Out in the field, in your office, or in class, "Telecommunications Pocket Reference, by Travis Russell, helps you deliver winning telecom decisions for any system. An overview of telecom basics - transmission, protocols, and networking - this handy tool designed for easy portability answers virtually any telecom question, from network configurations to voice over the Internet. Uniquely readable, it gives you:
* Comparative data on all major telecom technologies and protocols
* Coverage of LAN/WANs, including Ethernet, Token Ring, and FDDI
* Answers on TCP/IP, voice over IP, and other Internet technologies
* Key facts on ISDN, broadband ISDN, cellular, SONET, ATM, Signaling System #7, and more
* Data on fiber optics, switching and bridging, and cellular protocols
* Critical information on emerging technologies such as Local Number Portability (LNP) and Number Pooling