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Understanding Telecommunications and Lightwave Systems: An Entry-level Guide (Ieee Press Understanding Science & Technology Series) - Hardcover
Synopsis
The up-to-date edition of the bestselling guide to the basics of telecommunications and digital technology
Understanding Telecommunications and Lightwave Systems presents a nontechnical treatment of how voice, video, and multimedia can simultaneously travel over today's evolving telecommunications systems. This updated Third Edition provides a comprehensive overview of the telecommunications field as well as a detailed introduction to the latest lightwave technology.
The author's examination of recent techniques and developing technologies in telecommunications includes:
* Third-generation cell phones with microbrowser capabilities
* Changes in the global PCS network
* Optical switching and transmission parameters
* Lightwave systems and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
* A new chapter (Chapter 17: The Internet) that examines this multimedia structure and the network economy it has created
* Satellite communications, new transcontinental carriers, lightwave undersea systems, and other advances toward improving global communication
Understanding Telecommunications and Lightwave Systems is the perfect introduction for anyone whose work requires a fundamental understanding of current developments in telecommunications, as well as for students or inquiring readers who want an overview of telecommunications and the exciting technology of lightwave communications.
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From the Back Cover
Electrical Engineering/Communication Technology Understanding Telecommunications and Lightwave Systems An Entry-Level Guide Second Edition John G. Nellist A Volume in the IEEE Press Understanding Science & Technology Series "Nellist has written a fine introductory text providing an overview of telecommunications and different technologies that are utilized." —Michael Newman, Vice President, C.S.I. Telecommunications, Inc. Learn how voice, video, and multimedia can be carried simultaneously over the information superhighway to an unlimited number of locations with this updated and revised second edition of Understanding Telecommunications and Lightwave Systems. With a special focus on the convergence of telecommunications, video transmission, and the computer, John Nellist’s concise presentation illuminates the path of technological change—from the basic principles and standards of today’s telephone network to current and future technologies such as:
- Microwave radio
- Satellite communications
- Digital switching
- Video transmission
- Wireless communications (PCS)
- ATM, SONET, BISDN, fiber to the home, and more!
About the Author
JOHN G. NELLIST led the development and implementation of fiber optic technology into the British Columbia telephone network as General Transmission Engineering Manager at Telus (formerly BC Telecom). He was appointed overall coordinator for the first field trial of a fiber optic transmission system in 1978 and presented one of the first papers on an operating fiber optic system in 1979 at the International Fiber Optic Conference.
With more than forty years of telecommunications experience, John Nellist has published and presented numerous technical papers and articles on the subject. Currently a consultant at Sarita Enterprises, Ltd., Nellist has also coauthored two books with Elliott M. Gilbert, Telecommunications Wiring for Commercial Buildings and Understanding Modern Telecommunications and the Information Superhighway.
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- PublisherIeee
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0471667471
- ISBN 13 9780471667476
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number3
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