Understanding Telecommunications and Lightwave Systems: An Entry-Level Guide
Language: English
Published by Wiley-IEEE Press, 2001
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- Title
- Understanding Telecommunications and Lightwave Systems: An Entry-Level Guide
- Author
- Nellist John G.
- Publisher
- Wiley-IEEE Press
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0471150320
- ISBN 13
- 9780471150329
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
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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About the Author
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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