Telecommunications Essentials: The Complete Global Source

About the Author xxiAbout LIDO xxiiiAcknowledgments xxvIntroduction: Understanding the Broadband Evolution xxixPart I Communications Fundamentals 1Chapter 1: Telecommunications Technology Fundamentals 3 Transmission Lines 3 Types of Network Connections 11 The Electromagnetic Spectrum and Bandwidth 11 Analog and Digital Transmission 18 Multiplexing 23 Political and Regulatory Forces in Telecommunications 33 Chapter 2: Traditional Transmission Media 41 Twisted-Pair 44 Coaxial Cable 51 Microwave 54 Satellite 61 Fiber Optics 73 Chapter 3: Establishing Communications Channels 83 Establishing Connections: Networking Modes and Switching Modes 83 The PSTN Versus the Internet 100 Chapter 4: The PSTN 103 The PSTN Infrastructure 103 The Transport Network Infrastructure 114 Signaling Systems 129 Intelligent Networks 135 SS7 and Next-Generation Networks 138 Part II: Data Networking and the Internet 143Chapter 5: Data Communications Basics 145 The Evolution of Data Communications 145 Data Flow 152 The OSI Reference Model and the TCP/IP Reference Model 165 Chapter 6: Local Area Networking 173 LAN Basics 173 LAN Characteristics 176 LAN Interconnection and Internetworking 187 Chapter 7: Wide Area Networking 201 Circuit-Switched Networks 203 Packet-Switched Networks 215 Chapter 8: The Internet and IP Infrastructures 245 Internet Basics 245 Internet Addressing and Address Resolution 268 The Organization of the Internet 284 IP QoS 295 What's Next on the Internet 303 Part III: The New Generation of Networks 309Chapter 9: IP Services 311 The Evolution to IP Services 311 IPT 313 IPTV 342 VPNs 345 Chapter 10: Next-Generation Networks 383 The Broadband Evolution 384 Multimedia Networking Requirements 389 The Broadband Infrastructure 409 Next-Generation Networks and Convergence 411 The Next-Generation Network Infrastructure 418 Chapter 11: Optical Networking 451 Optical Networking Today and Tomorrow 451 End-to-End Optical Networking 456 The Optical Edge 471 The Optical Core: Overlay Versus

Lillian Goleniewski is Founder and President of the LIDO Organization, Inc., an internationally acclaimed provider of education, information, and advisory services in the area of telecommunications technologies, services and networks. Ms. Goleniewski lectures extensively on telecommunications technology and management topics throughout the world. She is the author and creator of LIDO Telecommunications Essentials(R) (www.telecomessentials.com). Ms. Goleniewski's seminars and eLearning series have been conducted on an international basis since 1984, and are offered throughout Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America. Prior to forming the LIDO Organization, Ms. Goleniewski held the position of telecommunications operations manager at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the research and development arm of the U.S. utility industry. Before joining EPRI, Ms. Goleniewski was vice-president of operations for a San Francisco-based telecommunications consulting firm. Ms. Goleniewski graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She holds a B.A. in psychology and has completed numerous post-graduate studies in information technologies as well as psychology. Ms. Goleniewski was the recipient of a NSF Award to conduct research in the area of human perception and information processing.