| Acknowledgments | p. v |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. xiv |
| What is a Broadband Network? | p. 1 |
| Transmission Facilities | p. 2 |
| Transmission Types: Advantages and Disadvantages | p. 4 |
| Metal | p. 4 |
| Fiber Optics | p. 5 |
| Multiplexing Techniques | p. 8 |
| A Growing Problem: Pole Space/Conduit Space | p. 8 |
| Microwave/Radio (Cellular, PCS, etc.) | p. 11 |
| Wireless Transmissions (Cellular, PCS Bands, LMDS, etc.) | p. 15 |
| Wireless Transmission Ranges | p. 16 |
| Evaluating Transmission Facilities | p. 20 |
| Transmission Media: Data Rates | p. 22 |
| Analog versus Digital | p. 23 |
| Network Signaling | p. 25 |
| Multi-Frequency Signaling | p. 27 |
| Common Channel Signaling (CCS) | p. 29 |
| Common Channel Signaling (CCS) Network Architecture | p. 31 |
| The OSI Network Model | p. 33 |
| The OSI Layers | p. 33 |
| The SS7 Model and The SS7 Layers | p. 34 |
| Transitioning Existing Network Technology: Issues | p. 38 |
| Summary | p. 39 |
| Transmission Concepts | p. 41 |
| Basic Impairments to Voice Transmissions | p. 43 |
| Attenuation Distortion | p. 43 |
| Phase Distortion | p. 44 |
| Noise | p. 46 |
| Echo | p. 50 |
| Singing | p. 51 |
| Digital and Analog: What Are They? | p. 52 |
| Multiplexing | p. 55 |
| Digitizing the Analog Signal: Pulse Code Modulation | p. 58 |
| Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) | p. 58 |
| Coding | p. 62 |
| Other Modulation Techniques | p. 68 |
| Differential Pulse Code Modulation (DPCM) | p. 68 |
| Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM) | p. 69 |
| Continuously Variable Slope Delta Modulation (CVSD) | p. 69 |
| Vector Quantizing Code (VQC) | p. 70 |
| High-Capacity Voice (HCV) | p. 70 |
| Transmission: Local versus Long Distance | p. 71 |
| Long Distance | p. 71 |
| Local Loop | p. 72 |
| Routing Methodologies | p. 74 |
| Hierarchical Routing/Alternate Routing | p. 74 |
| Dynamic Routing | p. 78 |
| Packet Switching | p. 80 |
| Routing Issues | p. 81 |
| Summary | p. 82 |
| Fiber Broadband Network Technologies | p. 83 |
| Optical History | p. 83 |
| Understanding the Physics of Fiber Optics | p. 85 |
| The Structure of a Fiber Optic Transmission Facility | p. 87 |
| Fiber Optic Light Sources | p. 89 |
| Grades of Fiber | p. 90 |
| Multimode | p. 91 |
| Single Mode Fiber | p. 94 |
| Fiber Optic Uses | p. 95 |
| Optical Transmission Formats | p. 98 |
| Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) | p. 100 |
| Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) | p. 103 |
| SDH and SONET: In Perspective | p. 104 |
| Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) | p. 105 |
| WDM/DWDM Capacities | p. 107 |
| Free-space Optics | p. 109 |
| Implementation Issues | p. 111 |
| Summary | p. 113 |
| Metallic Broadband Technologies | p. 115 |
| Local Loop | p. 115 |
| Digital Subscriber Line Technologies: xDSL | p. 118 |
| Reasons for xDSL | p. 119 |
| Deploying xDSL | p. 122 |
| Components of xDSL | p. 123 |
| Types of xDSL | p. 125 |
| High Data Rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL) | p. 126 |
| Very High Data Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) | p. 127 |
| ISDN Digital Subscriber Line (IDSL) | p. 127 |
| Single Digital Subscriber Line (S-DSL) | p. 127 |
| Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL) | p. 127 |
| Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) | p. 128 |
| Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line (RADSL) | p. 129 |
| Advantages of xDSL | p. 129 |
| Disadvantages of xDSL | p. 131 |
| Coaxial Cable | p. 131 |
| Hybrid Fiber--Coaxial Cable | p. 132 |
| Metal versus Fiber: Decision Process | p. 135 |
| Summary | p. 135 |
| Wireless Broadband Technologies | p. 137 |
| Wireless Broadband Implementations | p. 138 |
| Cellular/Personal Communications Services (PCS) | p. 139 |
| Cellular Carriers | p. 139 |
| Personal Communications Services (PCS) | p. 141 |
| Wireless Broadband Implementations: Cellular and PCS Core Discussion | p. 144 |
| What Is 3G? | p. 144 |
| Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) | p. 145 |
| Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) | p. 150 |
| Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) | p. 151 |
| 3G Wireless Service Implementations | p. 157 |
| High-Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCD) | p. 158 |
| General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) | p. 159 |
| Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) | p. 160 |
| Wideband CDMA | p. 162 |
| Code Division Multiple Access 2000 (CDMA2000) | p. 164 |
| Satellite Communications Systems | p. 166 |
| What Is a Satellite? | p. 167 |
| Satellite Spectrum Bands | p. 169 |
| Satellite Classifications | p. 173 |
| Other Satellite Classifications | p. 173 |
| Satellite Signaling Applications | p. 175 |
| Satellite Wireless Broadband | p. 176 |
| Satellite Internet Issues | p. 177 |
| Wireless Local Loop (WLL) | p. 180 |
| Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS) and Local Multipoint Communications Service (LMCS) Carriers | p. 183 |
| LMDS/LMCS Radio Impairments | p. 184 |
| LMDS/LMCS Services | p. 186 |
| Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) Carriers | p. 186 |
| Summary | p. 189 |
| Network Signaling Formats | p. 191 |
| Intersystem Signaling (Internetwork Signaling) | p. 193 |
| Multi-Frequency (MF) Signaling | p. 193 |
| Signaling System 7 (SS7)/Common Channel Signaling 7 (CCS7) | p. 196 |
| SS7 Benefits | p. 197 |
| Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) | p. 199 |
| Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Signaling Description | p. 201 |
| ATM Advantages | p. 202 |
| ATM Disadvantages | p. 203 |
| ATM Cost--Benefit Discussion | p. 204 |
| ATM and Its Role in the Future of Broadband | p. 205 |
| ATM Mechanics | p. 206 |
| Frame Relay | p. 212 |
| Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) | p. 216 |
| TCP/IP Protocol Architecture | p. 217 |
| Summary | p. 220 |
| Commercial Applications: Business Segments | p. 221 |
| Wireline Telephone Networks | p. 222 |
| End Office | p. 224 |
| Tandems | p. 224 |
| Wireline Telephone Network/Traffic Structure | p. 225 |
| Wireline Services--No Broadband | p. 230 |
| Wireless Carrier Networks | p. 232 |
| Cellular and Personal Communications Services (PCS) | p. 232 |
| Cellular Carrier--Regulation | p. 232 |
| Personal Communications Service (PCS) Regulation | p. 235 |
| From the Perspective of the Cellular Carriers | p. 235 |
| Cellular and PCS Network Concepts | p. 236 |
| Cellular and PCS Broadband Services | p. 238 |
| Satellite | p. 239 |
| Satellite Wireless Broadband | p. 240 |
| Wireless Local Loop | p. 240 |
| The Internet: A Broadband Business Space | p. 241 |
| What Is the Internet? | p. 242 |
| Internet Network Architecture | p. 243 |
| New Types of Telecommunications Service Providers | p. 244 |
| The Key to Creating Services | p. 247 |
| Summary | p. 248 |
| Broadband Convergence | p. 251 |
| Broadband Attributes | p. 253 |
| Wireless Broadband: 4G | p. 253 |
| The Local Loop Bandwidth Barrier | p. 254 |
| The Internet | p. 255 |
| Who Will Use Broadband Services? | p. 257 |
| Summary | p. 260 |
| Acronyms, Definitions, and Terminology | p. 261 |
| Bibliography | p. 311 |
| Index | p. 313 |
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