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Main Title Telecommunications and the computer /
Author Martin, James,
Publisher Prentice-Hall,
Year Published 1976
OCLC Number 01863543
ISBN 0139024948; 9780139024948
Subjects Telecommunication ; Data transmission systems ; Kommunikationstechnik ; Nachrichtentechnik ; Telekommunikation ; Telekommunikationsnetz ; Télcommunications ; Donnes--Transmission
Additional Subjects Telecommunication ; Data transmission systems
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ELCM  TK5101.M326 1976 NVFEL Library/Ann Arbor, MI 01/01/1988
Edition 2d ed.
Collation xviii, 670 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
Part 1: Introduction -- The future -- Organizations involved in telecommunications -- Terminals and codes -- Systems which use data transmission -- Man-computer dialogue -- Part 2: Transmission -- The structure of telecommunication networks -- DC signaling -- AC signaling and bandwidth -- Transmission media -- Attenuation and repeaters -- Modulation and demodulation -- Multiplexing -- Trunks and wideband facilities -- PCM: a revolution begins -- Communication satellites -- The maximum capacity of a channel -- Line termination equipment for data transmission -- Tariffs -- Part 3: Switching -- Telephone switching -- Computer-controlled circuit switching -- Control signaling -- Private branch exchanges -- Message switching -- Packet switching -- Time-division switching -- Concentration and demand assignment -- Part 4: Imperfections -- Noise and distortion -- Line failures -- Data errors -- The treatment of errors -- Delays and blocking.