Front Matter -- Key Concepts. The Telecommunications Industry / David G Loomis -- Data Communications Basics / Hossein Bidgoli -- Data-Link Layer Protocols / Stefan Joe-Yen, Chadwick Sessions -- Network Layer Protocols / Muhannad Harrim, Mohamed El-Wakil, Ala Al-Fuqaha -- Transport Layer Protocols / Vassilis Tsaoussidis -- Session, Presentation, and Application Layer Protocols / Chadwick Sessions -- Digital Transmission / Marvi Teixeira, Viktor Zaharov -- Analog Transmission / Hamidreza Saligheh, Joonhyuk Kang, Jaehak Chung, Vahid Tarokh -- Voice Communications Systems: KTS, PBX, Centrex, and ACD / Hassan Ibrahim -- Messaging Systems: Facsimile and Voice Processing / Albert K S Wong, Nan Zhang, Xu Yan -- Public Switched Telephone Network / Jingxuan Liu, Nirwan Ansari -- Information Theory / David Blockus, Mark Stamp -- Data Compression / Chang-Su Kim, C-C Jay Kuo -- Image Compression / Alfred Mertins -- Video Compression / Immanuel Freedman -- Speech and Audio Compression / Peter Kroon -- Multimedia Streaming / Nabil J Sarhan -- High-Definition Television / Jim Krause -- Hardware, Media, and Data Transmission. Modems / Darren B Nicholson, Jennifer A Nicholson -- Conducted Communications Media / Thomas L Pigg -- Wireless Channels / Okechukwu C Ugweje -- Sources of Errors, Prevention, Detection, and Correction / Syed H Murshid, Azhar M Khayrattee -- Routers / Min Song -- Switches / Min Song -- Bridges / Zartsh Afzal Uzmi, Tariq Mahmood Jadoon -- Pulse Amplitude Modulation / Muneo Fukaishi -- Frequency and Phase Modulation / Albert Lozano-Nieto -- Carrierless Amplitude Phase Modulation / Tim Collins -- Minimum Shift Keying / Tao Jiang -- Optical Differential Phase Shift Keying / Xiang Liu -- DMT Modulation / Stephan Pfletschinger -- Pulse Position Modulation / Jon Hamkins -- Digital Phase Modulation and Demodulation / Zartash Afzal Uzmi -- Line Coding / Asim Loan -- Spread Spectrum / Murad Hizlan -- Frequency Division Multiplexing / Zhu Liu -- Time Division Multiplexing / William A Shay -- Statistical Time Division Multiplexing / Kavitha Chandra -- Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing / Shinsuke Hara -- Wavelength Division Multiplexing / Yassine Khlifi, Noureddine Boudriga, Mohammad S Obaidat -- Digital and Optical Networks. Digital Communication Basics / Robert W Heath, Atul A Salvekar -- Digital Radio Broadcasting / Zhuojun Joyce Chen -- Spread Spectrum Signals for Digital Communications / Filippo Giannetti, Marco Luise -- Optical Fiber Communications / Habib Hamam, Sghaier Guizani -- Optical Transmitters, Receivers and Noise / Kenneth Pedrotti -- Optical Signal Regeneration / Mingshan Zhao -- Optical Sources / Tin Win, Serge Demidenko -- Lambda and Sub-Lambda Switching / Mario Baldi, Yoram Ofek -- Optical Cross Connects / Wen-De Zhong -- Optical Memories / Paul W Nutter -- Characterization of Optical Fibers / Liang Chen, John Cameron, Xiaoyi Bao -- Optical Couplers and Splitters / Kais Dridi, Mustapha Razzak, Habib Hamam -- Fiber-Optic Filters and Multiplexers / Hamid Hemmati -- Optical Solitons / Natalia M Litchinitser -- Synchronous Optical Code Division Multiplexing Systems / Hideyuki Sotobayashi -- Free-Space Optics / John Liu, Mark Schaefer -- Optical Switching Techniques in WDM Optical Networks / Amor Lazzez, Noureddine Boudriga, Mohammad S Obaidat -- SONET and SDH Networks / M Farooque Mesiya -- Passive Optical Networks for Broadband Access / Nirwan Ansari, Yuanqiu Luo -- Reviewers List -- Index.

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v. 1. Key concepts, data transmission, and digital and optical networks -- v. 2. LANs, MANs, WANs, The Internet, and global, cellular, and wireless networks -- v. 3. Distributed networks, network planning, control, management, and new trends and applications.

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