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Introduction to Telecommunications Network Engineering

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Telecommunications is one of the fastest growing business sectors of modern
information technologies. A couple of decades ago, to have a basic understanding
of telecommunications, it was enough to know how the telephone
network operated. Today, the field of telecommunications encompasses a
vast variety of modern technologies and services. Some services, such as
the fixed telephone service in developed countries, have become mature,
and some have been exploding (e.g., cellular mobile communications and
the Internet). The deregulation of the telecommunications industry has
increased business growth, even though, maybe because, tariffs have
decreased.

The present telecommunications environment, in which each of us has
to make choices, has become complicated. In the past, there was only one
local telephone network operator that we chose to use or not use. Currently,
many operators offer us ADSL or cable modem for Internet access and we
have many options for telephone service as well.

Telecommunications is a strategically important resource for most
modern corporations and its importance continues to increase. Special attention
has to be paid to the security aspects and costs of services. The everchanging
telecommunications environment provides new options for users,
and we should be more aware of telecommunications as a whole to be able to
capitalize on the possibilities available today.
The business of telecommunications has been growing rapidly, and
many newcomers have found employment in this area. Even if these
newcomers have a technical background, they may feel that they have a very
restricted overall view of the telecommunications network as a whole. The
first purpose of this book is to provide an overall view of telecommunications
networks to newcomers to the telecommunications business. This kind of
general knowledge is useful to the users of telecommunications services, the
personnel of operators, and the employees of telecommunications system
manufacturers.

The professionals working with these complicated technologies very
often have extensive knowledge of one very narrow section of telecommunications,
but are not familiar with the hundreds of terms and abbreviations
that are used in other telecommunication areas by individuals with whom
they need to interact. One purpose of this book is to provide content to some
of the most common terms and abbreviations used in different areas of
telecommunications.

When I was working as a development department manager at Nokia,
I noticed that relatively few books are available that provide a good introduction
to data, fixed, and mobile networks. This kind of overview is valuable
for people entering a technology area in which all of these technologies
are emerging. Most of the books on the market explain telecommunications
from only one point of view even though there is no longer any
distinct separation of the networks that provide data, speech, and mobile
services.

Everyone working in the modern business environment, such as the
development engineers, testing personnel, and sales managers, must have a
common language if they are to work together efficiently, but not many
books supply that common language because they do not provide an overview
of telecommunications as a whole.

The material included in this book is used in the Telecommunications
Networks course for students of information technologies at the
Espoo-Vantaa Institute of Technology in Finland. The goal of this course
is to give students a basic understanding of the structure and operation of
a global telecommunications network. This course provides an overview
of telecommunications; the provision of a deeper understanding about
each subject, such as the spectral analysis of signals or detailed knowledge
of the operation and functions of mobile networks, is left to dedicated
courses.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

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Penerbit

Norwood : ARTECH HOUSE, INC.., 2003

Deskripsi Fisik

TK5105 .A55; 004.6—dc21

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

1-58053-500-3

Klasifikasi

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Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

2nd. Ed.

Subjek

TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI

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