Nellist Understanding Telecommunications and Lightwave Systems

An Entry-Level Guide
3. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-471-66102-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 284 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: IEEE Press Understanding Science & Technology Series

The up-to-date edition of the bestselling guide to the basics oftelecommunications and digital technology
Understanding Telecommunications and Lightwave Systemspresents a nontechnical treatment of how voice, video, andmultimedia can simultaneously travel over today's evolvingtelecommunications systems. This updated Third Edition provides acomprehensive overview of the telecommunications field as well as adetailed introduction to the latest lightwave technology.
The author's examination of recent techniques and developingtechnologies in telecommunications includes:
* Third-generation cell phones with microbrowsercapabilities
* Changes in the global PCS network
* Optical switching and transmission parameters
* Lightwave systems and Dense Wavelength DivisionMultiplexing
* A new chapter (Chapter 17: The Internet) that examines thismultimedia structure and the network economy it has created
* Satellite communications, new transcontinental carriers,lightwave undersea systems, and other advances toward improvingglobal communication
Understanding Telecommunications and Lightwave Systems isthe perfect introduction for anyone whose work requires afundamental understanding of current developments intelecommunications, as well as for students or inquiring readerswho want an overview of telecommunications and the excitingtechnology of lightwave communications.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nellist, John G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.
The Evolution of Telecommunications.
Analog Transmission.
Digital Transmission.
Basic Multiplexing Techniques.
Switching Hierarchy.
North American Digital Hierarchies.
Transmission.
The Local Subscriber Loop.
Microwave Radio.
Satellite Communications.
Switching Systems.
Private Branch Exchange.
Traffic Considerations.
Video Transmission.
Wireless.
The Computer.
The Internet.
Lightwave Systems.
Telecommunications Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.
Answers to Review Questions.
About the Author.

Über Autor(innen)

JOHN G. NELLIST led the development and implementation of fiberoptic technology into the British Columbia telephone network asGeneral Transmission Engineering Manager at Telus (formerly BCTelecom). He was appointed overall coordinator for the first fieldtrial of a fiber optic transmission system in 1978 and presentedone of the first papers on an operating fiber optic system in 1979at the International Fiber Optic Conference.
With more than forty years of telecommunications experience, JohnNellist has published and presented numerous technical papers andarticles on the subject. Currently a consultant at SaritaEnterprises, Ltd., Nellist has also coauthored two books withElliott M. Gilbert, Telecommunications Wiring for CommercialBuildings and Understanding Modern Telecommunications and theInformation Superhighway.