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Telecommunications Crash Course
Contributor(s): Shepard, Steven (Author)
ISBN: 0071832661     ISBN-13: 9780071832663
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
OUR PRICE:   $57.95  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: August 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Telecommunications
- Technology & Engineering | Electrical
Dewey: 384.068
LCCN: 2014011369
Series: Crash Course
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.90 lbs) 576 pages
 
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COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE LATEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDS

Fully 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

Contributor Bio(s): Shepard, Steven: -

Steven Shepard, Ph.D., is the founder of the Shepard Communications Group and co-founder of the Executive Crash Course Company. He has more than 30 years of experience in the TMT industry and specializes in international issues in technology, with an emphasis on the social implications of technological change, technology infrastructure development, strategy creation, and technical marketing and sales. Dr. Shepard's global clients include major telecommunications manufacturers, service providers, software development firms, multinational corporations, universities, advertising firms, and regulatory bodies. He is the author of Voice Over IP Crash Course and several other books and articles.