The Desktop Encyclopedia of Telecommunications (McGraw-Hill Series on Telecommunications) - Softcover

Muller, Nathan J.

9780070444577: The Desktop Encyclopedia of Telecommunications (McGraw-Hill Series on Telecommunications)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070444579 ISBN 13: 9780070444577

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1998

Complex and fast-changing -- it's synonymous with telecommunications. There's too much rapidly evolving technology for professionals to stay on top of it all -- yet they need to. And that's why this across-the-bandwidth reference will be an indispensable asset to every telecom pro who wants to stay in the game! Coverage includes: AIN, carrier networks, CATV, CDMA, cellular, data communications, Fast Ethernet, fiber, Gigabit Ethernet, GSM, hybrid fiber coax, Internet, intranets, LANs, local loops, multimedia, networks, PCS, satellite communication, SS&, switching, voice, video, TCP/IP, TDMA, WWW, wireless networks, and more.

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From the Back Cover:

IN-DEPTH ARTICLES, not just definitions

Want detailed, illustrated articles on telecom topics that interest you, not merely 2- or 3-sentence definitions? This new edition of Nathan Muller's Desktop Encyclopedia of Telecommunications explains telecom technologies, terms, and architectures in everyday English, with clear diagrams.

NEW IN THIS EDITION the complete Encyclopedia on CD-ROM, in searchable, printable format!

Desktop Encyclopedia of Telecommunications is the ideal vehicle for getting and staying up to speed with the rapid changes in telecom. Written by a recognized expert and author, it's the most comprehensive telecom encyclopedia available!

Open the Desktop Encyclopedia of Telecommunications and find:

- Over 300 readable, up-to-date articles, 3 to 5 pages long, on topics from access charges and network restoral to thin client architecture and VPNs
- More than 50 completely new entries on subjects such as content delivery networks, extranets, and performance baselining
- Over 200 diagrams and illustrations
- Details on LANs, WANs, voice, data, management, planning, regulations, and standards
- Easy-to-use alphabetical organization and thoroughly indexed

- Alternative Exchange Points
- Analog Line Impairment Testing
- Announcement Services
- Application Service Providers
- Asset Management
- Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- Automatic Number Identification
- Bandwidth Management Systems
- Bluetooth
- Cable Telephony
- Call Centers
- Calling Cards
- Carnivore
- Cellular Telephones
- Contingency Planning
- Cyber Crime
- Digital Divide
- Domain Name Service
- Electronic Publishing
- Firewalls
- Frame Relay
- Home Phoneline Networking
- I-Mode
- Interactive Television
- International Callback ServiceInternational Interexchange Servicesbr>- Internet Service Providers
- Local Loop
- Multiprotocol Label Switching
- Multiservice Networking
- Network Caching
- Object-Oriented Networks
- Online Transaction Processing
- Operations Support Systems
- Paging
- Passive Optical Networks
- Protocol Analyzers
- Proxy Servers
- Quality of Service
- Radio Communication Interception
- Remote Node
- Resilient Packet Ring
- Software Defined Radio
- Spectrum Auctions
- Synchronous Communications
- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- Unified Messaging
- Video on Demand
- Virtual Private Networks
- Voice Mail
- Wireless Medical Telemetry Service
- Much More

About the Author:

Nathan J. Muller (Sterling, VA) is an independent consulting specializing in telecommunications technology marketing, research, and education. He serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Network Management and is the author of Bluetooth Demystified.

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