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Telecommunications Systems and Technology
Michael Khader, New Jersey Institute of Technology
William E. Barnes, New Jersey Institute of Technology

ISBN-10: 0136607055
ISBN-13: 9780136607052

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2000
Format: Cloth; 519 pp
Published: 06/11/1999

Suggested retail price: $143.60
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For undergraduate-level courses in Telecommunications, Computer and Data Communications, and Telecommunications for Managers.

Stimulating students' interest with a rich and informative study that offers just the right amount of technical detail, this state-of-the-art guide to today's telecommunications operating systems takes an industry perspective on the field—presenting one of the most inclusive treatments available with full coverage of all the fundamental concepts necessary to understanding the overall operations of communication devices.

  • Clear discussion of LAN topology, media access control, and LAN specific protocol standards.
  • Detailed coverage of Internet working with TCP/IP including up-to-date coverage of IPVG.
  • A complete chapter providing extensive coverage of B-ISDN and ATM—The concepts and techniques, evolution and protocols are thoroughly covered with emphasis on the ATM Adoption Layers.
  • Frequent use of analogies to clarify material.

    • Helps students make important connections by explaining concepts in an easy-to-understand, comparative manner. Makes material more accessible by relating concepts to technology students are familiar with. Ex.___

  • Over 300 figures and tables.

    • Breaks up narrative with interesting and supportive visuals that enhance and/or demonstrate the material under discussion. Ex.___

  • Practical industrial applications, examples, case studies and scenarios—Includes cases on the architecture of the Lucent Technologies Definity private branch exchange (PBX), as well as computer telephony applications in switching systems (Ch. 4); plus one that focuses on the design of a small-size switch using a personal computer for a platform (Ch. 5).

    • Shows students how concepts are being applied in the telecommunications industry on a day-to-day basis, gives them many opportunities to apply what they have learned, and brings material to life for students as they study real professionals in real industry situations implement ideas and concepts they are learning about in the text. Ex.___

  • System-level descriptions of designs and architectures.

    • Details individual elements of a particular telecommunication component's design or architecture to help students gain a deeper understanding of how it functions as a whole. Ex___

  • Numerous data compression techniques and examples—Covers entropy encoding algorithms, the Huffman code, run length, and modified read algorithms.

    • Exposes the students to the various methods of data compression to facilitate data transmission. Ex.___

  • Substantial coverage of protocols and standards—Discusses the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model and its typical layers (i.e., the physical layer, data link layer, and network layer); considers High-level Data Link Controller (HDLC) specifications and operations and emphasizes its uses in the second layer of the OSI reference model; presents X.25 and ISDN standards, including all three layers as mapped in to the OSI reference model.
  • Full chapter on computer telephony—Examines the implementations of computer telephony and the concept of standard messaging.

    • Demonstrates to the student the interrelationships of the computer and communications. Ex.___

  • Thorough treatment of digital transmission—Discusses standard facilities and time-division multiplexing techniques—including the T1 and T3 facilities—and presents the formats used in the synchronous optical networks (SONET).

    • Presents the variety of digital transmission methods available in the communications field. Ex.___

  • Clear presentation of wireless communication techniques—Covers pagers, the cellular concept, cell design issues, power considerations, and multiple access systems.

    • Presents students with a broad-based survey of the latest and most innovative technological advancements being made in wireless communication. Ex.___

  • Multimedia/real-time communications—Looks at bandwidth requirements for multimedia communications, JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group) standards, MPEG (Motion Picture Expert Group) standards, and the discrete cosine transform used in compressing images in both the JPEG and MPEG.

    • Shows the students the various requirements they will need on the job for transmitting multimedia data. Ex.___

  • CD-ROM Instructor's Manual—Includes 700-page PowerPoint lecture notes.

    • Allows the instructor to present to the students in a more visually dynamic way, making it easier to illustrate difficult concepts. Ex.___



 1. Basic Concepts.


 2. Digital Transmission.


 3. T1/T3 Applications and Subscriber Loop Carrier Systems.


 4. Switching Systems.


 5. Computer Telephony and Applications.


 6. Modem Communications.


 7. Protocols and Standards.


 8. Broadband ISDN and ATM.


 9. Basics of Local Area Networks.


10. Internetworking with TCP/IP.


11. Introduction to Wireless Communications.


12. Multimedia Communication.


Selected Bibliography.


Glossary.


Acronyms.


Index.

  • Instructor's Manual with CD
    Khader & Barnes
    © 2000 | Prentice Hall | Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 448 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0130220345 | ISBN-13: 9780130220349


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