Reference manual for telecommunications engineering, 2 volume set, 3rd ed.

' '"...an invaluable sourcebook...'"--Telecommunication Journal (review of the earlier editions) Contains hundreds of tables, figures, nomograms, formulas, statistics, and standards Provides a central source of basic information and the most frequently used data in day-to-day telecommunications engineering Offers up-to-date information on the most commonly used standards of the ITU, IEEE, and ANSI '

Telephone Traffic. Signaling. Switching. Numbering, Routing, and Networks. Noise, Modulation, and other Radio System Parameters. Transmission Factors in Telephony. Multiplexing Techniques. SONET and SDH. The Digital Network. Outside Plant-Metallic Pair Systems. Fiber-Optic Transmission. Radio-Frequency Data and Regulatory Information. Electromagnetic Wave Propagation. Radio Noise. High-Frequency (HF) Radio Systems. Line-of-Sight Microwave. Troposperic Scatter and Diffraction. Satellite Communications. Land Mobile Communications: Cellular Radio, Paging, and Personal Communication Services. Meteor Burst Communications. Antennas, Towers, and Passive Repeaters. Transmission Lines and Related Devices. Forward Error Correction. Data Transmission. Enterprise Networks I: Local Area Networks. Enterprise Networks II: Wide Area Networks. Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDNs). Broadband ISDN (B-ISDN) and the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). The Internet. Facsimile Transmission. Television Transmission. Community Antenna Television (CATV). Office and Industrial Communications. Emergency and Standby Power Systems for Telecommunications. Standard Time and Frequency. Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability. Grounding, Bonding, and Shielding. Electromagnetic Compatibility. Engineering Economy. Unit Conversions. Miscellaneous Data.