet Oddities, Screwball Applications, and Some Really Good Ideas -- 13.16 The Dark Side: An Editorial -- References -- 14 NETWORK CONVERGENCE -- 14.1 Convergence Defined -- 14.2 Driving Forces -- 14.3 Conventional Convergence: Wireline Networks -- 14.4 The Race Is On: Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) -- 14.5 One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potatoe, Four . . . -- 14.6 NexGen Convergence: Wireline and Wireless Networks -- References -- 15 REGULATION: ISSUES AND (SOME) ANSWERS -- 15.1 Telecommunications Act of 1996 -- 15.2 Rates and Tariffs -- 15.3 The Internet -- 15.4 Number Portability -- 15.5 Laws and Sausages -- References -- APPENDIX A ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS, CONTRACTIONS, INITIALISMS, AND SYMBOLS -- APPENDIX B STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONS AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIGs) -- INDEX.
Summary: A practical, accessible survey of telecommunications and data communications services and technologies Finally, there is a commonsense guide to telecommunications and data communications that non-engineers can understand. Popular author Ray Horak provides comprehensive, up-to-date information in plain English, instead of confusing technotalk. Recent developments covered include: . 802.16 and WiMAX . Passive Optical Network (PON) . 802.11g/n . Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) . Broadband over Power Line (BPL) . Instant Messaging . ZigBee In addition, Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook expands on topics of increasing interest, including: . Fiber Optics . Storage Area Networks (SANs) . Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) . CATV Networks . Wireless, including Bluetooth . Cellular, including 2.5G and 3G, photos, video, and ring tones and ring-back tones . Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), including IP PBX and IP Centrex . Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) vs. H.323 Complete with a discussion of the current regulatory and business environments, including divestiture and revestiture as well as mergers and acquisitions, this is the ideal reference for non-engineering professionals in the end-user, carrier, content or service provider, manufacturing, regulatory, or financial communities.
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Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF THE TECHNOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS -- 1.1 Fundamental Definitions -- 1.2 Dedicated, Switched, and Virtual Circuits -- 1.3 Two-Wire versus Four-Wire Circuits -- 1.4 Bandwidth -- 1.5 Analog versus Digital -- 1.6 Loading Coils, Amplifiers, and Repeaters -- 1.7 Conversion Process: Modems and Codecs -- 1.8 Multiplexers (Muxes) -- 1.9 Switches and Switching: The Basics . . . and Then Some -- 1.10 Signaling and Control -- References -- 2 FUNDAMENTALS OF TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS: TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS -- 2.1 Electromagnetic Spectrum -- 2.2 Transmission Media Selection Criteria -- 2.3 Twisted Pair: Introduction to Telephone Wire -- 2.4 Shielded Copper -- 2.5 Coaxial Cable -- 2.6 Microwave Radio -- 2.7 Satellite Radio -- 2.8 Free Space Optics -- 2.9 Fiber Optics -- 2.10 Powerline Carrier -- 2.11 Hybrid Transmission Systems -- References -- 3 VOICE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS: KTS, PBX, CENTREX, AND ACD -- 3.1 Key Telephone Systems -- 3.2 Private Branch Exchanges -- 3.3 Centrex -- 3.4 Automatic Call Distributors -- 3.5 Computer Telephony -- 3.6 IP Systems -- 3.7 Futures -- References -- 4 MESSAGING SYSTEMS -- 4.1 Facsimile (Fax) Systems -- 4.2 Voice Processing Systems -- 4.3 Electronic Mail (E-Mail) -- 4.4 Instant Messaging -- 4.5 Mobile Messaging: SMS and MMS -- 4.6 Unified Messaging and Unified Communications -- References -- 5 PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK -- 5.1 Network Characteristics -- 5.2 Numbering Plan Administration -- 5.3 Domains -- 5.4 Signaling and Control: Expanded View -- 5.5 Network Services -- 5.6 Portability: A Special Issue -- 5.7 Equal Access: Another Special Issue -- 5.8 VoIP: Next-Generation PSTN -- References -- 6 FUNDAMENTALS OF DATA COMMUNICATIONS -- 6.1 Functional Domains -- 6.2 DCE: Expanded View -- 6.3 Protocol Basics -- 6.4 Network Architectures -- 6.5 Security -- References -- 7 CONVENTIONAL DIGITAL AND DATA NETWORKS -- 7.1 Dataphone Digital Service -- 7.2 Switched 56 -- 7.3 Virtual Private Networks: In the Classic Sense.

7.4 Digital Carrier Systems and Networks -- 7.5 X.25 and Packet Switching -- 7.6 Integrated Services Digital Network -- References -- 8 LOCAL AREA NETWORKS: CONNECTIVITY AND INTERNETWORKING -- 8.1 LANs Defined -- 8.2 LAN Dimensions -- 8.3 LAN Equipment -- 8.4 LAN Operating Systems -- 8.5 Virtual LANs -- 8.6 Remote LAN Access -- 8.7 LAN Standards and Standards Bodies -- 8.8 Life in the Fast LAN: The Need for Speed -- 8.9 Wireless LANs -- 8.10 Minding Your Ps and Qs -- 8.11 IEEE 1394 and FireWire -- 8.12 Nonstandard LANs -- 8.13 Broadband over Power Line -- 8.14 Storage Area Networks -- References -- 9 BROADBAND NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE -- 9.1 Access Technologies -- 9.2 SONET/SDH -- 9.3 IEEE 802.17, Resilient Packet Ring -- References -- 10 BROADBAND NETWORK SERVICES -- 10.1 Frame Relay -- 10.2 Switched Multimegabit Data Service -- 10.3 Asynchronous Transfer Mode -- 10.4 Metropolitan Ethernet -- 10.5 Broadband ISDN -- 10.6 Advanced Intelligent Networks (AINs) -- References -- 11 WIRELESS NETWORKING: EMPHASIS ON MOBILITY -- 11.1 Wireless Defined -- 11.2 Standards and Regulations -- 11.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Wireless -- 11.4 Cell Concept: Frequency Reuse -- 11.5 Multiplexing and Access Techniques -- 11.6 Specialized Mobile Radio -- 11.7 Paging -- 11.8 Cordless Telephony and Wireless Office Telecommunications Systems -- 11.9 Cellular Radio -- 11.10 Packet Data Radio Networks -- 11.11 Satellite Systems: LEOs, MEOs, and GEOs -- 11.12 And That's Not All -- References -- 12 VIDEO AND MULTIMEDIA NETWORKING -- 12.1 Video Communications: Defined and Evolved -- 12.2 Video Basics -- 12.3 Analog TV Standards -- 12.4 Digital TV and High-Definition TV -- 12.5 Bandwidth and Compression -- 12.6 Video Standards -- 12.7 Internet Protocol TeleVision (IPTV) -- 12.8 The H.320 Family of Multimedia Standards -- 12.9 Session Initiation Protocol -- 12.10 H.248: Media Gateway Control -- 12.11 Videoconferencing Systems -- 12.12 Videoconferencing Equipment -- 12.13 WAN Videoconferencing Networks.

12.14 Video over IP -- 12.15 Multimedia Conferencing -- Applications and Benefits -- References -- 13 THE INTERNET AND WORLD WIDE WEB -- 13.1 The Internet Defined -- 13.2 Internet Physical Topology -- 13.3 Internet Access -- 13.4 Internet Standards, Administration, and Regulation -- 13.5 IP Addressing -- 13.6 Domain Name System -- 13.7 Internet Protocols -- 13.8 Internet Applications -- 13.10 Internet2 -- 13.11 World Wide Web -- 13.12 Intranets and Extranets -- 13.13 Internet Security: A Special Issue -- 13.14 Misuse and Content -- 13.15 Internet Oddities, Screwball Applications, and Some Really Good Ideas -- 13.16 The Dark Side: An Editorial -- References -- 14 NETWORK CONVERGENCE -- 14.1 Convergence Defined -- 14.2 Driving Forces -- 14.3 Conventional Convergence: Wireline Networks -- 14.4 The Race Is On: Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) -- 14.5 One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potatoe, Four . . . -- 14.6 NexGen Convergence: Wireline and Wireless Networks -- References -- 15 REGULATION: ISSUES AND (SOME) ANSWERS -- 15.1 Telecommunications Act of 1996 -- 15.2 Rates and Tariffs -- 15.3 The Internet -- 15.4 Number Portability -- 15.5 Laws and Sausages -- References -- APPENDIX A ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS, CONTRACTIONS, INITIALISMS, AND SYMBOLS -- APPENDIX B STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONS AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIGs) -- INDEX.

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A practical, accessible survey of telecommunications and data communications services and technologies Finally, there is a commonsense guide to telecommunications and data communications that non-engineers can understand. Popular author Ray Horak provides comprehensive, up-to-date information in plain English, instead of confusing technotalk. Recent developments covered include: . 802.16 and WiMAX . Passive Optical Network (PON) . 802.11g/n . Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) . Broadband over Power Line (BPL) . Instant Messaging . ZigBee In addition, Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook expands on topics of increasing interest, including: . Fiber Optics . Storage Area Networks (SANs) . Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) . CATV Networks . Wireless, including Bluetooth . Cellular, including 2.5G and 3G, photos, video, and ring tones and ring-back tones . Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), including IP PBX and IP Centrex . Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) vs. H.323 Complete with a discussion of the current regulatory and business environments, including divestiture and revestiture as well as mergers and acquisitions, this is the ideal reference for non-engineering professionals in the end-user, carrier, content or service provider, manufacturing, regulatory, or financial communities.

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