Telecommunication NetworksJohn Edward Flood Although there is an extensive literature on many aspects of telecommunication technology, comparatively little has been published on the functioning and planning of complete telecommunication networks. The first edition of this book was intended to help fill that gap and this new edition has been thoroughly revised and includes much new material. The book is intended both to provide the young engineer with a general knowledge of telecommunications and to give the experienced specialist a deeper understanding of his/her own work against the background of the complete telecommunication network. The book evolved from IEE vacation schools at Aston University, and the chapters are mainly based on teaching contributions made by the authors at these schools. |
Contents
1 | 3 |
1 | 10 |
Network structure | 17 |
Transmission principles | 43 |
43 | 91 |
58 | 99 |
Transmission systems | 103 |
62 | 131 |
Private telecommunication networks | 263 |
Mobile communications | 281 |
Packet switching | 301 |
Integrated services digital networks | 339 |
Broadband networks | 355 |
Intelligent networks | 373 |
Network performance | 387 |
Network management | 401 |
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Common terms and phrases
access network analogue application bandwidth baseband BISDN bit rate broadband cable CCITT Recommendation cells channel charging circuit-switched circuits common-channel signalling communication congestion cost customer's customers DATA packet delay dialling digital network end-to-end equipment error example fibre forecast four-wire circuit frame frame relay frequency functions grade of service incoming input integrated digital network interconnection interface ISDN kbit/s large number layer Mbit/s messages method mobile modulation multiplexing national number network planning network-management nodes numbering plan octets optical fibres outgoing output PABX packet switching parameters PCM systems performance Peter Peregrinus private network processor protocol PSTN pulse queue radio received routing sequence number shown in Figure signalling system slots SMDS speech switching systems tandem telecommunication network terminal traffic transmission systems transmitted trunk exchange trunk network unit virtual connection