Voice and data communications handbook. /
Regis J. (Bud) Bates et al.
- 3rd ed.
- New York : McGraw-Hill, 2000.
- xxiv, 998 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: The history of telecommunications -- Voice characteristics -- The telephone network -- The telephone set -- Analog versus digital transmission -- Carriers -- Lines versus trunks -- Traffic engineering -- Equipment: private branch exchanges -- Key telephone systems -- Voice processing -- Computer-to-Telephony Integration (CTI) -- Data communications -- T1 and the T-carrier system -- The Open Systems Interconnect model (OSI) -- Internet -- Intranet -- Packet switching technologies (X.25)-- Local Area Networks (LANS) -- Ethernet -- Token ring LANS -- Baseband versus broaband -- Fiber distributed data interface -- Switched multimegabit data services -- Frame relay -- Integrated services digital network -- Asynchronous transfer mode -- Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) -- Cable modem systems and technology -- Signalling System 7 light (SS7) -- Local number portability -- Cellular and personal communications systems -- Radio systems -- Light systems -- Videoconferencing -- Finances for telecommunications -- Facsimile -- Cabling systems.