This unique book serves as a readable, holistic introduction to telecommunications. Far more than an acronym-studded quick fix, Telecom Crash Course is a true tutorial that offers context, connections--and humor-- to teach the importance of key technologies. Author Steven Shepard, an accomplished writer and teachers, uses lively stories that deliver important points about the markets that drive the technologies. He provides not only rigorous technical accuracy, with explanations of each technology's economic importance, but a market and customer-focused analysis of the use and business significance of each technology – and how they relate to each other.
Recent advances in VoIP (Voice over IP) technology have made it the solution of choice for voice service because of its low cost and increased reliability. Voice Over IP Crash Course offers practical technology coverage, while discussing the business, strategic and competitive implications of VoIP deployment in corporations. The book also covers the challenges faced by service providers as they evolve to an IP infrastructure while continuing to operate the PSTN. Coverage includes: IP and wireless, IP protocols vs. PSTN Interworking between SS7 and IP-based protocols Network components VoIP Products and manufacturing strategies
Get the latest information on optical networking technologies, companies and trends. Penetrate the facts behind the speculation on optical networking’s promise as a potential solution to skyrocketing Internet traffic. With Steve Shepard’s Optical Networking Crash Course, you’ll discover what’s what, who’s who, and how it all works together in the speed-of-light world of optical networking. From technologies, equipment, companies and competitors to nitty-gritty issues such as security, signal sinks, backhoe fade, add-drop mix and much, much more, this state-of-the-art guide is a must-read if you want to: Compare optical and other strategies such as cable, DSL, and LMDS Understand optical technology means, methods, potentials, and constraints Learn what DWDM (Dense Wave Division Multiplexing) is and why it could change everything Get straight answers on optical transport issues, routing, switching and more.
GET “SHEPARDED” TO THE REAL DEAL ON MANs Promising delivery of backbone-size bandwidth locally, where it’s needed, the metro area glows with vast profit potential—and some of the most brazen hype and outrageously confusing counterclaims in communications. Now Steven Shepard puts things in focus. One of tech's top writers, Shepard brings you clarity, breadth, and depth of vision—and a winning wit—to make understanding metro area networking a pleasure. You must read this book if— * You intend to explore the most potentially lucrative area of telecom *Unlimited bandwidth appeals to you * You work in communications management or technology but are not thoroughly versed in metro area networking * It’s your job to open the MAN bottleneck and let the bandwidth flow * Robust recovery, ease of local routing, and features such as QoS (Quality of Service), OSS (Operations Support Systems), and MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) could be useful bottleneck-breakers * Orders of magnitude increases in bandwidth on a given strand of fiber are desirable * The question of which technologies are most likely to succeed in MANs falls into your need-to-know category A roadmap to Sonet, DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing), Fibre Channel, InfiniBand, 10 Gb Ethernet, Bluetooth, and other technologies in the MAN would be a valuable commodity * Knowing how VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) and SANs (Storage Area Networks) fit into Metro Area Networks sounds rewarding * The words dynamic routing, bandwidth increase, and packet addressing send shivers down your spine * You have a stake in business, and your business has a stake in the Internet * Investing in businesses crucial to the future of the Internet makes your wallet pocket tingle Metro Area Networks are going to be major telecom profit centers for years to come. If you are a networking professional—an investor or a manager—you must absorb this cutting edge insight into MANs today—and tomorrow.
With estimates of the market as high as $10 billion over the next decade, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a booming new wireless technology being adapted by retailers to track inventories via a microchip tagged product. This book is a basic introduction, walking readers through the complete implementation and monitoring process, and offers in-depth coverage of related business and security issues. Contents: Defining RFID * Underlying Technologies * Technological Competitors * Current RFID Applications * Future RFID Applications * RFID/WiFi/3G/Bluetooth Coexistence * Implementations * Potential Roadblocks * RFID Security * RFID Chips, Readers, and Application Sets * Short and Long Term Forecasts
Provides up-to-date coverage of Sonet/SDH technology written at a level that will be understandable to technicians working in the telecommunications industry. Includes detailed examples of DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) and WDM (wavelength division multiplexing)
An Introduction to This Innovative and Revolutionary Next-Generation Communication Solution The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is a powerful, emerging technology that will change the way we live, work, and communicate. Through convergence of fixed and wireless networks, IMS delivers seamless roaming to multimedia devices regardless of location or access modality. This much-needed resource gives you an easy-to-understand overview of the development, evolving standards, and excitingly imminent future of IMS. Expand Your Understanding of IMS Written by a renowned professional author and educator with 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, IMS Crash Course gives you a broad perspective on why IMS evolved, how the technology works, its system requirements, and potential regulatory issues—all in one convenient package. If you are looking to make sense of this breakthrough technology, its benefits, and its real-world implementations, read this book first. Full coverage of IMS including: An early history of IMS Converging wireless and wireline Network, software, and signaling requirements IMS regulatory issues IMS’s future
A psychologist who barely survived a disastrous fire, Steven Shepard provides essential tips for avoiding fires and saving lives if one occurs. He advises readers in how to deal with the trauma of a fire’s aftermath, as well as how to talk to insurance companies.
In troduction to werless and WIMAX, WIMAX history and support organizations, how WIMAXworks, WIMAX applications and services, WIMAX regulatoru issues ...
This text aims to provide everything necessary to successfully deploy video-conferencing in a meeting, training or conference environment. Key features include: benefits versus liabilities of video conferences; purchasing / renting / using key components and equipment; and key technologies - streaming media, web conferencing, IP multicasting and LAN capacity.
COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE LATEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDS Fully revised to address the convergence of the telecom, media, and technology (TMT) sectors, the new edition of this cutting-edge guide provides a comprehensive overview of the current telecom landscape. The book focuses on the interdependence of the IT infrastructure, multimedia content, and broadband transport network in today's hyper-connected mobile environment and discusses the importance of storing, delivering, analyzing, tracking, and monetizing content. Emerging telecom technologies are described in detail. This up-to-date resource is essential for TMT professionals, business decision-makers, marketing and sales staff, and students. Telecommunications Crash Course, Third Edition, covers: Standards and regulations Data communications protocols Telephony, VoIP, SS7, SIP, and IP PBX Premises technologies -- LANs, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, ZigBee, FireWire, Thunderbolt, and USB Content -- multimedia, video, and TV Fixed access technologies, including DSL, cable, DOCSIS 3.0, CMTS, and DSLAM Wireless access technologies such as CDMA, GSM, HSPA, LTE, Bluetooth, RFID, and satellite solutions Transport technologies -- frame relay, ATM, high-speed IP switching, optical networking, DWDM, channelized optics, and optical switching IP, IPv6, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and IP networking IT, telecom, and media convergence Cloud technologies, data centers, analytics, big data, security, Dumb Terminal 2.0, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and other emerging topics
In 1956 Brian Canfield got his first job at the BC Telephone Company as an apprentice installer. He was just out of high school, only eighteen years old, a local kid born and raised in New Westminster, and he took to this new opportunity like he would to any new opportunity in his career: with passion and wonder and huge commitment. Over a career spanning almost six decades, Canfield rose through the ranks of BC Tel, first in technical roles where he discovered his love for technology and learning how things work, and eventually as a manager and executive, where he found his passion for leadership, strategic planning and mentorship. He became President and CEO in 1990, then Chairman in 1993, and over his twenty-four-year tenure at the helm, he steered the company through a period of massive change in the telecom industry, eventually making the decision to make the company a national carrier. A much-loved, well respected employee, executive and leader, Canfield exemplifies the values that guide modern day TELUS, a company that strives to innovate and give back to the community. Told in a lively and engaging manner, and featuring full colour photographs throughout, Answering the Call is an inspirational look back at one man’s remarkable career.
The invasion of the future has begun. Literary legends including Steven Millhauser, Junot Diáz, Amiri Baraka, and Katharine Dunn have attacked the borders of the every day. Like time traveling mad-scientists, they have concocted outrageous creations from the future. They have seized upon tales of technology gone wrong and mandated that pulp fiction must finally grow up. In these wildly-speculative stories you will discover the company that controls the world from an alley in Greenwich Village. You’ll find nanotechnology that returns memories to the residents of a nursing home. You’ll rally an avian-like alien to become a mascot for a Major League Baseball team. The Invaders are here. But did science fiction colonize them first?
This title uniquely bridges the gap between the business and the technology of the supply chain. Using highly relevant business and technology examples, the authors examine the whole supply chain--the underlying policies, practices, procedures, and systems--offering concrete ways to improve the value that this increasingly important operation brings to business.
The Shepherd: A Society Lost, is an action-packed post-apocalyptic thrill ride detailing the struggles of former sheriff Jessie Townsend as he and his family seek shelter from a crumbling world with a self-sufficient life on a homestead deep in the Rocky Mountains. Sanctuary soon becomes what he meant to escape, peaceful bliss slipping into desperation and despair in the aftermath of events that shook the foundations that shaped our world to the core. An unholy alliance of conspirators had sought the collapse of our civilization in order to rebuild and reclaim it as their own. Never truly intending to coexist, the unlikely allies found their courses diverging, leading to a struggle that dealt the final death blows to our society. In the absence of the order and structure of our modern civilization, evil, suffering, and chaos were unleashed throughout the world. As the post-collapse struggles of the outside world begin to threaten Jessie's mountain hideaway, a return to the world he left behind becomes a chance for redemption and survival in-a society lost.
From very early on in his career, John F. Kennedy’s allure was more akin to a movie star than a presidential candidate. Why were Americans so attracted to Kennedy in the late 1950s and early 1960s—his glamorous image, good looks, cool style, tough-minded rhetoric, and sex appeal? As Steve Watts argues, JFK was tailor made for the cultural atmosphere of his time. He benefited from a crisis of manhood that had welled up in postwar America when men had become ensnared by bureaucracy, softened by suburban comfort, and emasculated by a generation of newly-aggressive women. Kennedy appeared to revive the modern American man as youthful and vigorous, masculine and athletic, and a sexual conquistador. His cultural crusade involved other prominent figures, including Frank Sinatra, Norman Mailer, Ian Fleming, Hugh Hefner, Ben Bradlee, Kirk Douglas, and Tony Curtis, who collectively symbolized masculine regeneration. JFK and the Masculine Mystique is not just another standard biography of the youthful president. By examining Kennedy in the context of certain books, movies, social critiques, music, and cultural discussions that framed his ascendancy, Watts shows us the excitement and sense of possibility, the optimism and aspirations, that accompanied the dawn of a new age in America.
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