Networks and Telecommunications: Design and Operation

Martin P. Clark9780471973461, 0-47197346-7

Telecommunications network design and operation is now widely regarded as an issue of business management as well as electrical engineering. In this updated edition, Martin Clark, a pioneer of this perspective, applies it to the increasingly complex and diverse realm of voice, data and multimedia networks. Written in an accessible style and clearly illustrated throughout, this is a basic, practical and intuitive insight into modern network engineering with sections including: * Technical accounts of modern voice, data and multimedia networks * Coverage of ATM, B-ISDN, SDH, mobile radio and satellite networks, Internet and TCP/IP * Practical aspects of running and setting-up networks * Running a business based on telecommunications A text specifically for readers new to the whole subject of telecommunications, and professional telecommunications managers who need an introduction and reference work on all aspects of technology, operational techniques and regulation.

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Table of contents :
Networks & Telecommunications: Dasign & Operation……Page 1
Copyright……Page 5
Contents……Page 6
Preface……Page 22
About the Author……Page 24
Part1 Fundamentals of Telecommunications Networks……Page 28
Ch1 Information & its Conveyance……Page 30
Ch2 Introduction to Signal Transmission & Basic Line Circuit……Page 44
Ch3 Long-Haul Communication……Page 56
Ch4 Data & Binary Code System……Page 70
Ch5 Digital Transmission & PCM……Page 82
Ch6 Principles of Switching……Page 104
Ch7 Setting up & Clearing Connections……Page 136
Ch8 Transmission Systems……Page 168
Ch9 Data Network Principles & Protocols……Page 204
Part2 Modern Telephone Networks……Page 238
Ch10 ISDN……Page 240
Ch11 Intelligent Networks & Services……Page 258
Ch12 Signalling System No.7……Page 276
Ch13 SDH & SONET……Page 294
Ch14 Operator Assistance & Manual Services……Page 308
Ch15 Mobile Telephone Networks……Page 324
Ch16 Cordless Telephony & RILL……Page 346
Ch17 FITL & other Access Networks……Page 356
Part3 Modern Data Networks……Page 366
Ch18 Packet Switching……Page 368
Ch19 LANs……Page 394
Ch20 Frame Relay……Page 406
Ch21 Campus & MANs……Page 418
Ch22 eMail, Internet & Electronic Message Services……Page 426
Ch23 MHS……Page 440
Ch24 Mobile & Radio Data Networks……Page 452
Part4 Multimedia Networks……Page 464
Ch25 Broadband, Multimedia Networks & B-ISDN……Page 466
Ch26 ATM……Page 478
Part5 Running Network……Page 502
Ch27 TMN……Page 504
Ch28 Network Routing, Interconnection & Interworking……Page 518
Ch29 Network Numbering & Addressing Plans……Page 540
Ch30 Teletraffic Theory……Page 556
Ch31 Traffic Monitoring & Forecasting……Page 582
Ch32 Network Traffic Control……Page 598
Ch33 Practical Network Transmission Planning……Page 620
Ch34 QoS & NP……Page 660
Ch35 Charging & Accounting for Network Use……Page 674
Ch36 Maintaining Network……Page 690
Ch37 Containing Network Overload……Page 710
Ch38 Network Economy Measures……Page 722
Ch39 Network Security Measures……Page 738
Ch40 Technical Standards for Networks……Page 750
Part6 Setting up Networks……Page 768
Ch41 Building, Extending & Replacing Networks……Page 770
Ch42 Selecting & Procuring Equipment……Page 790
Part7 Specific Businesses & Networks……Page 804
Ch43 Meeting Business Needs & Creating Competitive Edge……Page 806
Ch44 Network Regulation & Deregulation……Page 820
Ch45 Corporate Networks……Page 842
Ch46 Public Networks & Telecommunications Service Providers……Page 858
Bibliography……Page 866
Glossary of Terms……Page 876
Glossary of Abbreviations……Page 892
Index……Page 922