Telecommunications Engineer's Reference Book

Telecommunications Engineer's Reference Book

Author: Fraidoon Mazda

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2014-06-28

Total Pages: 1140

ISBN-13: 1483193799

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Telecommunications Engineer's Reference Book maintains a balance between developments and established technology in telecommunications. This book consists of four parts. Part 1 introduces mathematical techniques that are required for the analysis of telecommunication systems. The physical environment of telecommunications and basic principles such as the teletraffic theory, electromagnetic waves, optics and vision, ionosphere and troposphere, and signals and noise are described in Part 2. Part 3 covers the political and regulatory environment of the telecommunications industry, telecommunication standards, open system interconnect reference model, multiple access techniques, and network management. The last part deliberates telecommunication applications that includes synchronous digital hierarchy, asynchronous transfer mode, integrated services digital network, switching systems, centrex, and call management. This publication is intended for practicing engineers, and as a supplementary text for undergraduate courses in telecommunications.


The Worldwide History of Telecommunications

The Worldwide History of Telecommunications

Author: Anton A. Huurdeman

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2003-07-31

Total Pages: 670

ISBN-13: 9780471205050

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The first comprehensive history of the Information Age... how we got there and where we are going The exchange of information is essential for both the organization of nature and the social life of mankind. Until recently, communication between people was more or less limited by geographic proximity. Today, thanks to ongoing innovations in telecommunications, we live in an Information Age where distance has ceased to be an obstacle to the sharing of ideas. The Worldwide History of Telecommunications is the first comprehensive history ever written on the subject, covering every aspect of telecommunications from a global perspective. In clear, easy-to-understand language, the author presents telecommunications as a uniquely human achievement, dependent on the contributions of many ingenious inventors, discoverers, physicists, and engineers over a period spanning more than two centuries. From the crude signaling methods employed in antiquity all the way to today’s digital era, The Worldwide History of Telecommunications features complete and fascinating coverage of the groundbreaking innovations that have served to make telecommunications the largest industry on earth, including: Optical telegraphy Electrical telegraphy via wires and cables Telephony and telephone switching Radio transmission technologies Cryptography Coaxial and optical fiber networks Telex and telefax Multimedia applications Broad in scope, yet clear and logical in its presentation, this groundbreaking book will serve as an invaluable resource for anyone involved or merely curious about the ever evolving field of telecommunications. AAP-PSP 2003 Award Winner for excellence in the discipline of the "History of Science"


Competition in Telecommunications

Competition in Telecommunications

Author: Jean-Jacques Laffont

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780262621502

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The authors analyze regulatory reform and the emergence of competitionin network industries using the state-of-the-art theoretical tools ofindustrial organization, political economy, and the economics ofincentives.


Understanding Telecommunications Networks

Understanding Telecommunications Networks

Author: Andy Valdar

Publisher: IET

Published: 2006-11-15

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0863413625

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book provides a broad introduction to all aspects of modern telecommunications networks, covering the principles of operation of the technology and the way that networks using this technology are structured. The main focus is on those technologies in use today and the next generation networks (NGN) and how they will be implemented.


Telecommunications: A Beginner's Guide

Telecommunications: A Beginner's Guide

Author: Hill Associates, Inc.

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 9780072225495

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Written by the seasoned telecommunications training experts at Hill Associates, this book provides you with a step-by-step introduction to the industry, and includes practical hands-on tips and techniques on implementing key technologies. Covers emerging topics such as optical networking, wireless communication, and convergence, and contains blueprints that help bring the technology to life.


Security for Telecommunications Networks

Security for Telecommunications Networks

Author: Patrick Traynor

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-07-12

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0387724427

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book responds to the growing need to secure critical infrastructure by creating a starting place for new researchers in secure telecommunications networks. It is the first book to discuss securing current and next generation telecommunications networks by the security community. The book not only discusses emerging threats and systems vulnerability, but also presents the open questions posed by network evolution and defense mechanisms. It is designed for professionals and researchers in telecommunications. The book is also recommended as a secondary text for graduate-level students in computer science and electrical engineering.


The Essential Guide to Telecommunications

The Essential Guide to Telecommunications

Author: Annabel Z. Dodd

Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 9780130649072

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Covering the latest trends and technology changes, this is the fully updated and revised bestselling guide to telecommunications for the nontechnical professional. Includes sections on convergence, globalization, speech recognition, and 3G cellular networks.


Telecommunications Essentials

Telecommunications Essentials

Author: Lillian Goleniewski

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 612

ISBN-13: 9780201760323

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Telecommunications current and emerging, wired and wireless--is covered in-depth here with the broadest, deepest, most up-to-date telecom overview on the market by one of the field's leading trainers. Whether readers are new to telecommunications and IT or simply want an understandable, comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art technology, this book is for them.


China's Telecommunications Revolution

China's Telecommunications Revolution

Author: Eric Harwit

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2008-02-28

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 0191607932

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

China's telecommunications industry has seen revolutionary transformation and growth over the past three decades. Chinese Internet users number nearly 150 million, and the PRC expects to quickly pass the US in total numbers of connected citizens. The number of mobile and fixed-line telephone users soared from a mere 2 million in 1980 to a total of nearly 800 million in 2007. China has been the most successful developing nation in history for spreading telecommunications access at an unparalleled rapid pace. This book tells how China conducted its remarkable "telecommunications revolution". It examines both corporate and government policy to get citizens connected to both voice and data networks, looks at the potential challenges to the one-party government when citizens get this access, and considers the new opportunities for networking now offered to the people of one of the world's fastest growing economies. The book is based on the author's fieldwork conducted in several Chinese cities, as well as extensive archival research. It focuses on key issues such as building and running the country's Internet, mobile phone company rivalry, foreign investment in the sector, and telecommunications in China's vibrant city of Shanghai. It also considers the country's internal "digital divide", and questions how equitable the telecommunications revolution has been. Finally, it examines the ways the PRC's entry to the World Trade Organization will shape the future course of telecommunications growth.


The Story of Telecommunications

The Story of Telecommunications

Author: George P. Oslin

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780865546592

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is George P. Oslin's life work. Among hundreds who told him their experiences were Thomas A. Edison, William Henry Jackson (Civil War soldier, pioneer photographer, and covered wagon bullwhacker), and William Campbell (last surviving Pony Express rider). Facts from company documents, thousands of newspapers, magazines, and books, and more than 100,000 letters and diaries of the pioneers were pieced together and condensed into the real story of their struggles, strategy, and success.