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Emerging communications technologies / by Uyless Black.

By: Black, Uyless D.
Series: Prentice Hall series in advanced communications technologies. Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall PTR, c1997Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxi, 457 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0137428340.Subject(s): Data transmission systems | TelecommunicationDDC classification: 621.382
Contents:
Preface. - Ch. 1. Introduction. - Ch. 2. Foundations for the Emerging Technologies. - Ch. 3. Emerged Technologies. - Ch. 4. Frame Relay. - Ch. 5. Fast and Switched Ethernet. - Ch. 6. Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) and Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS). - Ch. 7. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). - Ch. 8. Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH). - Ch. 9. Mobile Communications Technologies. - Ch. 10. Residential Broadband. - Ch. 11. Broadband Signalling Networks. - Ch. 12. Advanced Intelligent Network. - Ch. 13. Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6). - Appendix. A. A Tutorial on Communications Networks. - Appendix. B. Layered Protocols, OSI, and TCP/IP. - Appendix. C. Management Information Bases (MIBs). - Appendix. D. Emerging Communications Technologies Worksheet. - Abbreviations. - References. - Index
Summary: [This book] provides a general description of how the emerging communication technologies operate and where they fit in a computer/communications network and in customer equipment. [It also provides] a general comparison of the technologies, their pros and cons, where they do or do not compete with each other, and their targeted applications. [Thirdly], it provides a general explanation of the international standards that are published for these emerging communications technologies. - Preface
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Preface. - Ch. 1. Introduction. - Ch. 2. Foundations for the Emerging Technologies. - Ch. 3. Emerged Technologies. - Ch. 4. Frame Relay. - Ch. 5. Fast and Switched Ethernet. - Ch. 6. Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) and Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS). - Ch. 7. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). - Ch. 8. Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH). - Ch. 9. Mobile Communications Technologies. - Ch. 10. Residential Broadband. - Ch. 11. Broadband Signalling Networks. - Ch. 12. Advanced Intelligent Network. - Ch. 13. Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6). - Appendix. A. A Tutorial on Communications Networks. - Appendix. B. Layered Protocols, OSI, and TCP/IP. - Appendix. C. Management Information Bases (MIBs). - Appendix. D. Emerging Communications Technologies Worksheet. - Abbreviations. - References. - Index

[This book] provides a general description of how the emerging communication technologies operate and where they fit in a computer/communications network and in customer equipment. [It also provides] a general comparison of the technologies, their pros and cons, where they do or do not compete with each other, and their targeted applications. [Thirdly], it provides a general explanation of the international standards that are published for these emerging communications technologies. - Preface