- Hardcover: 704 pages
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (3 Mar 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0471296996
- ISBN-13: 978-0471296997
- Product Dimensions: 26.2 x 18.7 x 3.7 cm
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Demystifying the technology of telecommunications: a guided tour for the non–engineer
This book provides an easy–to–understand introduction to the complex technical world of telecommunications. From bandwidth to data transfer protocol to PSTN, ISDN, PCS, or ATM–widely respected telecommunications expert and author Roger L. Freeman explains it all. He walks the reader through a vast array of current topics, providing an encyclopedic overview of all branches of telecommunications–telephony, data communications, enterprise networks, television transmission, wireless systems, and cellular/personal communication services (PCS). Written for the layperson as well as newcomers to the field, this primer:
∗ Assumes no mathematical or technical know–how on the part of the reader
∗ Introduces all topics from the ground up
∗ Clearly defines all terms, illustrating them with tangible examples
∗ Features review questions at the end of each chapter, designed to test understanding and reinforce comprehension
∗ Includes one hundred figures to highlight the text
∗ Reviews, in three appendices, the most rudimentary of mathematical and electrical concepts, as well as decibels and their applications Fundamentals of Telecommunications allows sales, marketing, and management personnel in the telecommunications industry to better understand the various technical and operational issues that come up in the course of their work. It also gives investors and financiers a basic reference to draw upon when dealing with clients in this rapidly evolving market.
This book provides an easy–to–understand introduction to the complex technical world of telecommunications. From bandwidth to data transfer protocol to PSTN, ISDN, PCS, or ATM–widely respected telecommunications expert and author Roger L. Freeman explains it all. He walks the reader through a vast array of current topics, providing an encyclopedic overview of all branches of telecommunications–telephony, data communications, enterprise networks, television transmission, wireless systems, and cellular/personal communication services (PCS). Written for the layperson as well as newcomers to the field, this primer:
∗ Assumes no mathematical or technical know–how on the part of the reader
∗ Introduces all topics from the ground up
∗ Clearly defines all terms, illustrating them with tangible examples
∗ Features review questions at the end of each chapter, designed to test understanding and reinforce comprehension
∗ Includes one hundred figures to highlight the text
∗ Reviews, in three appendices, the most rudimentary of mathematical and electrical concepts, as well as decibels and their applications Fundamentals of Telecommunications allows sales, marketing, and management personnel in the telecommunications industry to better understand the various technical and operational issues that come up in the course of their work. It also gives investors and financiers a basic reference to draw upon when dealing with clients in this rapidly evolving market.
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Demystifying the technology of telecommunications: a guided tour for the non–engineer
This book provides an easy–to–understand introduction to the complex technical world of telecommunications. From bandwidth to data transfer protocol to PSTN, ISDN, PCS, or ATM–widely respected telecommunications expert and author Roger L. Freeman explains it all. He walks the reader through a vast array of current topics, providing an encyclopedic overview of all branches of telecommunications–telephony, data communications, enterprise networks, television transmission, wireless systems, and cellular/personal communication services (PCS). Written for the layperson as well as newcomers to the field, this primer:
∗ Assumes no mathematical or technical know–how on the part of the reader
∗ Introduces all topics from the ground up
∗ Clearly defines all terms, illustrating them with tangible examples
∗ Features review questions at the end of each chapter, designed to test understanding and reinforce comprehension
∗ Includes one hundred figures to highlight the text
∗ Reviews, in three appendices, the most rudimentary of mathematical and electrical concepts, as well as decibels and their applications Fundamentals of Telecommunications allows sales, marketing, and management personnel in the telecommunications industry to better understand the various technical and operational issues that come up in the course of their work. It also gives investors and financiers a basic reference to draw upon when dealing with clients in this rapidly evolving market.
This book provides an easy–to–understand introduction to the complex technical world of telecommunications. From bandwidth to data transfer protocol to PSTN, ISDN, PCS, or ATM–widely respected telecommunications expert and author Roger L. Freeman explains it all. He walks the reader through a vast array of current topics, providing an encyclopedic overview of all branches of telecommunications–telephony, data communications, enterprise networks, television transmission, wireless systems, and cellular/personal communication services (PCS). Written for the layperson as well as newcomers to the field, this primer:
∗ Assumes no mathematical or technical know–how on the part of the reader
∗ Introduces all topics from the ground up
∗ Clearly defines all terms, illustrating them with tangible examples
∗ Features review questions at the end of each chapter, designed to test understanding and reinforce comprehension
∗ Includes one hundred figures to highlight the text
∗ Reviews, in three appendices, the most rudimentary of mathematical and electrical concepts, as well as decibels and their applications Fundamentals of Telecommunications allows sales, marketing, and management personnel in the telecommunications industry to better understand the various technical and operational issues that come up in the course of their work. It also gives investors and financiers a basic reference to draw upon when dealing with clients in this rapidly evolving market.
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Aimed primarily at the graduate-level student, I find this book is an excellent general-purpose reference guide for both study purposes and for everyday use as an engineer. Having worked for many years researching, installing, testing and repairing radio and GSM systems I now work in optical networking (OTN/DWDM/SDH/PDH); these often spill over into the IP and Voice worlds among others. For all of those and most related disciplines this has been one of my primary reference sources since the First Edition in 1999. Expensive but highly recommended.
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An excellent text for a new-comer in telecommunications.
28 Sep 1999
Format:Hardcover
Fundamentals of Telecommunications was written for the layman just starting out in the field of telecommunications. The level of writing is comparatively low. The mathematical and electrical relationships are such that readers with nearly no math or science backgrounds should feel at home. For those who believe that they need a refresher in high school science will find a mini-refresher course in the appendices.
Fundamentals of Telecommunications starts with introductory concepts such as "connectivity," direct and tandem routes and topologies. The second chapter uses electrical telegraph to teach the reader how electrical signals convey intelligence. This introduces, in a very elementary fashion, digital transmission and what the bit is. As the reader proceeds, concepts are built upon and new ideas are introduced such as quality of service and signal impairments, thus to switching, traffic and transmission. Thence the books moves into voice telephony and how digital networks work, data communications and satellites.
I have brought to this book over 20 years of giving telecommunication seminars at the University of Wisconsin, George Washington University, Arizona State University and the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (in Spanish) among others. At one seminar, I was asked: "What's resistance?" A response to this question may be found in Appendix I.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Unbelievable
6 Oct 2001
Format:Hardcover
This book is completely accurate, thorough, and readable. I keep it on my desk as a reference, and find it invaluable. I know the price is steep, but it's worth it!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
EXCELLENT INTERMEDIATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BOOK
31 July 2005
Format:Hardcover
Chances are that you already have this book in your IT library. But, you probably don't have the 2nd edition of the book. Author Roger L. Freeman has done an outstanding job of presenting telecommunications as the world's must lucrative industry.
Freeman begins by showing you--the telecommunication novice, some very basic elements of telecommunications. Next, the author becomes more definitive in several key areas like the quality of service and telecommunications impairments. Then, he provides the reader with a firm foundation of the analog voice channel. Freeman continues by reminding the reader that there are two quite different PCM standards. In addition, the author next concentrates on the network design of the PSTN, how it is structured and why. He also introduces the essential aspects for the design of long-distance links. Freeman next continues with information coding or how you can express your alphabet and numeric symbols electrically without ambiguity. Next, the author confines the reader to various data networks that may be employed in government and industry. He then covers two types of WANs: TCP/IP protocol family; and, frame relay and some of its variants. Freeman then provides the reader with a clear understanding of how a TV works, as well as, describe how television is transmitted and distributed over long distances. Then, the author describes conventional CATV, and the concept of supertrunks including HFC (hybrid fiber coax) systems. Next, he provides a brief overview of both SONET and SDH standards. Finally, Freeman finishes up by treating network management as a whole consisting of its multimedia parts: voice, image, and data, which includes facsimile, telemetry, and CAD/CAM.
With the preceding in mind, the author has done an excellent job crafting the book with the newcomer in mind. At the end of the day, you'll know whether you'll be gong back to basics or advance to the future of telecommunications.
Freeman begins by showing you--the telecommunication novice, some very basic elements of telecommunications. Next, the author becomes more definitive in several key areas like the quality of service and telecommunications impairments. Then, he provides the reader with a firm foundation of the analog voice channel. Freeman continues by reminding the reader that there are two quite different PCM standards. In addition, the author next concentrates on the network design of the PSTN, how it is structured and why. He also introduces the essential aspects for the design of long-distance links. Freeman next continues with information coding or how you can express your alphabet and numeric symbols electrically without ambiguity. Next, the author confines the reader to various data networks that may be employed in government and industry. He then covers two types of WANs: TCP/IP protocol family; and, frame relay and some of its variants. Freeman then provides the reader with a clear understanding of how a TV works, as well as, describe how television is transmitted and distributed over long distances. Then, the author describes conventional CATV, and the concept of supertrunks including HFC (hybrid fiber coax) systems. Next, he provides a brief overview of both SONET and SDH standards. Finally, Freeman finishes up by treating network management as a whole consisting of its multimedia parts: voice, image, and data, which includes facsimile, telemetry, and CAD/CAM.
With the preceding in mind, the author has done an excellent job crafting the book with the newcomer in mind. At the end of the day, you'll know whether you'll be gong back to basics or advance to the future of telecommunications.
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