Telecommunications Crash Course, Third Edition

This completely revised bestseller is updated to cover the global Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) sector and the "Anytime, Anywhere, Any Device" technology that is profoundly changing the way business is conducted.

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COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE LATEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDSFully revised to address the convergence of the telecom, media, and technology (TMT) sectors, the new edition of this cutting-edge guide provides a comprehensiveoverview of the current telecom landscape. The book focuses on the interdependence of the IT infrastructure, multimedia content, and broadband transport network intoday's hyper-connected mobile environment and discusses the importance of storing, delivering, analyzing, tracking, and monetizing content. Emerging telecomtechnologies are described in detail. This up-to-date resource is essential for TMT professionals, business decision-makers, marketing and sales staff, and students.

Telecommunications Crash Course, Third Edition, covers:



Standards and regulations
Data communications protocols
Telephony, VoIP, SS7, SIP, and IP PBX
Premises technologies -- LANs, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, ZigBee, FireWire, Thunderbolt, and USB
Content -- multimedia, video, and TV
Fixed access technologies, including DSL, cable, DOCSIS 3.0, CMTS, and DSLAM
Wireless access technologies such as CDMA, GSM, HSPA, LTE, Bluetooth, RFID, and satellite solutions
Transport technologies -- frame relay, ATM, high-speed IP switching, optical networking, DWDM,channelized optics, and optical switching
IP, IPv6, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and IP networking
IT, telecom, and media convergence
Cloud technologies, data centers, analytics, big data, security, Dumb Terminal 2.0, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and other emerging topics