Technologies and Systems for Access and Transport NetworksMost telecom books explore a specific system or technology, like GSM or ATM, and quickly go out of date. Not this one - it's the first volume that focuses on core technologies at the heart of every system, showing engineers how to apply, reuse, and enhance these building blocks from one generation of networks to the next. It unravels the complexities behind such technologies as synchronization, multiple access, and switching to help telecom professionals optimize performance in any system and pave the way to next-generation advances of their own. An indispensable reference, solutions kit, and idea book wrapped up in one, the book is designed to help all telecom professionals thrive as current systems evolve and new systems emerge. |
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allocated antenna application bandwidth base station binary bit error bit rate buffer burst cable carrier CDMA cell chip sequence circuit switched clock connection connection-oriented consists contains data rate datagram delay demodulation division multiple access division multiplexing DS-CDMA duration duty signal Earth station envelope Ethernet example exchange FDMA filter frame frequency bands frequency hopping function GGSN GPRS handover header INMARSAT input signal interface Internet Kbps land mobile layer length matrix Mbps method mobile systems mobile terminal modulator multiple access N)-layer octets operation optical packet parameters path payload phase phase detector phase-locked loop pointer procedure propagation protocol radio random access ring modulator router routing satellite systems sent SGSN shown in Figure slot switching synchronization TDMA telecommunications timeslot tion traffic transfer transmission transmitter UMTS unique word WiMax WLAN