Telecommunications Pocket Reference

by Russell, Travis

• ISBN13: 9780071372640
• ISBN10: 0071372644
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

Pull telecom answers out of your pocket! Out in the field, in your office, or in class, Telecommunications Pocket Reference, by Travis Russell, helps you deliver winning telecom decisions for any system. An overview of telecom basics -- transmission, protocols, and networking -- this handy tool designed for easy portability answers virtually any telecom question, from network configurations to voice over the Internet. Uniquely readable, it gives you: * Comparative data on all major telecom technologies and protocols * Coverage of LAN/WANs, including Ethernet, Token Ring, and FDDI * Answers on TCP/IP, voice over IP, and other Internet technologies * Key facts on ISDN, broadband ISDN, cellular, SONET, ATM, Signaling System #7, and more * Data on fiber optics, switching and bridging, and cellular protocols * Critical information on emerging technologies such as Local Number Portability (LNP) and Number Pooling

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Digital Transmission Fundamentals

The Basics of Telecommunications Protocols

Computer Telephony Applications

LAN/WAN Networks

Ethernet

Token Ring

Fiber Distribution Data Interface (FDDI)

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

Signaling System #7

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)

Frame Relay

Cellular Networks

Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

History of Computing

History of Telephony

Index

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