[...]... will read it and use it, the interested parties, are students and academics, telecommunications and computer practitioners, and technical managers Through our greater common awareness and understanding, I hope that we in turn can help extend familiarity with telecommunications and their effective use to a much wider audience: business managers, directors, and consultants; specialist press and publicity... Transmission, LANs and Other Broadcast-type Media EM1 (Electro-Magnetic Interference) Message Switching Networks Other Types of Network Abuse 40 Technical Standards for Networks 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.4 The Need for Standards Worldwide International Standards Organizations Regional and National Standards Organizations Regulatory Standards Organizations xviii CONTENTS 40.5 40.6 40.7 Other Standards-promoting... and experience of the fundamentals and practicality of telecommunications He also developed a good understanding of the technical, regulatory and other problems associated with international networks In 1989 he became Group Telecommunications Manager with Grand Metropolitan, where his experience gave him an insight into global corporate network management and the business opportunities offered by telecommunications. .. be expanded with extensive new sections on data, broadband and multimedia networks and much extended coverage of modern transmission media, radio and network management The technology may have moved on since 1990, but the original preface is as relevant today as it was then The networks that I have personally had to develop and operate have bridged not onIy the classical subdivisions of voice and data,... using either circuit-, packet-, frame- or cell-switched conveyance computer local area networks ( L A N s ) ,metropolitan area networks ( M A N S )and ~ l i d e area networks ( W A N s ) 9 NETWORKS 0 integrated voice and data networks 0 multimedia networks This book covers the principles involved in each of the above telecommunications types; it also aims to give adequate background to enable the reader... Transfer Access and Management (FTAM) Summary 24 Mobile and Radio Data Networks 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 Radiopaging Mobile Data Networks TETRA (Trans-European Trunked Radio System) Wireless LANs Radiodetermination Satellite Services (RDSS) and the Global Positioning System (GPS) xiii CONTENTS Part 4 MULTIMEDIA NETWORKS 25 Broadband, Multimedia Networks and the B-ISDN 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 25.5 25.6 25.7 25.8... boundaries, technological standards and regulations As a result, I have found it necessary to become familiar with a broad range of technology, telecommunications practices and worldwide regulations I have needed to know how things work and interwork, and the practical problems to be overcome I have needed to understand the basic electrical engineering detail underlying telecommunications, but experience... voice,data and a whole compendium of other networks to be responsible for Here in 46 chapters we have a picture of an evolving jungle of techniques and administrative controls, all about telecommunications to-day and how they got that way The book provides an insight for all telecommunications- affected parties: end users, engineers, private companies, public telecommunications operators, regulators and governments... Evolution Comparison of Strategy Options Exchange Design and Specification Outline Circuit-switched Design: Circuit Numbers and Traffic Balance Outline Design of Other Types of Network The Effect of Low Circuit Infill on Exchange and Lineplant Planning Functional Requirements of Exchanges or Line Systems Methods of Network or Exchange Modernization 42 Selecting and Procuring Equipment 42.1 42.2 42.3 42.4... Management Premises Cabling Schemes Office Computer Networking Private Networks Architecture of Private Networks Planning Private Networks A Word of Warning PTO Leased Circuit Offerings Making Use of Mobile Radio Technology 46 Public Networks and Telecommunications Service Providers 46.1 46.2 46.3 46.4 Company 'Mission' Identifying and Addressing the PTO's market PTO Product Development PTO Business . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" Net works and Telecommunications Networks and Telecommunications Design and Operation Second Edition M. P. Clark Telecommunications Consultant Germany. Cataloging-in-Publication Data Clark, Martin P. Networks and telecommunications: design and operation/ Martin P. Clark. - 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-47 1-97346-7. Fundamentals of telecommunications networks Part 2 Modern telephone networks Part 3 Modern data networks Part 4 Multimedia networks Part 5 Running a network Part 6 Setting up networks