TY - BOOK AU - Green, James H. TI - The Irwin handbook of telecommunications SN - 0071452222 (hc. : alk. paper) AV - R TK 5102.3 .G823 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Business enterprises KW - United States KW - Telecommunication systems N1 - Ch. 10 Local area networks; Ch. 11 Network equipment; Ch. 12 Signaling systems; Ch. 13 The PSTN and quality requirements; Ch. 14 Circuit switching systems; Ch. 15 The integrated services digital network; Ch. 16 Softswitches; Ch. 17 Optical networking; Ch. 18 Microwave radio systems; Ch. 19 Satellite communications; Ch. 2 Introduction to the public switched telephone network; Ch. 20 Mobile, cellular, and PCS radio systems; Ch. 21 Wireless communications systems; Ch. 22 Video systems; Ch. 23 Station equipment; Ch. 24 Customer-premise switching system features; Ch. 25 TDM customer-premise switching systems; Ch. 26 IP customer premise equipment; Ch. 27 Automatic media distribution systems; Ch. 28 Voice-processing systems; Ch. 29 Electronic messaging systems; Ch. 3 Introduction to data communications; Ch. 30 Facsimile systems; Ch. 31 Enterprise networks; Ch. 32 Metropolitan area networks; Ch. 33 Wide area networks; Ch. 34 Frame relay; Ch. 35 Asynchronous transfer mode; Ch. 36 IP networks; Ch. 37 Network testing; Ch. 38 Network management systems; Ch. 39 Telecommunications convergence; Ch. 4 Data communications principles; Ch. 40 Future developments in telecommunications; Ch. 5 Pulse-code modulation; Ch. 6 Data communications protocols; Ch. 7 Outside plant; Ch. 8 Access technologies; Ch. 9 Structured cabling systems; Ch. 1 A brief history of telecommunications N2 - The Irwin Handbook of Telecommunications, brings the entire spectrum of telecommunications into focus. This indispensable industry referenceΓé¼UΓé¼Uupdated to concentrate on the increasingly global aspects of technologiesΓé¼UΓé¼Uprovides top-to-bottom explanations of all aspects of telecommunications, plus clarifies the increasing interrelationship between telecom's numerous components ER -