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