Broadband Crash Course

by P J Louis

Overview

This work provides base business decisions on a savvy understanding of the interrelationships between network technologies, and guidelines on how to profitably deliver broadband services across all major network types. It also describes how 3G wireless, the wireless internet, softswitching and M-commerce will affect business.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071380607
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date:	08/28/2001
Series:	McGraw-Hill Telecom Portable Consultant
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.16(h) x 0.91(d)

About the Author

P.J. Louis, has nearly a quarter of a century's worth of experience in the telecom business. Mr. Louis is currently Vice President of Carrier Marketing & Product Management with TruePosition, Inc., a leading provider of wireless location services. Mr. Louis had also served as chief of staff for engineering in NYNEX. He has held a number of leadership positions within Bell Communications Research and NextWave Wireless. Mr. Louis is a former officer of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Communications Society-New York Section. Mr. Louis is a registered engineer in the State of New York. Mr. Louis is also the author of "Telecommunications Internetworking."

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	v
	Preface	xiii
	Introduction	xiv
Chapter 1	What is a Broadband Network?	1
	Transmission Facilities	2
	Transmission Types: Advantages and Disadvantages	4
	Metal	4
	Fiber Optics	5
	Multiplexing Techniques	8
	A Growing Problem: Pole Space/Conduit Space	8
	Microwave/Radio (Cellular, PCS, etc.)	11
	Wireless Transmissions (Cellular, PCS Bands, LMDS, etc.)	15
	Wireless Transmission Ranges	16
	Evaluating Transmission Facilities	20
	Transmission Media: Data Rates	22
	Analog versus Digital	23
	Network Signaling	25
	Multi-Frequency Signaling	27
	Common Channel Signaling (CCS)	29
	Common Channel Signaling (CCS) Network Architecture	31
	The OSI Network Model	33
	The OSI Layers	33
	The SS7 Model and The SS7 Layers	34
	Transitioning Existing Network Technology: Issues	38
	Summary	39
Chapter 2	Transmission Concepts	41
	Basic Impairments to Voice Transmissions	43
	Attenuation Distortion	43
	Phase Distortion	44
	Noise	46
	Echo	50
	Singing	51
	Digital and Analog: What Are They?	52
	Multiplexing	55
	Digitizing the Analog Signal: Pulse Code Modulation	58
	Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM)	58
	Coding	62
	Other Modulation Techniques	68
	Differential Pulse Code Modulation (DPCM)	68
	Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM)	69
	Continuously Variable Slope Delta Modulation (CVSD)	69
	Vector Quantizing Code (VQC)	70
	High-Capacity Voice (HCV)	70
	Transmission: Local versus Long Distance	71
	Long Distance	71
	Local Loop	72
	Routing Methodologies	74
	Hierarchical Routing/Alternate Routing	74
	Dynamic Routing	78
	Packet Switching	80
	Routing Issues	81
	Summary	82
Chapter 3	Fiber Broadband Network Technologies	83
	Optical History	83
	Understanding the Physics of Fiber Optics	85
	The Structure of a Fiber Optic Transmission Facility	87
	Fiber Optic Light Sources	89
	Grades of Fiber	90
	Multimode	91
	Single Mode Fiber	94
	Fiber Optic Uses	95
	Optical Transmission Formats	98
	Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)	100
	Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)	103
	SDH and SONET: In Perspective	104
	Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM)	105
	WDM/DWDM Capacities	107
	Free-space Optics	109
	Implementation Issues	111
	Summary	113
Chapter 4	Metallic Broadband Technologies	115
	Local Loop	115
	Digital Subscriber Line Technologies: xDSL	118
	Reasons for xDSL	119
	Deploying xDSL	122
	Components of xDSL	123
	Types of xDSL	125
	High Data Rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL)	126
	Very High Data Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL)	127
	ISDN Digital Subscriber Line (IDSL)	127
	Single Digital Subscriber Line (S-DSL)	127
	Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL)	127
	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)	128
	Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line (RADSL)	129
	Advantages of xDSL	129
	Disadvantages of xDSL	131
	Coaxial Cable	131
	Hybrid Fiber--Coaxial Cable	132
	Metal versus Fiber: Decision Process	135
	Summary	135
Chapter 5	Wireless Broadband Technologies	137
	Wireless Broadband Implementations	138
	Cellular/Personal Communications Services (PCS)	139
	Cellular Carriers	139
	Personal Communications Services (PCS)	141
	Wireless Broadband Implementations: Cellular and PCS Core Discussion	144
	What Is 3G?	144
	Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)	145
	Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)	150
	Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)	151
	3G Wireless Service Implementations	157
	High-Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCD)	158
	General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)	159
	Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE)	160
	Wideband CDMA	162
	Code Division Multiple Access 2000 (CDMA2000)	164
	Satellite Communications Systems	166
	What Is a Satellite?	167
	Satellite Spectrum Bands	169
	Satellite Classifications	173
	Other Satellite Classifications	173
	Satellite Signaling Applications	175
	Satellite Wireless Broadband	176
	Satellite Internet Issues	177
	Wireless Local Loop (WLL)	180
	Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS) and Local Multipoint Communications Service (LMCS) Carriers	183
	LMDS/LMCS Radio Impairments	184
	LMDS/LMCS Services	186
	Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) Carriers	186
	Summary	189
Chapter 6	Network Signaling Formats	191
	Intersystem Signaling (Internetwork Signaling)	193
	Multi-Frequency (MF) Signaling	193
	Signaling System 7 (SS7)/Common Channel Signaling 7 (CCS7)	196
	SS7 Benefits	197
	Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)	199
	Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Signaling Description	201
	ATM Advantages	202
	ATM Disadvantages	203
	ATM Cost--Benefit Discussion	204
	ATM and Its Role in the Future of Broadband	205
	ATM Mechanics	206
	Frame Relay	212
	Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)	216
	TCP/IP Protocol Architecture	217
	Summary	220
Chapter 7	Commercial Applications: Business Segments	221
	Wireline Telephone Networks	222
	End Office	224
	Tandems	224
	Wireline Telephone Network/Traffic Structure	225
	Wireline Services--No Broadband	230
	Wireless Carrier Networks	232
	Cellular and Personal Communications Services (PCS)	232
	Cellular Carrier--Regulation	232
	Personal Communications Service (PCS) Regulation	235
	From the Perspective of the Cellular Carriers	235
	Cellular and PCS Network Concepts	236
	Cellular and PCS Broadband Services	238
	Satellite	239
	Satellite Wireless Broadband	240
	Wireless Local Loop	240
	The Internet: A Broadband Business Space	241
	What Is the Internet?	242
	Internet Network Architecture	243
	New Types of Telecommunications Service Providers	244
	The Key to Creating Services	247
	Summary	248
Chapter 8	Broadband Convergence	251
	Broadband Attributes	253
	Wireless Broadband: 4G	253
	The Local Loop Bandwidth Barrier	254
	The Internet	255
	Who Will Use Broadband Services?	257
	Summary	260
Appendix A	Acronyms, Definitions, and Terminology	261
Appendix B	Bibliography	311
	Index	313