Broadband Communications

by Balaji Kumar

Overview

Broadband communications standards, services, architectures, markets, and cutting-edge innovations--everything there is to know about the subject in this definitive resource.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780070382930
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	05/01/1998
Series:	McGraw-Hill Series on Computer Communications
Edition description:	Signature ed.
Pages:	668
Product dimensions:	7.33(w) x 9.13(h) x 1.80(d)

Table of Contents

Part I: Overview of Communications Networks.
Introduction.
Evolution of B-ISDN.
Part II: The Basics.
FDDI and DQDB.
Frame and Relay.
Advanced Frame Relay.
Switched Multimegabit Data Servie.
ATM.
SONET/SDH.
Part III: Broadband Architecture.
BISDN Lower Layers.
BISDN Higher Layers.
Other Aspects of BISDN.
Part IV: Building Blocks of BISDN.
Broadband ATM Switching and Transmission.
Broadband Transmission Network.
Part V: ATM Broadband Environments.
ATM in LANs.
ATM Broadband in WANs.
ATM Broadband in Public Networks.
ATM in Other Networks.
Part VI: Broadband Network Design.
Broadband Backbone Network Design.
ATM/Broadband Around the World.
Telecommunications Standards.
ATM Equipment Vendors.
Future of Broadband Communications.