Synopses & Reviews
This book presents current and established techniques for designing and engineering new intelligent telecommunications systems. The objective of this book is twofold. First, to provide communication system designers with information for modernizing existing networks, and for making these networks carry voice, data and multimedia information. Second, to provide network designers with numerous illustrations for fabricating and building new networks using the most recent technology. This work also includes a vast amount of material on many of the rapidly expanding telecommunications related areas such as Wireless ATM, HDSL, ADSL, loop topologies from the ANSI, ETSI, ITU, copper and hybrid fiber coaxial systems, cable TV networks, ISDN performance, fiber optics, SONET, and other current telecom topics. It includes a wealth of figures and tables as well as 21 pages of telecom acronyms with definitions. Design and Engineering of Intelligent Communication Systems is written for researchers and telecom professionals interested in building intelligent communications systems.
Synopsis
FIGURE 18.13e. Detector Output. ..................................................................... 618 FIGURE 18.14a. WDM Energy Distrubution into the Fiber ........................... 619 FIGURE 18.14b. Fiber Loss for the WDM Band .............................................. 619 FIGURE 18.14c. Fiber Group Delay Distribution ............................................ 619 FIGURE 18.14d. Receive Energy Distribution ................................................. 619 FIGURE 18.15a. Channell Eye Diagram at PIN Diode ................................. 621 FIGURE 18.15b. Channel 2 Eye Diagram at PIN Diode ................................. 621 FIGURE 18.15c. Channell System Output at Detector ................................. 621 FIGURE 18.15d. Channel 2 System Output at Detector ................................. 621 PREFACE The emerging networks in our society will touch upon the life of everyone. These networks have started to bring about an immense information revolution. The revolution within our intellectual life will be similar to the materialistic revolution that followed the invention of the steam and the internal combustion engines. From the perspective of the 1980s, the information networks are indeed evolving and their influence can only be gradual. However, the strides of progress are accelerating in the 1990s. Networks in our society offer the most candid area of convergence for the computer and the communication technologies. The two technologies are mature in their own right. However, there are a few major factors that prevent network engineers from constructing modern communication systems from components borrowed from each of these two technologies: Major innovations are happening. Specialized components evolve in synergistic patterns. New technologies emerge. Inquisitive minds cross disciplinary barriers."
Table of Contents
Table of Figures. Preface. Part I: Overview of the Communication Facilities. 1. Basic Communication Networks. 2. FM Techniques in Existing Networks. 3. Video and TV Environment. 4. Current Digital Networks. Part II: The Metallic Media: The Physical Environment. 5. Subscriber Loops. 6. Operational Environment for the HDSL. Part III: The Metallic Media: The Computational Environment. 7. Simulation and CAD Aspects. 8. Data Bases and Their Management for DSL Design Studies. 9. Simulation Techniques for the QAM (2D) Code. 10. Computer Based Optimization Techniques for HDSL Design. Part IV: System Performance from Very Low to Very High Rates. 11. Data Up to PRISDN Rates. 12. Data at PRISDN Rate. 13. Performance of Trellis Coding. 14. Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL and ADSL) Capacity. Part V: Recent High-Speed Network Environments. 15. Knowledge Highways. 16. Impacts of Fiber Optic Technology. 17. Optical Lightwave Systems in Existing Networks. 18. A PC Based Fiber Optic CAD Environment. Glossary. Index. Authors' Biographies.