TY  - BOOK
AU  - BATES Regis J
AU  - GREGORY Donald W
TI  - Voice and data communications handbook
SN  - 0070063966 (pbk.):
PY  - 1998///
CY  - New York
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - DATA COMMUNICATIONS
KW  - TELECOMMUNICATIONS
KW  - VOICE COMMUNICATIONS
N2  - 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
ER  -