0-07-145222-2McGraw-Hill 9780071452229 0071452222 Nov-05 List Price: $129.95Hardcover770 pages Our Price: $103.96 The telecommunications industry is changing at a lightning pace. Cable television providers offer dial tone and Internet access. Packet networks continue to replace circuit-switching networks for voice and data convergence. It seems that, with each new day, a new technology or emerging product creates a dramatically different landscape. The Irwin Handbook of Telecommunications, Fifth Edition, brings the entire spectrum of telecommunications into focus. This new edition of author James Harry Green's indispensable industry reference­­updated to concentrate on the increasingly global aspects of technologies­­provides top-to-bottom explanations of all aspects of telecommunications, plus clarifies the increasing interrelationship between telecom's numerous components. It's all here: Voice and data fundamentals Pulse code modulation Outside plant Structured wiring L ocal area network principles Circuit-switching concepts Packet technoliges Fiber optics Microwave radio Satellite transmission Cellular and PCS radio systems International Telecommunications Union standards Digital cable transmission systems PBX Centrex Automatic call distribution Voice processing Gigabit Ethernet Frame relay Internetworking and convergence Network management systems For precision, for reliability, for state-of-the-art technology­­The Irwin Handbook of Telecommunications stands alone. It remains the standard reference manual for anyone involved in, or just beginning to learn about, the telecommuncations industry.