ISDN and Broadband ISDN with Frame Relay and ATM (4th Edition)

Description

This book provides a comprehensive, authoritative overview of the technology and standards of ISDN and Broadband ISDN. It is the only textbook treatment of ISDN and comes complete with numerous pedagogical features.

Key Features

• Presents the most complete and authoritative exploration of ISDN available in a text of this kind.
• Provides thorough coverage of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) including the new technology, standards, and other developments in this leading-edge area.
• Provides a discussion of frame relay that incorporates the most important advances in both technology and standards in this area crucial to ISDN and private networks.
• Provides a full treatment of standards, the key determining factor in ISDN and B-ISDN. Students will gain a valuable understanding of the various standards, including, among others:
• ITU-T recommendations.
• Frame Relay Forum specifications.
• ATM Forum specifications.
• Contains a wealth of pedagogical features (e.g. homework problems, glossary, list of acronyms, and chapter summaries) to facilitate learning, making this the only true textbook-style treatment of ISDN.
• NEW? Includes new material on xDSL and ADSL as well as ATM traffic and on the available bit rate (ABR) service of ATM.
• NEW? Provides updated coverage of ITU-T standards and ATM Forum standards.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.
2. Part I. DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS FUNDAMENTALS.
   1. Digital Transmission.
   2. Line Coding and the Subscriber Line.
   3. Communication Networks.
3. Part II. INTEGRATED SERVICE DIGITAL NETWORKS.
   1. ISDN Overview.
   2. ISDN Interfaces and Functions.
   3. ISDN Physical Layer.
   4. ISDN Data Link Layer.
   5. ISDN Network Layer.
   6. ISDN Services.
   7. Signaling System Number 7.
4. Part III. FRAME RELAY.
   1. Frame Relay Protocols and Services.
   2. Frame Relay Congestion Control.
5. Part IV. BROADBAND ISDN.
   1. Broadband ISDN Architecture.
   2. Broadband ISDN Protocols.
6. Part V. ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE.
   1. ATM Protocols.
   2. ATM Traffic and Congestion Control.