The essential guide to telecommunications / Annabel Z. Dodd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodd, Annabel Z.

Series:

Essential guide series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommunication.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 438 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, [2019]

Summary:

Completely updated for current trends and technologies, The Essential Guide to Telecommunications, Sixth Edition, is the world's top-selling, accessible guide to the fast-changing global telecommunications industry. Writing in easy-to-understand language, Dodd demystifies today's most significant technologies, standards, architectures, and trends. She introduces leading providers worldwide, explains where they fit in the marketplace, and reveals their key strategies.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Part I: Fundamentals, Data Centers, and IP PBXs

Chapter 1: Computing and Enabling Technologies

Fiber-Optic and Copper Cabling

Chips-Building Blocks of the Digital Age

Packetized Data

Deep Packet Inspection: Monitoring, Prioritizing, and Censoring Traffic

Compression

Increasing Network Capacity via Multiplexing

Using Protocols to Establish a Common Set of Rules

Protocols and Layers

Virtualization: Space, Cost, and Maintenance Efficiencies

Managing Virtualization

The Cloud: Applications and Development at Providers' Data Centers

Summary

Appendix

Chapter 2: Data Centers and LANs, Storage, and IP Private Branch Exchanges

Introduction

What Is a LAN?

Switches, Media, and Protocols in LANs

IP PBXs-Voice, Video, and Unified Communications

IP Telephony-Converting Voice Signals to Digital Data

Unified Communications, Contact Centers, and Video Conferencing

Part II: Industry Overview and Regulations

Chapter 3: Competition, Industry Structures, and Regulations

The 1984 Breakup of AT&T

Regulatory Issues

The State of the Industry-Consolidation via Mergers

Non-Traditional Competitors: Alphabet, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Microsoft

Part III: Managing Broadband Networks and Broadband Network Services - Chapter 4: Managing Broadband Networks

The Public Network

Core Networks-Between Cities and Continents

Bandwidth Capabilities in Carrier Networks

Optical Transport Networks-Carrying Multiple Types of Traffic

Transporting Movies and TV in the Core

Middle-Mile Networks

Last-Mile Access Networks

Access Networks in Cable Operators' Networks

Using Cable Modem Termination Systems for IP Traffic

Telecommunications Services in National Emergencies

Signaling

Chapter 5: Broadband Network Services

VoIP Calling Services over Broadband

Multi-Protocol Label Switching for Interoffice Connections

IP Virtual Private Networks over the Internet

Adding Security on Traffic Sent over IP VPNs

Managed Services

Digital Subscriber Line-Distance Limitations; Operates on Copper Cabling

Carrier Gigabit Ethernet

Network Topology on Dedicated, Private Lines

Part IV: The Internet and Cellular Networks

Chapter 6: The Internet

What Is the Internet?

Streaming-A Disruptive Technology

The Structure of the Internet

Security: Connected, Ubiquitous Networks-Vulnerable to Malicious Hackers

Privacy

The Impact of E-Commerce

Fostering Civic Participation and Engagement-Online Forums

Network Neutrality

The Digital Divide: Bandwidth, Skills, and Computers

Intranets and Extranets

Chapter 7: Mobile and Wi-Fi Networks

Spectrum for Wireless Networks-A Critical Asset

More Efficient 4th Generation Digital Networks

LTE-The First True 4th Generation Cellular Protocol

5G Mobile Networks-Small Cells; Additional Capacity

The Internet of Things (IoT)

Applications and Services

Wi-Fi Standards, Architecture, and Their Use in Cellular Networks

Satellites-Geosynchronous and Low Earth Orbiting

Glossary - Index.

Notes:

Previous edition: 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780134506791

0134506790

OCLC:

1100791528