Telecommunications: A Beginner's Guide

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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-12-11
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
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Summary

Written by the seasoned telecommunications training experts at Hill Associates, this book provides you with a step-by-step introduction to the industry, and includes practical hands-on tips and techniques on implementing key technologies. Covers emerging topics such as optical networking, wireless communication, and convergence, and contains blueprints that help bring the technology to life.

Author Biography

Peter Southwick is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Hill Associates. He has over 25 years experience in the telecommunications industry, is a regular speaker at industry conferences and is the co-author of ISDN Signature Edition. Mitch Moore is the Strategic Product Marketing Manager at Hill Associates and a Senior Member of the Technical Staff. He has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Todd Pritsky is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Hill Associates where he specializes in developing and teaching courses in the areas of TCP/IP and the Internet, network security, e- commerce, ISDN, ATM, and xDSL. Cliff Riggs MCSE+I, CCNP, CCDP, CNA 5.0, CCA, MCP, Me.D is a Member of the Technical Staff at Hill Associates a telecommunications training and consulting company, where he leads training and develops courses in the following areas; TCP/IP, LAN & WAN, Switching, ATM & Frame Relay.

Table of Contents

Part I: The Evolution of Networking

1 Telecommunications Basics

2 Introduction to Data Networks

3 An Introduction to the Internet

Part II: Network Foundations

4 The Physical Layer

5 Data Link Layer Protocols

6 Switching

7 The Network Layer

8 The Transport Layer

9 The Higher Layers

Part III: The PSTN

10 Transmission

11 Switching in the PSTN

12 Common Channel Signaling System Seven

13 Integrated Services Digital Network

14 Wireless Telephony

Part IV: Data Networks

15 The Local Area Network

16 The First PSPDN: X.25

17 Frame Relay

18 Asynchronous Transfer Mode

Part V: The Internet

19 The Internet Protocol Suite

20 Internet Access Options

21 ISP Networks

Part VI: Convergence

22 Introduction to ATM Backbones

23 Internet Protocol as the Core

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