A "big picture" analysis of the telecommunications industry, "Telecommunications Basics" gives an overview of the new technologies which have successfully integrated computers and telecommunications. The book offers perspective on how each technology is likely to develop by the year 2000, and how each will impact the organization.
Chapter 1 The Fundamentals
Chapter 2 The Evolving Telephone Network
Chapter 3 LANs to WANs
Chapter 4 TCP/IP Protocol of the Internet
Chapter 5 Signaling System
Chapter 6 ISDN and Broadband ISDN
Chapter 7 The Cellular Network
Chapter 8 The Fiber Backbone
Chapter 9 ATM Key to the Future
Appendix
Bibliography