Trends in telecommunications technologies / edited by Christos J. Bouras.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• J Bouras, Christos, Editor.

Contributor:

• Bouras, Christos J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Telecommunication--Mathematical models.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 768 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

• IntechOpen 2010
• Rijeka, Croatia : InTech, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The main focus of the book is the advances in telecommunications modeling, policy, and technology. In particular, several chapters of the book deal with low-level network layers and present issues in optical communication technology and optical networks, including the deployment of optical hardware devices and the design of optical network architecture. Wireless networking is also covered, with a focus on WiFi and WiMAX technologies. The book also contains chapters that deal with transport issues, and namely protocols and policies for efficient and guaranteed transmission characteristics while transferring demanding data applications such as video. Finally, the book includes chapters that focus on the delivery of applications through common telecommunication channels such as the earth atmosphere. This book is useful for researchers working in the telecommunications field, in order to read a compact gathering of some of the latest efforts in related areas. It is also useful for educators that wish to get an up-to-date glimpse of telecommunications research and present it in an easily understandable and concise way. It is finally suitable for the engineers and other interested people that would benefit from an overview of ideas, experiments, algorithms and techniques that are presented throughout the book.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (InTech, viewed October 10, 2022).

ISBN:

• 9789535158776
• 9535158775