本书以知名公司的典型产品为背景,以通信常用业务为基础,概括地介绍了近年来(截止到2001年)通信网络的*新发展成果、关键技术及发展趋势。

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1
Fundamentals
1 Basic Concepts
2 Telephone Systems,Peripherals and Cabling
Part 2
Industry Overview
3 The Bell System and Regulatory Affairs
4 Network Service Providers and Local Competiti
N_5 The Public Network
Park 3
Advanced Technologies,The Internet and Wireless
6 Specialized Network Services
7 Analog,Cable TV and Digital Modems and Set-Top Boxes
8 The Internet
9 Wireless Services
10 Globalizati
N_Glossary
Bibliography
Index