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COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE LATEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDS
Fully revised to address the convergence of the telecom, media, and technology (TMT) sectors, the new edition of this cutting-edge guide provides a comprehensiveoverview of the current telecom landscape. The book focuses on the interdependence of the IT infrastructure, multimedia content, and broadband transport network intoday's hyper-connected mobile environment and discusses the importance of storing, delivering, analyzing, tracking, and monetizing content. Emerging telecomtechnologies are described in detail. This up-to-date resource is essential for TMT professionals, business decision-makers, marketing and sales staff, and students.
Telecommunications Crash Course, Third Edition, covers:
- Standards and regulations
- Data communications protocols
- Telephony, VoIP, SS7, SIP, and IP PBX
- Premises technologies -- LANs, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, ZigBee, FireWire, Thunderbolt, and USB
- Content -- multimedia, video, and TV
- Fixed access technologies, including DSL, cable, DOCSIS 3.0, CMTS, and DSLAM
- Wireless access technologies such as CDMA, GSM, HSPA, LTE, Bluetooth, RFID, and satellite solutions
- Transport technologies -- frame relay, ATM, high-speed IP switching, optical networking, DWDM, channelized optics, and optical switching
- IP, IPv6, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and IP networking
- IT, telecom, and media convergence
- Cloud technologies, data centers, analytics, big data, security, Dumb Terminal 2.0, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and other emerging topics
Author: Steven Shepard
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 08/01/2014
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780071832663
ISBN10: 0071832661
BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Telecommunications
- Technology & Engineering | Electrical
About the Author
Steven Shepard, Ph.D., is the founder of the Shepard Communications Group and co-founder of the Executive Crash Course Company. He has more than 30 years of experience in the TMT industry and specializes in international issues in technology, with an emphasis on the social implications of technological change, technology infrastructure development, strategy creation, and technical marketing and sales. Dr. Shepard's global clients include major telecommunications manufacturers, service providers, software development firms, multinational corporations, universities, advertising firms, and regulatory bodies. He is the author of Voice Over IP Crash Course and several other books and articles.
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