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Telecommunications

An Interdisciplinary Text

By: Leonard Lewin (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 December 1984

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Biographies of Contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xvii
Introduction: Telecommunications and Academia	p. ixx
International Constraints on the Use of Telecommunications: The Role of the International Telecommunications Union	p. 1
Introduction	p. 2
Historical Background	p. 3
Structure	p. 8
The Product	p. 17
Conclusions	p. 29
ITV Organizational Structure	p. 30
The General Secretariat of the ITU	p. 31
References	p. 32
The FCC as an Institution	p. 37
Introduction	p. 38
Model 1: The Rational Actor	p. 39
Model 2: Organizational Process	p. 51
Model 3: Political Process	p. 69
The Reform of the FCC	p. 84
Institutional Development	p. 90
References	p. 93
FCC Regulations of Land Mobile Radio -- A Case History	p. 105
Introduction	p. 105
Definitions	p. 106
Early Technological Developments	p. 107
Regulatory and Further Technological Developments	p. 108
Docket 18262: Reallocation of Spectrum Space Near 900 MHz for Land Mobile Services	p. 112
Postscript	p. 121
References	p. 131
Broadcast Control and Regulation	p. 133
Introduction	p. 134
Distinction Between Governmental and Non-governmental Controls	p. 134
Governmental Controls	p. 134
Control by Ownership	p. 145
Economic Controls	p. 147
Audience Influence	p. 154
Pressure Groups	p. 157
Sociological and Psychological Influences	p. 160
Technological Controls	p. 162
Control by Other Means	p. 166
Review and Forecast	p. 168
References	p. 169
Engineering Economy	p. 173
Economic Analysis a Prerequisite to Action in the Telecommunications Industry	p. 175
Interest and Return	p. 177
Equivalent Uniform Annual Cost Comparison	p. 192
Comparison of Alternatives by the Present Worth Method	p. 196
Comparison of Alternatives Using the Rate of Return Method	p. 204
Benefit-Cost Analysis	p. 209
Other Yardsticks	p. 211
Depreciation and Income Tax	p. 212
Multiple Alternatives	p. 221
Replacement	p. 225
Leasing	p. 227
Inflation	p. 227
Accounting and Engineering Economy	p. 228
Summary of Concepts in Engineering Economy	p. 233
References	p. 234
Telephone Rates: Economic Theory and Current Issues	p. 237
Introduction	p. 237
The Logic of Marginal Cost Pricing	p. 239
Adjustments for Irrationality and Externalities	p. 241
The Pricing Dilemma in Decreasing-Cost Activities	p. 243
Value-of-Service Pricing	p. 249
Telephone Rates in the US	p. 259
Toward Cost-of-Service Pricing for Local Service	p. 267
References	p. 271
Telephone Systems	p. 273
Introduction	p. 273
Speech and Hearing	p. 274
Voice Transmission Systems	p. 285
Switching Systems	p. 306
Signaling Systems	p. 328
Summary	p. 340
Computer Networking and Data Communications	p. 341
Introduction and Overview	p. 342
Transmission Codes	p. 343
Clocks, Timing, and Synchronization	p. 350
Protocols	p. 354
Computer Network Architecture	p. 369
Digital Multiplexers and Concentrators	p. 393
Basic Data Transmission	p. 398
The Communication Network	p. 412
Summary Remarks	p. 414
References	p. 415
An Introduction to the Local Area Network Concept	p. 419
Introduction	p. 420
Local Network Architectures and Access Control	p. 423
Network Topologies	p. 424
Access Methods	p. 427
Extending Local Area Networks	p. 431
Ethernet	p. 435
The Medium	p. 437
Security Issues for LANs	p. 440
Measurement of LAN Performance	p. 444
LANs and PBXs	p. 445
Standards	p. 446
References	p. 447
Telecommunications Systems	p. 449
Introduction	p. 450
Trends in Telecommunications	p. 450
Communication Signals	p. 452
Quantitative Characterization of Telecommunication Signals and Systems	p. 480
Types of Telecommunication Systems	p. 484
Communication Systems	p. 486
Communication Traffic	p. 502
Conclusions	p. 505
References	p. 507
The Transmission of Electromagnetic Signals	p. 509
Electromagnetic Waves and the Electromagnetic Spectrum	p. 509
Transmission Lines, Waveguides and Antennas	p. 517
Tropospheric Propagation	p. 534
Ionospheric Propagation	p. 546
Propagation Effects on Satellite and Deep Space Telecommunications	p. 554
References	p. 559
Satellite Communications	p. 565
Introduction	p. 565
An Overview of Satellite Communication Systems	p. 568
The Communication Link	p. 579
Applications	p. 598
Future Outlook	p. 602
References	p. 603
Basic Mathematical and Engineering Concepts	p. 605
Introduction	p. 607
Basic Physical Relationships	p. 608
Trigonometric Functions	p. 615
Electromagnetic Wave Transmission	p. 626
Indices, Logarithms and Exponential Functions	p. 630
Decibels and Nepers	p. 634
Geometrical Features	p. 636
Complex Numbers	p. 640
Differential and Integral Calculus	p. 648
Probability	p. 655
Index	p. 669
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