Goleniewski, Lillian.

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


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