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Telecommunications: A Beginner's Guide
Authors:
Mitchell S. Moore, N. Todd Pritsky, Cliff Riggs, Peter V. Southwick
Telecommunications plays a major role in the development of the
knowledge economy. Interest in telecom is massive. Now you key into the
telecom world by learning the basics of telecommunications using this
expert step by step guide and resource.
Product
Details
Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (December 11, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0072193565
ISBN-13: 978-0072193565
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
The telecom beginner's guide is
designed to be an invaluable resource for beginners and professionals
who already work in the telecommunications industry. It does this by
providing comprehensive content on the key need-to-know issues and
topics of telecommunications - voice and data communications,
convergence, etc.
Reading objectives include:
- Get a clear and concise
introduction to the telecommunications field
- Understand high-speed access
technologies including DSL and broadband
- Discover how wireless and
virtual private networks function
- Learn about Internet Protocol
(IP), addressing, application services, and more.
It is packaged as a go-to guide
that you can use for getting fundamental knowledge of the
telecommunications industry and also as a resource for reference while
working in or with the industry. It isn't just a book for telecom
engineers but for anyone who has the need to get a handle on what
telecommunications is all about. With the Telecommunications beginner's
guide there is no need to reinvent the wheel.
The guide is written by the
seasoned experts at Hill Associates a leading telecommunications
training and consulting company.
The authors are Mitchell S. Moore, who
specializes in the strategic use of telecommunications technology
-especially the Internet to enhance the value proposition that companys
bring to their customers. His particular interests and expertise include
industry convergence and Internet-enabled collaborative communities. He
is also an expert in optical networking technology. He is the author of
The Telecommunication Manager's Plain English Guide to Packet Switching;
N. Todd Pritsky, who specializes in computer networking and the
Internet. He is currently director of e-Learning Courseware and a Senior
Member of Technical Staff for Hill Associates; Cliff Riggs technical
expertise includes TCP/IP, LANs, routing and switching, security,
e-commerce, and VPNs. He is a Cisco Certified Network Professional,
Cisco Certified Design Professional, Certified Novell Administrator,
citrix Certified Administrator, Microsoft Certified Professional +
Internet, and Microsoft Certified Trainer; Peter V. Southwick has been
in communications designing, implementing, and training on voice and
data systems for over 20 years. He specializes in wide area
technologies, network design, Telephony, ISDN, SS7, LANs, and SNA.
This resource made of 6 parts
starts with a brief history of telephony and the evolution of
networking, and then moves on to cover key topics that include wireless
communication, convergence, Internet Protocol (IP), virtual Private
networks, and much more.
The six parts of the guide are
- Part 1 The Evolution of Networking; Part II Network Foundations; PART
III The PSTN; Part IV Data Networks; Part V The Internet; Part VI
Convergence.
From the back cover:
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Learn the basic of telephony,
telephone system management, and its structure;
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Get an introduction to data
networking and preview the open systems interconnection (OSI) model
and lnternet protocol (IP) suite;
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Examine the architecture of the
Internet, and learn about service providers (ISPs) and Internet
access options
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Explore the functions and
services offered by fast packet technologies, frame relay, and ATM
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Understand the basics of
switching both circuit switching and packet switching
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Discover options for
convergence
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Create and design an operable
local area network (LAN)
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Trace the evolution of
transmission technology - from analog and digital to wireless.
To reinforce learning objectives the book includes practical hands-on
tips and techniques on implementing key technologies in the telecom
industry.
Newcomer to telecommunications?
Do you need a good grounding in the fundamentals? Or are already on the
job and you need good reference material. Then this resource could be
the right guide for you. Become part of telecom revolution. You don't
need excuses when you have knowledge.
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