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| About the Author | |
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| About LIDO | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: Understanding the Broadband Evolution | |
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| Communications Fundamentals | |
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| Telecommunications Technology Fundamentals | |
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| Transmission Lines | |
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| Types of Network Connections | |
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| The Electromagnetic Spectrum and Bandwidth | |
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| Analog and Digital Transmission | |
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| Multiplexing | |
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| Political and Regulatory Forces in Telecommunications | |
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| Traditional Transmission Media | |
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| Twisted-Pair | |
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| Coaxial Cable | |
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| Microwave | |
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| Satellite | |
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| Fiber Optics | |
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| Establishing Communications Channels | |
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| Establishing Connections: Networking Modes and Switching Modes | |
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| The PSTN Versus the Internet | |
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| The PSTN | |
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| The PSTN Infrastructure | |
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| The Transport Network Infrastructure | |
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| Signaling Systems | |
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| Intelligent Networks | |
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| SS7 and Next-Generation Networks | |
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| Data Networking and the Internet | |
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| Data Communications Basics | |
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| The Evolution of Data Communications | |
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| Data Flow | |
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| The OSI Reference Model and the TCP/IP Reference Model | |
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| Local Area Networking | |
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| LAN Basics | |
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| LAN Characteristics | |
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| LAN Interconnection and Internetworking | |
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| Wide Area Networking | |
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| Circuit-Switched Networks | |
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| Packet-Switched Networks | |
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| The Internet and IP Infrastructures | |
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| Internet Basics | |
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| Internet Addressing and Address Resolution | |
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| The Organization of the Internet | |
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| IP QoS | |
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| Whats Next on the Internet | |
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| The New Generation of Networks | |
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| IP Services | |
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| The Evolution to IP Services | |
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| IPT | |
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| IPTV | |
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| VPNs | |
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| Next-Generation Networks | |
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| The Broadband Evolution | |
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| Multimedia Networking Requirements | |
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| The Broadband Infrastructure | |
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| Next-Generation Networks and Convergence | |
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| The Next-Generation Network Infrastructure | |
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| Optical Networking | |
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| Optical Networking Today and Tomorrow | |
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| End-to-End Optical Networking | |
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| The Optical Edge | |
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| The Optical Core: Overlay Versus Peer-to-Peer Networking Models | |
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| The IP+Optical Control Plane | |
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| The Migration to Optical Networking | |
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| Broadband Access Alternatives | |
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| Drivers of Broadband Access | |
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| DSL Technology | |
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| Cable TV Networks | |
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| Fiber Solutions | |
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| Wireless Broadband | |
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| Broadband PLT | |
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| HANs | |
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| Wireless Communications | |
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| Wireless Communications Basics | |
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| A Brief History of Wireless Telecommunications | |
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| Wireless Communications Regulations Issues | |
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| Wireless Impairments | |
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| Antennas | |
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| Wireless Bandwidth | |
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| Wireless Signal Modulation | |
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| Spectrum Utilization | |
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| Wireless WANs | |
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| Analog Transmission | |
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| Digital Cellular Radio | |
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| Enhanced Data Services | |
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| Moving Toward Broadband Wireless | |
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| Beyond 3G | |
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| Wireless Broadband | |
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| Intelligent Technologies | |
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| WMANs, WLANs, and WPANs | |
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| WMANs | |
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| WLANs | |
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| PANs | |
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| Emerging Wireless Applications | |
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| The Handset Revolution | |
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| Mobile IP | |
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| The IP Multimedia Subsystem | |
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| Mobile Gaming | |
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| Mobile Video | |
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| Mobile TV | |
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| Mobile Content | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |