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Author Freeman, Roger L.

Title Fundamentals of telecommunications / by Roger L. Freeman
Edition Second edition
Published Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, 2005
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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 675 pages, 2 pages :) : illustrations
Series Wiley series in telecommunications and signal processing
Wiley series in telecommunications and signal processing.
Contents Signals convey intelligence -- Quality of service and telecommunication impairments -- Transmission and switching : cornerstones of a network -- Transmission aspects of voice telephony -- Digital networks -- Signaling -- Local and long-distance networks -- Concepts in transmission transport -- Data communications -- Enterprise networks 1 : local area networks -- Enterprise networks 2 : wide area networks -- Metropolitan area networks -- CCITT Signaling System No. 7 -- Voice-over packets in a packet network -- Television transmission -- Community antenna television (cable television) -- Cellular and PCS radio systems -- Advanced broadband digital transport formats -- Asynchronous transfer mode -- Network management
Summary "Fundamentals of Telecommunications, Second Edition discusses innovative advances needed to understand the ever-growing telecommunications industry: general concepts in telecommunications, including what connectivity is and what nodes do; voice networks embodied by the public switched telecommunications network (PSTN); digital transmission and networks; data communications and enterprise networks; and switching and signaling, transmission transport, cable television, cellular/PCS, and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)." "With updated review exercises and references provided at the end of each chapter, this is an excellent resource for students and professionals who need to understand the tremendous impact and potential of telecommunications."--Jacket
Analysis FACsci
ER Internet Book Full text
Communication Technology
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Telecommunication.
Form Electronic book
Author John Wiley & Sons.
LC no. 2004053001
ISBN 0471710458 (cloth)
9780471710455
0471720941 (electronic bk.)
9780471720942 (electronic bk.)