From the review of the Third Edition: "e;A must for anyone in volved in the practical aspects of the telecommunications industry."e; CHOICE Outlines the expertise essential to the successful operation and design of every type of telecommunications networks in use today New edition is fully revised and expanded to present authoritative coverage of the important developments that have taken place since the previous edition was published Includes new chapters on hot topics such as cellular radio, asynchronous transfer mode, broadband technologies, and network management

From the review of the Third Edition:"A must for anyone in volved in the practical aspects of the telecommunications industry."CHOICE* Outlines the expertise essential to the successful operation and design of every type of telecommunications networks in use today* New edition is fully revised and expanded to present authoritative coverage of the important developments that have taken place since the previous edition was published* Includes new chapters on hot topics such as cellular radio, asynchronous transfer mode, broadband technologies, and network management

Preface xxiiiChapter 1 Basic Telephony 1Chapter 2 Local Networks 41Chapter 3 Switching in an Analog Environment 73Chapter 4 Signaling for Analog Telephone Networks 111Chapter 5 Introduction to Transmission for Telephony 139Chapter 6 Long-Distance Networks 157Chapter 7 The Design of Long-Distance Links 185Chapter 8 Digital Transmission Systems 261Chapter 9 Digital Switching and Networks 317Chapter 10 Introduction to Data Communications 365Chapter 11 Data Networks and their Operation 409Chapter 12 Voice-Over IP 483Chapter 13 Local Area Networks 501Chapter 14 Integrated Services Digital Networks 565Chapter 15 Speeding Things Up with Frame Relay 603Chapter 16 The Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Broadband ISDN 631Chapter 17 CCITT Signaling System No. 7 681Chapter 18 Wireless and Cellular/Mobile Radio 737Chapter 19 Last-Mile Broadband Connectivity and Wireless Local Loop (WLL) 805Chapter 20 Optical Networking 835Chapter 21 Network Management 871Appendix 1 Acronyms and Abbreviations 911Index 931