Practical Multiservice LANs: ATM and RF Broadband

Provides telecommunications professionals, network managers, and others with an overview of the evolution of telecommunications technologies, as well as predictions of future trends in the long-distance segment, the local loop, the wide area network (WAN), and the local area network (LAN). Covers the integration of voice, data, and video in the long-distance segment, in the enterprise WAN, and in the corporate LAN; places trends in these technologies into context; and offers guidance for an economical transition to multiservice networking. Also highlights the application of the RF broadband technology in the corporate LAN as a forgotten but useful alternative for future networking. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Ernest O. Tunmann has more than 35 years of experience in the design and implementation of communications systems. He is the owner and president of T.E. Consulting, Inc. Mr. Tunmann obtained a masters degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany and is an active member of APEO, NECTA, SCTE, and SCT.