Broadband Telecommunications Handbook (Programming)

The master key to unlock broadband technologies.

At last theres a comprehensive, up-to-date, jargon-free guide ready to help you stay on top of the broadband revolution! Focusing on the convergence of telecommunications and computer technology, Broadband Telecommunications Handbook, by Regis J. ]Bud] Bates, helps you make sense of your opportunities and choices in deploying basic telecommunications systems...virtual private networks...advanced intelligent networks...computer-to-telephony integration (CTI)...paging technologies...radio-based systems and microwave...analog and digital cellular communications....Internet/Intranets/Extranets...broadband personal communications services...and much more. You also get time-saving decision support on:
*Signaling system #7
*Call center technologies and applications
*Frame Relay/ATM internetworking
*Cable TV systems and modem technologies plus xDSL data transmission solutions
*Data over power lines
*SONET
*Real Time Transfer Protocols (RTTP)
*Much, much more

Get the edge in telecommunications.

The telecommunications industry doesn¿t stand still. Neither should you. To gain a solid overview of this fast-breaking field--one that can really benefit your work every day--no reference but the Broadband Telecommunications Handbook will do.

In this one-of-a-kind volume, renowned computing communications expert and instructor Bud Bates explains the ins and outs of the industry, taking a practical approach to using vital technologies and their applications. No matter what your position within the telecommunications field, whether you¿re a network administrator or marketing manager, you¿ll get all the latest coverage in communications, from basic to advanced topics, including what¿s new in:

*Telecom, DSL technology, voice over IP, Wave Division Multiplexing
*XDSL Products, VPNs, Advanced Intelligent Networks, SONET, SS7, and PCS, and WDM

Heavily illustrated, and featuring a logical building-block organization, the Handbook considers the concept of a technology, looks at deployment issues, and then describes the use of the technologies as they are implemented. Consistent with the book¿s straightforward, jargon-free format, you¿ll find a special emphasis on key concepts and techniques for doing the job right.

If you want to gain a top-to-bottom understanding of the most advanced telecommunication technologies, the trick is knowing just where to start. Start here, with the Broadband Telecommunications Handbook.