Description: Renowned communications engineer E. Bryan Carne has added extensive new coverage of signaling, including noise and errors, 2B1Q pulse formats, scrambling/descrambling, MPEG, digital TV, spread spectrum modulation, and more. You'll find a new chapter describing the characteristics of common bearers: wiring, optical fiber, WDM, cellular radio, and satellites. The book contains new coverage of multiplexing, hybrid voice/data/video connections; ISO network management; high-speed and cable modems; and more. Carne presents detailed coverage of the relationship among packet switching, frame relay and cell relay; the role of traffic engineering in local and long-distance networks; the operation of routers and gateways; and new initiatives such as Internet 2 and vBNS. You'll also find new coverage of the implications of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

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