The Telecommunications Handbook [Hardcover]

Kornel Terplan (Editor), Patricia A. Morreale (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0849331374 | ISBN-13: 978-0849331374 | Publication Date: December 28, 1999 | Edition: 1

A panel of renowned experts from around the world contributed to this authoritative handbook that covers the essential aspects of this most dynamic field of communications and networking activity. Edited by Dr. Kornel Terplan and Patricia Morreale - well known authorities in telecommunications- this important new handbook provides basic principles and definitions, details the tremendous advances in technology, outlines implementation techniques, and discusses the outstanding issues and key challenges faced by communications and networking specialists.
The telecommunications topics addressed include:
o Basic principles o Services on broadband networks o Signal processing and coding schemes o Mobile and wireless networks o DSL technologies o Digital video and multimedia o Quality of service o Regulation o Standards o Emerging technologies
Exhaustive in scope and packed with diagrams, tables, and illustrations, The Telecommunications Handbook is an indispensable, detailed reference for engineers, analysts, managers, and students involved in a wide range of telecommunication and networking activities.

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From the Back Cover

Electrical Engineering Engineering Electromagnetic Compatibility Principles, Measurements, Technologies, and Computer Models Second Edition This practical, enhanced second edition will teach you to avoid costly post-design electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) fixes. Once again, V. Prasad Kodali provides a comprehensive introduction to EMC and presents current technical information on sources of electromagnetic interference (EMI), EMC/EMI measurements, technologies to control EMI, computer simulation and design, and international EMC standards. Features added to this second edition include:
* Two new chapters covering EMC computer modeling and simulation and signal integrity
* Expanded assignments at the close of each chapter
* Illustrative examples that enhance comprehension
* Updated information in Selected Bibliography and EMC Standards chapters
* A new appendix that lists websites relevant to EMC/EMI
Engineering Electromagnetic Compatibility, Second Edition is presented in a concise, user-friendly format that combines a rigorous solutions-based, mathematical treatment of the underlying theories of EMC with the most recent practical applications. It is ideally suited as a desk reference for practicing engineers and as a textbook for students who need to understand the form and function of EMC and its relevance to a variety of systems. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

About the Author V. Prasad Kodali's studies on EMI and EMC have spanned two decades. During the 1980s, he planned and set up the Center for Electromagnetics as a national-level laboratory in India for studies on electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). By 1989, Dr. Kodali received the Vasvik Research Award for Electronic Sciences and Technology for his contributions to the fields of radar and EMC technologies. From 1989 to 1994, he was the national project director of a United Nations Development Program supported project on EMC and ergonomic designs. Dr. Kodali has published 50 papers in the areas of his research and technical interests, which include circuit theory, computers, microwave semiconductors, radar electronics, and EMC. He is an IEEE Fellow. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 424 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (December 28, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849331374
• ISBN-13: 978-0849331374
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,805,021 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Section on regulation very disappointing, May 23, 2001

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This review is from: The Telecommunications Handbook (Hardcover)

I bought this book because I recently joined the in-house legal department of a telecom company and wanted to know more about telecom regulation. I saw the book in a bookstore and, seeing that it had about 150 pages on regulation, ordered it through amazon later. Big mistake. The regulation section is a series of almost completely random articles on the subject of regulation - whatever they could get a contributor to write about, I guess. I wanted a structured intro into US telecom regulation. While there is some coverage it is not presented as a guide and there is a lot of utterly useless stuff - for an example, a discussion of the Gambian experience in deregulation (I wish I was making this up..). I had planned to read the rest of the book for general industry reference, but assuming it is of similar quality, it is hard for me to work up the energy to do so.