Telecommunications Protocols - Softcover

This text examines the confusing world of telecommunications protocols, and discusses areas such as Voice over Internet applications, which are revolutionalizing the use of these protocols.

* A complete overview of telephony, wireless, and data communications, this is a superb introduction for the novice and a plain-language, math-free refresher for the expert
* Presents the fundamentals of each technology used to deliver network services, places them in context with each other, and gives practical examples of their applications
* Get the basics of the SS7 network and its impact on cellular
* Understand the basics of TCP/IP and the Internet
* Understand the fundamentals of the cellular network, SONET, and ATM
* Stay up to the minute on voice over IP and local number portability issues