This book is more than a reference.
Of course, it will come in handy to many professionals who need to bone up instantly on the capabilities or interface requirements of a particular communication technology.Through this book, you will:
- • Learn the fundamental concepts of circuits, multiplexers, switches, signaling, and control, and other essential network devices and processes.
- • Grasp the fundamentals of transmission systems from analog to digital, from twisted-pair through fiber optics, and from wired through wireless.
- • Discover the significant changes taking place in the world of voice systems and networks, including computer telephony integration.
- • Understand the separate messaging technologies of facsimile, voice processing, and email, as well as the present and future of integrated messaging.
- • Comprehend the basics of data communications protocols, including line setup, coding schemes, asynchronous versus synchronous, and error detection and correction.
- • Explore the evolution of digital and data networking, from DDS and X.25, through, T-carrier, ISDN, SMDS, Frame Relay, ATM and B-ISDN.
- • Gain a thorough understanding of LANs and LAN Internetworking.
- • Discover the infrastructure issues and technology shifts leading to SONET/SDH and fiber/coax/copper/wireless hybrid transport.
- • Compare and contrast the options for wireless data networking in the LAN, MAN and WAN domains.
- • Develop a thorough understanding of the Internet and World Wide Web, including the applications they serve, the issues they raise, and the risks they present.
- • Determine the status of video and multimedia communications for application in a practical business context.
- • Track the development of network convergence, with an eye toward interactive applications.
- • Gain a sense of the fundamental changes taking place in regulation, with focus on the impact of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
