E. Bryan Carne

Published May, 1999 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

Copyright 1999, 832 pp.
Cloth
ISBN 0-13-022155-4

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For courses in telecommunications. A sourcebook on telecommunication facilities and protocols, this comprehensive overview shows how to implement “electronic highways” that will allow information to be created and used anywhere. It covers the full spectrum of services—from those that use low-speed data and voice, to high-speed digital signals over SONET and SDH in a Frame Relay or Cell Relay environment.




NEW—Two-chapter introduction—Contemporary Communication and Modes of Telecommunication.

• Brings the “soft” topics together in one place.

NEW—Expanded coverage of signals topics—e.g., noise and the creation of errors, 2B1Q pulse formats, scrambling and unscrambling, Shannon-Fano coding, MPEG video coding and digital television, spread spectrum modulation, etc.
NEW—New chapter on common bearers—Describes wire cables, optical fibers (including optical amplifiers and wavelength division multiplexing), cellular radios and communication satellites. NEW—New chapter on multiplexers and digital subscriber lines—Includes hybrid voice, data and video connections.
NEW—Expanded coverage of other building blocks—e.g., open systems architecture and ISO network management procedures; the relationship among packet switching, frame relay and cell relay (SMDS, STM); modems, particularly higher-speed modems and cable modems; ARQ error correction, forward error correction coding and throughput.
NEW—New chapter on transfer modes—Emphasizes the interdependence of switching/routing and multiplexing, including expanded discussion of relation among X.25, frame relay, SMDS and ATM networks. NEW—New chapter on LANs, MANs, and Internet—Describes the operation of routers and gateways, intranets and extranets, and new initiatives such as Internet2 and vBNS.
NEW—Expanded coverage of other network topics—e.g., traffic engineering (local and long-distance networks); the use of ATM for high-speed networks, television distribution and LANs; GEO, MEO and LEO satellite systems for mobile communications; NA-AMPS and GSM cellular radio systems; NA-TDMA and NA-CDMA cellular radio systems; PCS systems; national and global information infrastructure initiatives; SNA (including subarea and APPN operation); and network management systems (including SNMP, and management of non-OSI devices).
NEW—Over 100 new diagrams.
NEW—Review questions.



I. INTRODUCTION.

1. Contemporary Communication.
2. Modes of Telecommunication.

II. SIGNALS.

3. Baseband Signals.
4. Modulated Signals.

III. BUILDING BLOCKS.

5. Bearers.
6. Multiplexers and Subscriber Lines.
7. Data Communication.
8. Open Systems Architecture.

IV. NETWORKS.

9. Transfer Modes.
10. Telephone Networks.
11. Wireless Networks.
12. LANs, MANs, and Internet.
13. Enterprise Networks.
Acronyms.
Glossary.

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