Fundamentals of Telecommunication Networks

• The physical layer of the OSI reference model
• Performance evaluation techniques
• Queueing theory fundamentals and their applications to networks
• Layers 2 and 3 of the OSI reference model — including an in-depth discussion of protocol standards,routing algorithms, and flow and congestion control techniques
• LAN theory, standards, and technology and multiple access communications techniques
• Network interconnection and the transport layer
• ISDN, Broadband ISDN, and fast packet switching theory and architecture

Fundamentals of Telecommunication Networks is an invaluable resource for systems developers, engineers, and managers responsible for dealing with telecommunications networks and systems.

An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.