The Basics of Telecommunications, Fifth Edition

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Format: Softcover or CD-ROM, 640 pages
ISBN: 0-931695-23-7
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

• History and Regulation of the Telephone Industry
• Network Switching Technology
• Transmission Media
• Transmission Technology
• Broadband Access and Service
• Wireless

Chapter One: Access and Transport

• A Short History of Analog Modems
• The Analog Modem Market
• Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
• xDSL
• The Modem Market
• ATM versus IP to the Desktop
• CAP versus DMT
• The Future

• How Cable Modems Work
• Cable Data System Features
• Cable Data Network Architecture
• Cable Data Network Standards

• Where Is Access in the Network?
• Access Evolution Drivers
• An Overview of Access Alternatives
• Twisted-Pair Solutions
• Twisted-Pair - Remote
• Fiber and Coax
• Wireless
• All Fiber - PON
• All Fiber - SONET

• From Theory to Practical Application: A Quick History
• How Fiber Works
• Outside Vapor Deposition (OVD) Process
• OVD Benefits
• Fiber Geometry: A Key Factor in Splicing and System
• How to Choose Optical Fiber

• Benefits and History of Optical Networks
• Optical Network Drivers
• Enabling Technologies
• Technologies on the Horizon
• Component Applications
• Markets for Optical Networks
• Design and Planning
• Restoration
• Network Management
• Network Evolutions: Part I
• Network Evolutions: Part II
• The Future of Optical Networks

• Introduction to SONET
• Why Synchronize?
• Frame Format Structure
• Overheads
• Pointers
• SONET Multiplexing
• SONET Network Elements
• SONET Network Configurations
• What are the Benefits of SONET?
• SDH Reference

Chapter Two: Switching and Routing

• Definition of ATM
• Benefits of ATM
• ATM Technology
• ATM Classes of Services
• ATM Standards
• ATM LAN Emulation
• Voice over ATM
• Video over ATM
• ATM Traffic Management
• ATM Applications

• Traditional Routing and Packet Switching
• MPLS and Its Components
• MPLS Operation
• MPLS Protocol Stack Architecture
• MPLS Applications
• Standards Groups

• Softswitch Architectural Overview
• Network Element Failure Scenarios in the Network Office
• High-Availability Techniques for the Network Office
• Software Failure Analysis

• Network Evolution
• Introduction of Intelligent Networks
• Benefits of Intelligent Networks
• AIN Releases
• AIN Release 1 Architecture
• The Call Model
• AIN Release 0
• AIN Release 0.1
• AIN Release 0.2
• AIN Service-Creation Examples
• Other AIN Services

• True Convergence
• What It Takes to Be Carrier-Grade
• The Protocol War
• Converged Tools and Service Creation

Chapter Three: Applications and Operations

• Intranet Telephony Paves the Way for Internet Telephony
• Technical Barriers
• Standards
• Future of Voice over IP (VoIP) Telephony

• VoIP Applications
• VoIP QoS Issues
• VoIP Embedded Software Architecture
• Voice Packet Module
• Signaling, Protocol, and Management Modules
• FoIP Applications
• PSTN Fax Call Procedure
• FoIP QoS
• FoIP Software Architecture

• Local Access Today
• The Impact of Packet Voice
• Challenges for Local Voice Service Providers
• Introduction to Softswitch
• Application of Softswitch to Local Telephony
• Migration Path for Packet Voice in Local Telephony

• Benefits of ISP-Based Private Networks
• Traditional WAN Network Architecture
• Encryption-Based VPNs
• Private Networking Using Frame-Relay PVCs

• The Concept of Unified Communications
• Benefits to Subscribers
• Considerations for Service Providers
• Benefits for Service Providers

• The Basics of OSS
• OSS Interconnection
• Operations Support of Data Services
• Business Impact of an OSS Solution

Chapter Four: Wireless Communications

• Mobile Communications Principles
• Mobile Telephone System Using the Cellular Concept
• Cellular System Architecture
• North American Analog Cellular Systems
• Cellular System Components
• Digital Systems

• Overview of PCS Technology
• The DCCH Environment
• The Air Interface: Multilayered Protocol
• Logical Channels
• Sleep Mode and Standby Time
• PCS Messaging
• Hierarchical Cell Relationships
• Public, Private, and Residential Systems
• System Identities

• Characteristics and Evolution of Data Communications for a Mobile Environment
• Overview of the Wireless Environment
• Overview of Traditional Mobile Wireless Systems
• OFDM for Mobile Communications
• Leading-Edge Mobile OFDM Technologies

• A Useful Analogy for Adaptive Smart Antennas
• Antennas and Antenna Systems
• What Is a Smart Antenna System?
• The Goals of a Smart Antenna System
• Signal Propogation: Multipath and Co-channel Interference
• The Architecture of Smart Antenna Systems
• Who Can Use Smart Antenna Technology?

• Requirements for Wireless Authentication
• Certificate-based Authentication methods
• Password Authentication Methods