The Telecommunications Handbook

This handbook provides basic principles and definitions, details advances in technology, outlines implementation techniques, and discusses the challenges faced by communications and networking specialists. The 30 papers address such topics as services on broadband networks, signal processing and coding schemes, mobile and wireless networks, DSL technologies, digital video and multimedia, regulations and standards. The mix of policy makers, regulators, manufacturers, operating companies and academia offers a balanced picture of the current operating environment and emerging technologies against the historical background of the telecommunications industry.

A panel of renowned experts from around the world contributed to this authoritative handbook that covers the essential aspects of this most dynamic field of communications and networking activity. Edited by Dr. Kornel Terplan and Patricia Morreale - well known authorities in telecommunications- this important new handbook provides basic principles and definitions, details the tremendous advances in technology, outlines implementation techniques, and discusses the outstanding issues and key challenges faced by communications and networking specialists.The telecommunications topics addressed include:o Basic principles o Services on broadband networks o Signal processing and coding schemes o Mobile and wireless networks o DSL technologies o Digital video and multimedia o Quality of service o Regulation o Standards o Emerging technologiesExhaustive in scope and packed with diagrams, tables, and illustrations, The Telecommunications Handbook is an indispensable, detailed reference for engineers, analysts, managers, and students involved in a wide range of telecommunication and networking activities.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, REGULATION, AND STANDARDIZATION, Section Editor Floris van den Broek, AT&TTrends in Telecommunications, Kornel TerplanRegulationStandardizationBASIC COMMUNICATION PRINCIPLES, Section Editor Rolf Stadler, Columbia University, New YorkTelecommunication Services Engineering, Jean-Pierre Hubax and Simon ZantySignaling inTelecommunications Systems, Steve MinzerTelecommunications Services on Broadband Networks, Hisaya HadamaMobile and Wireless Telecommunication Networks, Michele ZorziCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, Section Editor Patricia MorrealeFDDI/CDDI and Real-Time Communications, Biao ChenMultiple Access Communications Networks, Izhak RubinDigital Subscriber Line Technologies, John (Toby) JessupSONET and SDH, Henry W. OwenVIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, Section Editor Dan Minoli, Teleport Communication Group (TCG), Staten Island, New YorkAn Overview of Digital Video and Multimedia, Technologies and Applications, Dan Minoli, Emma Minoli and Larry Sookchand ITU-T H.320/H.323, Dan Minoli, Emma Minoli and Larry Sookchand MPEG-2 Standard Details, Dan Minoli, Emma Minoli and Larry Sookchand QoS Issues and Video over the Internet, Dan Minoli, Emma Minoli and Larry Sookchand

Kornel Terplan, Patricia A. Morreale