Second Edition.
Beginner - Intermediate Level Users.
This book describes how the merging of voice data networks has evolved and is likely to evolve as we move toward an information-based economy. Beginning with the fundamentals of communications technology, the book grounds the reader in basic telecommunications concepts including circuits, switches, and the issues involved in digital and analogue transmission. Readers are also introduced to the basics of voice systems and taught the fundamentals of data communications. The book also considers emerging technologies and applications which are just now gaining widespread acceptance, including wireless networks and digital video networks, along with the economic and regulatory forces likely to determine the shape of the networked world of the 21st Century.
