Exhaustively revised and updated, the new edition of this highly successful book
provides a comprehensive overview of digital communications technology, specifically applied to modern telephone
systems. It places particular emphasis on system level design considerations, and the reasons why digital
technology has emerged to replace much of the older analogue technology in telephone networks throughout the
world.
- Provides a unique bridge between classical communications theory and the implementation of equipment and systems
- Authored by an internationally renowned expert in the field
- An essential research tool for hardware and software engineers, and senior or graduate students of electrical and computer engineering
From the reviews of the 2nd Edition:
"The book stresses how systems operate and the rationale behind their design, rather than presenting rigorous analytical formulations... [Readers] will find... the practicality and breadth essential to mastering the concepts of modern communication systems."
Telecommunication Journal
Contents:
- Background and Terminology
- Why Digital?
- Voice Digitization
- Digital Transmission and Multiplexing
- Digital Switching
- Digital Modulation and Radio Systems
- Network Synchronization Control and Management
- Fiber Optic Transmission Systems
- Digital Mobile Telephony
- Data and Asynchronous Transfer Mode Networks
- Digital Subscriber Access
- Traffic Analysis.
