Broadband Communications

The current telecommunications market has been growing at a rapid pace. This is mainly due to the availability of Internet access to almost all sectors of society. The opportunity to expand services is astronomical. This book is designed to provide a broad working knowledge of the broadband technologies that permeate today's society and to provide the reader with the tools to address the numerous opportunities that abound in this field. The text is organized as follows: Part Iintroduces the telecommunications environment and industry and presents the basics of wide area network (WAN) infrastructure. Part IIincludes Frame Relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Synchronous Optical Network (SONET), Virtual Privates Networks (VPN), and Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI). Part IIIincludes Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), and Switched Multimegabit Data Services (SMDS). ISDN and SMDS are transitional technologies and DSL is an emerging technology. Wireless/PCS environment, Fibre Channel, and considerable information on the Internet and the associated intranet and extranet environments are also included. Part IVconcludes the text with chapters on network management, problem solving, and troubleshooting. TheAppendixincludes information on the OSI model, Voice over IP, and a comprehensive case study on broadband technology. Instructors using this book for a course can obtain a free Instructor's Manual that accompanies the text (ISBN0-13-093153-3).Newman, Robert is the author of 'Broadband Communications', published 2001 under ISBN 9780130893215 and ISBN 0130893218.