This is a major update of the best selling 2nd edition which has sold 16,229 copies to date. A great deal has changed in telecommunications since the second edition was published in 1991. Therefore this edition is important to keeping the book in first place.
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. Appendices. Glossary. Answers to Selected Problems. Index.