| Description |
1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Preface to the first edition -- 1 The ISDN objective -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Historical review -- 1.3 The ISDN objective -- 1.4 ISDN tools -- 1.5 Structure of the study -- Chapter summary -- 2 The network before ISDN -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The current analogue network -- 2.3 The emerging digital network -- 2.4 The telex network -- 2.5 Packet-switching networks -- 2.6 Data networks -- 2.7 Codes and protocols -- Chapter summary -- 3 ISDN tools: intelligent terminals -- 3.1 Introduction |
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3.2 Integrated services digital access -- 3.3 The intelligent terminal -- 3.4 The ISDN terminal: concept -- 3.5 The ISDN terminal: design -- 3.6 The ISDN terminal: reality -- 3.7 Line coding -- 3.8 The CCITT access recommendations -- Chapter summary -- 4 ISDN tools: common channel signalling and interoperation -- open systems -- 4.1 Common channel signalling (CCS) -- 4.2 Interoperability -- 4.3 Characterizations of services and network capabilities -- Chapter summary -- 5 Broadband ISDN (B-ISDN) -- 5.1 Why broadband? -- 5.2 Towards faster data transfer -- 5.3 The access network -- Chapter summary |
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6 B-ISDN tools: ATM -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) -- 6.3 The B-ISDN user-network interface -- 6.4 ATM services, another view, the ATM Forum -- 6.5 ATM operation and maintenance provisions -- Chapter summary -- 7 Broadband ISDN tools: synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) -- 7.1 SDH in principle -- 7.2 SDH structure -- Chapter summary -- 8 Progress towards ISDN and B-ISDN -- 8.1 ISDN and B-ISDN deployment -- 8.2 Network organization and the ISDN -- 8.3 Setting the standards -- Chapter summary -- 9 The technical risks of the ISDN and B-ISDN -- 9.1 Introduction |
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9.2 The U interface -- 9.3 Error control -- 9.4 Performance estimation and measurement -- 9.5 System complexity -- 9.6 Clear channel capability (bit sequence independence) -- 9.7 Network numbering -- 9.8 Centrex and virtual private networks -- 9.9 Switched multimegabit data services (SMDS) -- 9.10 Network and system reliability -- 9.11 B-ISDN issues -- Chapter summary -- 10 The network integrated and broadened -- 10.1 Integrated charging -- 10.2 Choice and integration -- security -- 10.3 Integrating the customer -- 10.4 "Normal service will be maintained" -- 10.5 ISDN services |
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10.6 The information superhighway -- 10.7 The mobile network and the ISDN -- Chapter summary -- What next? -- Glossary -- References -- Further reading -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000945294 |
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1000945294 |
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