Now in its third edition, Introduction to Telephones and Telephone Systems provides telephone system managers, telecommunications sales professionals, and students with a non-technical, easy-to-understand explanation of every major aspect of today 's telecommunications systems. The book gives you comprehensive coverage of the four major areas of telephone systems -nstation apparatus, transmission, switching, signaling. While maintaining all the fundamental information that made the earlier editions best-sellers, the revised and updated edition includes: A perspective on telephony, that includes central office, local loop, subscriber loop carrier, switching, multiplexing, LATA, signaling, and network architecture; Recent developments in fiber optic systems such as, Erbium amplifiers, undersea, and fiber rings; Current information on PCS systems - including GSM, TDMA, CDMA, and data communications - including ATM, frame relay, and Internet concepts; Policy implications of the U.S. Telecommunications Act of 1996 and recent merger activities.
Introduction. Networks: A Systems Perspective. Station Apparatus. Analog Transmission Systems. Digital Transmission Systems. Electromechanical Switching Systems. Electronic Switching Systems. Signaling. Wireless Telephone Service. Data Communication. Services. A Short History of Telecommunication in the US, with an emphasis on the Bell System. A Perspective on Telecommunications.;
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A. Michael Noll
A. Michael Noll is a professor and former dean at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. Professor Noll is also a senior affiliated research fellow and director of technology at the Columbia Institute of Tele-Information at Columbia University and has authored eight other books about communication technologies and strategic critical business analysis. He holds an M.E.E. from New York University and a Ph.D. from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.