Fundamentals of Telecommunications, Second Edition continues the standard of excellence set in the first edition by providing a thorough introduction to the fundamentals of telecommunication networks without bogging you down in complex technical jargon or math.

Although focusing on the basics, Fundamentals of Telecommunications has been thoroughly updated with the latest advances in the field, including a new chapter on metropolitan area networks (MANs) and new sections on Mobile Fi, ZigBee and ultrawideband.

You’ll learn which choices are now available to an organization, how to evaluate them and how to develop strategies that achieve the best balance among cost, security and performance factors for voice, data, and image communication.

Contents:

• Introductory Concepts
• Signals Convey Intelligence
• Quality of Service and Telecommunication Impairments
• Transmission and Switching: Cornerstones of a Network
• Transmission Aspects of Voice Telephony
• Digital Networks
• Signaling
• Local and Long-Distance Networks
• Concepts in Transmission Transport
• Data Communications
• Enterprise Networks I: Local Area Networks
• Enterprise Networks II: Wide Area Networks
• CCITT Signaling System No. 7
• Image Communications
• Community Antenna Television (Cable Television)
• Cellular and PCS Radio Systems
• Advanced Broadband Digital Transport Formats
• Asynchronous Transfer Mode

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