Telecommunications essentials : the complete global source /
Lillian Goleniewski ; edited by Kitty Wilson Jarrett.
- 2nd ed.
- New Dehli : Pearson, 2009
- lviii. 865 p. ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index. Previous ed.: 2002.
Introduction: Understanding the Broadband Evolution Dedication Acknowledgments Part I: Communications Fundamentals Chapter 1: Telecommunications Technology Fundamentals Chapter 2: Traditional Transmission Media Chapter 3: Establishing Communications Channels Chapter 4: The PSTN Part II: Data Networking and the Internet Chapter 5: Data Communications Basics Chapter 6: Local Area Networking Chapter 7: Wide Area Networking Chapter 8: The Internet and IP Infrastructures Part III: The New Generation of Networks Chapter 9: IP Services Chapter 10: Next-Generation Networks Chapter 11: Optical Networking Chapter 12: Broadband Access Alternatives Part IV: Wireless Communications Chapter 13: Wireless Communications Basics Chapter 14: Wireless wans Chapter 15: wmans, wlans, and wpans Chapter 16: Emerging Wireless Applications Glossary Index