BATES Regis J <br/><br/>
Voice and data communications handbook 

 - rev. ed. 
 - New York:  McGraw-Hill,  1998 
 - 902p. 
<br/><br/> Clearly written introduction to a complex subject which does not require the reader to have a high level of prior technical knowledge. Covers the history of telecommunications; telephone networks; analog versus digital transmission; carriers and lines; traffic engineering; PABX; voice processing; computer-telephony integration; data communications; T1 and T-Carrier systems; OSI model; Internet and Intranet; packet switching (X.25); LAN's; Ethernet; Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI); Frame relay; ISDN; Asynchronous transfer mode; Cellular and personal comms systems; radio systems; light systems; video conferencing; Fax systems; network cabling. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0070063966 (pbk.):  65.00 US 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>DATA COMMUNICATIONS<br/>TELECOMMUNICATIONS<br/>VOICE COMMUNICATIONS