Aimed at telecommunications staff--both technical and marketing--as well as non-technical managers who need to make informed telecommunication decisions, this easy-to-read overview of the telecommunications industry goes into depth, with specifics on systems, equipment, and networks.

The #1 Working Reference on SS7--Revised & Expanded Signaling System #7 is the hands-down choice for engineers and network managers everywhere. Travis Russell's Signaling System #7, Third Edition, gives you a bedrock understanding of the signaling network, its architecture, and the protocols used to communicate through it. Accessible even to novices, Russell's guide also provides the technical details, protocol messages, and application examples so fundamentally helpful to developers, engineers, and network planners. Network-switching expert Russell brings his succinct, logical style to: * New coverage on VoIP and SS7-TCP/IP interactions * Solutions to protocol issues in migrating telecom to the Internet * Details on SS7 in broadband and cellular networking * Lucid explanations of protocols and network entities, with hands-on examples and applications * Clarifications of ANSI standards and Bellcore publications, with model solutions *New information on local number portability * Needed technical data for design and specifications

COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE LATEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDS Fully revised to address the convergence of the telecom, media, and technology (TMT) sectors, the new edition of this cutting-edge guide provides a comprehensive overview of the current telecom landscape. The book focuses on the interdependence of the IT infrastructure, multimedia content, and broadband transport network in today's hyper-connected mobile environment and discusses the importance of storing, delivering, analyzing, tracking, and monetizing content. Emerging telecom technologies are described in detail. This up-to-date resource is essential for TMT professionals, business decision-makers, marketing and sales staff, and students. Telecommunications Crash Course, Third Edition, covers: Standards and regulations Data communications protocols Telephony, VoIP, SS7, SIP, and IP PBX Premises technologies -- LANs, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, ZigBee, FireWire, Thunderbolt, and USB Content -- multimedia, video, and TV Fixed access technologies, including DSL, cable, DOCSIS 3.0, CMTS, and DSLAM Wireless access technologies such as CDMA, GSM, HSPA, LTE, Bluetooth, RFID, and satellite solutions Transport technologies -- frame relay, ATM, high-speed IP switching, optical networking, DWDM, channelized optics, and optical switching IP, IPv6, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and IP networking IT, telecom, and media convergence Cloud technologies, data centers, analytics, big data, security, Dumb Terminal 2.0, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and other emerging topics

This straight-forward, straight-talking blockbuster is the easiest way to make sense of the telecom industry for those who don't have an advanced degree--and a trusty reference for those who do. Designed to be of value even to novices, this collection of nearly 4000 to-the-point definitions helps readers decipher telecom and data terminology, concepts, insider jargon, and acronyms. The accompanying CD-ROM allows users to search the entire book and provides 1,000 bonus pages of related coverage from other McGraw-Hill titles--offering an unmatched vehicle for understanding today's complex internet worked telecom world. * The only fully illustrated telecommunications dictionary anywhere * 800 new definitions in this edition * 100 new illustrations (about 400 in all) * Up-to-date: new terms focus on streaming media and video communications--telecom's fastest growing applications * Over 8000 references

"The Third edition of Experience Communication expands the scope and coverage of public communication. It's approach is focused on providing ample opportunity for students to improve their communication skills and to practice transferring them to contexts outside the classroom"--

Communication Matters helps students move beyond an intuitive appreciation of communication to explore core principles of the discipline. By helping students take personal responsibility for their communication behaviors, by encouraging critical reflection, and by actively applying the key concepts to diverse contemporary challenges, the program fosters an understanding of the many important ways communication matters in daily life.