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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830670403321

Autore

Freeman Roger L.

Titolo

Telecommunication system engineering / / Roger L. Freeman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Interscience, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-280-55741-9

9786610557417

0-471-72620-6

0-471-72848-9

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1026 p.)

Collana

Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing ; ; v.82

Disciplina

621.382

Soggetti

Telecommunication systems - Design and construction

Telephone systems - Design and construction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Basic Telephony; 1 Definition and Concept; 1.1 Telecommunication Networks; 2 The Simple Telephone Connection; 3 Sources and Sinks; 4 Telephone Networks: Introductory Terminology; 5 Essentials of Traffic Engineering; 5.1 Introduction and Terminology; 5.2 Measurement of Telephone Traffic; 5.3 Blockage, Lost Calls, and Grade of Service; 5.4 Availability; 5.5 ""Handling"" of Lost Calls; 5.6 Infinite and Finite Sources; 5.7 Probability-Distribution Curves; 5.8 Smooth, Rough, and Random Traffic; 6 Erlang and Poisson Traffic Formulas

6.1 Alternative Traffic Formula Conventions6.2 Computer Programs for Traffic Calculations; 7 Waiting Systems (Queueing); 7.1 Server-Pool Traffic; 8 Dimensioning and Efficiency; 8.1 Alternative Routing; 8.2 Efficiency versus Circuit Group Size; 9 Bases of Network Configurations; 9.1 Introductory Concepts; 9.2 Higher-Order Star Network; 10 Variations in Traffic Flow; 11 One-Way and Both-Way (Two-Way) Circuits; 12 Quality of Service; Chapter 2 Local Networks; 1 Introduction; 2 Subscriber Loop Design; 2.1 General; 2.2 Quality of a Telephone Speech Connection; 2.3 Subscriber Loop Design Techniques



3 Current Loop Design Techniques Used in North America3.1 Previous Design Rules; 3.2 Current Loop Design Rules; 4 Size of an Exchange Area Based on Number of Subscribers Served; 5 Shape of a Serving Area; 6 Exchange Location; 7 Design of Local Area Analog Trunks (Junctions); 8 Voice-Frequency Repeaters; 9 Tandem Routing; 10 Dimensioning of Trunks; 11 Community of Interest; Chapter 3 Switching in an Analog Environment; 1 Introduction; l.1 Background and Approach; l.2 Switching in the Telephone Network; 2 Numbering, One Basis of Switching; 3 Concentration and Expansion

4 Basic Switching Functions5 Introductory Switching Concepts; 6 Electromechanical Switching; 7 Multiples and Links; 8 Definitions: Degeneration, Availability, and Grading; 8.1 Degeneration; 8.2 Availability; 8.3 Grading; 9 The Crossbar Switch; 10 System Control; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Interexchange Control Register; 10.3 Common Control (Hard-Wired); 11 Stored-Program Control; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Basic Functions of Stored-Program Control; 11.3 Evolutionary Stored Program Control and Distributed Processing; 12 Concentrators, Outside Plant Modules, Remote Switching, and Satellites

13 Call Charging: European versus North American Approaches14 Transmission Factors in Switching; 14.1 Discussion; 15 Zero Test Level Point; 16 Numbering Concepts for Telephony; 16.1 Introduction; 16.2 Definitions; 16.3 Factors Affecting Numbering; 16.4 In-Dialing; 17 Telephone Traffic Measurement; 18 Dial-Service Observation; Chapter 4 Signaling for Analog Telephone Networks; 1 Introduction; 2 Supervisory Signaling; 2.1 E and M Signaling; 3 AC Signaling; 3.1 General; 3.2 Low-Frequency AC Signaling Systems; 3.3 In-Band Signaling; 3.4 Out-of-Band Signaling; 4 Address Signaling: Introduction

4.1 Two-Frequency Pulse Signaling

Sommario/riassunto

From the review of the Third Edition:<br>""A must for anyone in volved in the practical aspects of the telecommunications industry.""-CHOICE<br>* Outlines the expertise essential to the successful operation and design of every type of telecommunications networks in use today<br>* New edition is fully revised and expanded to present authoritative coverage of the important developments that have taken place since the previous edition was published<br>* Includes new chapters on hot topics such as cellular radio, asynchronous transfer mode, broadband technologies, and network management