Table of Contents
Introduction An Outline on Telecommunication Systems: Past and Present Evolution of Modern Telecommunication What is an Integrated Broadband Communication Network? State-of-the-Art Aspects of Telecommunication in the View-Points of Subscribers, Service-Providers and Equipment Vendors ATM-A Solution Towards High Performance Telecommunication Bibliography and Appendices Basics of Electrical Communication Systems Evolution of Electrical Communication Systems Wireline and Wireless Systems Concept of Source-Channel-Sink as a Communication System Information, Channel Capacity and Bandwidth: Voice, Video and Data Ideal and Nonideal Aspects of Teletransfer of Information Semantic and Temporal Nonidealities: Noise, Errors, and Delays in Telecommunication Modulation/Demodulation Techniques: Multiple Access Considerations, Coding, etc. Bibliography, Appendices and Problems Basics of Telecommunication Networks Telecommunication Networks: Info-transfer Systems Circuit-Switching and Pocket-Switching Principles Bits, Frames, Packets and Cells Multiplexing and Demultiplexing Concepts Statistics of the Telecommunication Traffics: Models Carrier Systems Bibliography, Appendices and Problems Transfer Modes of Teleinformation Synchronous Transfer Mode (STM) Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Concept of Integrated System of Digital Networks (ISDN) Broadband-ISDN: Emergence of ATM Virtual Channel Transmission ATM Network Interfaces, Protocols and Standards Bibliography, Appendices and Problems SONET and SDH Synchronous Optics Network (SONET) and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) SONET/SDH Transmissions and Broadband Framing Access to ATM Backbone Services Fiber as the Physical Medium Optical Power Budget Calculations Optical Link Design: Examples Bibliography, Appendices and Problems ATM Signaling Control Plane Signaling Approach: Phased Evolution Signaling Standards Signaling Protocols: Point-to-Point, Point-to-Multipoint Signaling, etc. Signaling Functions Metasignaling Call-Connection Control, Call-Reference, Message Format, etc. Broadband Signaling-Specific Considerations Bibliography, Appendices and Problems ATM Switching ATM Switching: Hardware Aspects of Asynchronous Switching Switching Element, Switching Fabrics and Scaling Switching Architectures: Routing Basics and Shared Memory (Bus) Concepts Multicasting and Broadcasting: Matrices, Copy Networks, etc. ATM Switching Characteristics Subscriber Line Modules and Trunk Modules Cell-Header, Processing in Switch Fabrics Delays and Buffering at the Switches: Models Bibliography, Appendices and Problems Traffic Control in ATM Networks Traffic Controls Aspects in ATM Call Admission Control: Traffic Policing Traffic Descriptors and Quality of Service (QOS) Parameters Source Characteristics: Constant Bit Rate (CBR) and Variable Bit Rate Traffics Cell-Transfer Delays (CTD) and Cell Delay Variances (CDV) Traffic Shaping Resource Management and Congestion Control, etc. CAC Algorithms: Leaky-Bucket Concept, etc. Bibliography, Appendices and Problems Applications of ATM Technology New Classes of Applications of ATM Migration to ATM: ATM Enabled Systems Implementation Examples: Classical Versions Implementation Examples: LAN Emulations Implementation Examples: ATM and Frame Relay, SMDS, etc. ATM Workgroup and Campus Networks ATM LAN and ATM WAN ATM in PSTN ATM Performance in Multiprotocol Backbone ATM for VoD, etc. Bibliography, Appendices, Customer-Case Study Examples and Problems Wirless ATM Basics of Wireless Telecommunication Narrowband and Broadband Systems Wireline versus Wireless Telecommunication Cellular Systems/Mobile Communication: Multiple Access Considerations Wireless Communication-Fading and BER Problems in B-ISDN Ambients Mobile/Wireless ATM Network Concept Hand-off Control and Location Management Signaling/Control Protocols QOS Control MAC, DLC and Wireless Network Control Functions ATM plus Mobility? Bibliography, Appendices and Problems
