Telecommunications : an interdisciplinary text / edited by Leonard Lewin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewin, Leonard, 1919-2007.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommunication.

Telecommunication policy.

Telecommunication systems.

Physical Description:

xxii, 687 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dedham, MA : Artech House, [1984]

Contents:

Introduction: Telecommunications and Academia / Leonard Lewin ixx

Chapter 1 International Constraints on the Use of Telecommunications: The Role of the International Telecommunications Union / George Codding, Jr. 1

1.1 Historical Background 3

1.2 Structure 8

1.3 The Product 17

Table 1.1 ITV Organizational Structure 30

Table 1.2 The General Secretariat of the ITU 31

Chapter 2 The FCC as an Institution / G. Gail Crotts Arnall, Lawrence M. Mead 37

2.1 Model 1: The Rational Actor 39

2.2 Model 2: Organizational Process 51

2.3 Model 3: Political Process 69

2.4 The Reform of the FCC 84

2.5 Institutional Development 90

Chapter 3 FCC Regulations of Land Mobile Radio

A Case History / Dale N. Hatfield 105

3.1 Definitions 106

3.2 Early Technological Developments 107

3.3 Regulatory and Further Technological Developments 108

3.4 Docket 18262: Reallocation of Spectrum Space Near 900 MHz for Land Mobile Services 112

3.5 Postscript 121

Chapter 4 Broadcast Control and Regulation / Harold E. Hill 133

4.1 Distinction Between Governmental and Non-governmental Controls 134

4.2 Governmental Controls 134

4.3 Control by Ownership 145

4.4 Economic Controls 147

4.5 Audience Influence 154

4.6 Pressure Groups 157

4.7 Sociological and Psychological Influences 160

4.8 Technological Controls 162

4.9 Control by Other Means 166

4.10 Review and Forecast 168

Chapter 5 Engineering Economy / Robert J. Williams 173

5.1 Economic Analysis a Prerequisite to Action in the Telecommunications Industry 175

5.2 Interest and Return 177

5.3 Equivalent Uniform Annual Cost Comparison 192

5.4 Comparison of Alternatives by the Present Worth Method 196

5.5 Comparison of Alternatives Using the Rate of Return Method 204

5.6 Benefit-Cost Analysis 209

5.7 Other Yardsticks 211

5.8 Depreciation and Income Tax 212

5.9 Multiple Alternatives 221

5.10 Replacement 225

5.11 Leasing 227

5.12 Inflation 227

5.13 Accounting and Engineering Economy 228

5.14 Summary of Concepts in Engineering Economy 233

Chapter 6 Telephone Rates: Economic Theory and Current Issues / Wesley J. Yordon 237

6.1 The Logic of Marginal Cost Pricing 239

6.2 Adjustments for Irrationality and Externalities 241

6.3 The Pricing Dilemma in Decreasing-Cost Activities 243

6.4 Value-of-Service Pricing 249

6.5 Telephone Rates in the US 259

6.6 Toward Cost-of-Service Pricing for Local Service 267

Chapter 7 Telephone Systems / Floyd K. Becker 273

7.1 Speech and Hearing 274

7.2 Voice Transmission Systems 285

7.3 Switching Systems 306

7.4 Signaling Systems 328

Chapter 8 Computer Networking and Data Communications / Harvey M. Gates 341

8.1 Transmission Codes 343

8.2 Clocks, Timing, and Synchronization 350

8.3 Protocols 354

8.4 Computer Network Architecture 369

8.5 Digital Multiplexers and Concentrators 393

8.6 Basic Data Transmission 398

8.7 The Communication Network 412

Chapter 9 An Introduction to the Local Area Network Concept / John E. Hershey, William J. Pomper 419

9.1 Local Network Architectures and Access Control 423

9.2 Network Topologies 424

9.3 Access Methods 427

9.4 Extending Local Area Networks 431

9.5 Ethernet 435

9.6 The Medium 437

9.7 Security Issues for LANs 440

9.8 Measurement of LAN Performance 444

9.9 LANs and PBXs 445

9.10 Standards 446

Chapter 10 Telecommunications Systems / S.W. Maley 449

10.1 Trends in Telecommunications 450

10.2 Communication Signals 452

10.3 Quantitative Characterization of Telecommunication Signals and Systems 480

10.4 Types of Telecommunication Systems 484

10.5 Communication Systems 486

10.6 Communication Traffic 502

Chapter 11 The Transmission of Electromagnetic Signals / Warren L. Flock 509

11.1 Electromagnetic Waves and the Electromagnetic Spectrum 509

11.2 Transmission Lines, Waveguides and Antennas 517

11.3 Tropospheric Propagation 534

11.4 Ionospheric Propagation 546

11.5 Propagation Effects on Satellite and Deep Space Telecommunications 554

Chapter 12 Satellite Communications / Hussain A. Haddad 565

12.1 An Overview of Satellite Communication Systems 568

12.2 The Communication Link 579

12.3 Applications 598

12.4 Future Outlook 602

Appendix Basic Mathematical and Engineering Concepts / Leonard Lewin 605

A.1 Basic Physical Relationships 608

A.2 Trigonometric Functions 615

A.3 Electromagnetic Wave Transmission 626

A.4 Indices, Logarithms and Exponential Functions 630

A.5 Decibels and Nepers 634

A.6 Geometrical Features 636

A.7 Complex Numbers 640

A.8 Differential and Integral Calculus 648

A.9 Probability 655.

Notes:

Rev. and expanded edition of: Telecommunications, an interdisciplinary survey. c1979.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0890061408

OCLC:

11650380