Telecom Convergence, 2/e: How to Profit from the convergence of Technologies, Services and Companies, Book by Steven Shepard (Paperback)

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Telecom Convergence, 2/e: How to Profit from the convergence of Technologies, Services and Companies

bySteven Shepard

Paperback | February 19, 2002

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Acknowledgments

Foreword

Preface

INTRODUCTION

Beginnings: What Do We Know?

So, Why Did the Crash Occur?

Evolution

Aftermath

The Pivot Point: Customer Value and How to Measure It

So, What's the Answer?

PART ONE: THE TECHNOLOGIES

Introduction

The Internet's Influence Is Far from Over

The Software Industry Will Take on a More Critical Role as the Players Evolve

Optical Technology Will Be the Next Big Techno-hero--Again

The Functional Migration from the Core of the Network to the Edge is Underway

In Spite of the Hype, 3G Wireless Doesn't Cut It

Mobile Appliances Will Become a Significant Marketplace

The Computer and Pheripheral Device Industry Segment Will Evolve in Strange and Wonderful Ways

The Metro Environment Will Become a Powerful Marketplace in the Next Three to Five Years

The Semiconductor Industry's Influence Will Grow Substantially and Products Will Become More Application Specific

Network Management (NM) Will Take on an Increasingly Important Role

Convergence: the Technologies

Access Technologies

Traditional Access Technologies

Marketplace Realities

56-Kbps Modems

Just Out: V.92

ISDN

The Technology

The Basic Rate Interface (BRI)

AO/DI

The Primary Rate Interface (PRI)

PBX Applications

Videoconferencing

Automatic Call Distribution (ACD)

In Support of the Remote Agent

T-Carrier and Voice Digitization

The Nature of Voice

Voice Digitization

Alternative Digitization Techniques

Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM)

Continuously Variable Slope Delta (CVSD)

Linear Predictive Coding (LPC)

Digital Speech Interpolation (DSI)

Framing and Formatting in T-1

Cable-Based Access Technologies

The Broadband Balkans

The Cable Network

Next-Generation Cable Systems

Hybrid Fiber Coax Systems (HFC)

Cable Modems

Data over Cable Standards

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

ADSL Modulation Techniques

Crosstalk Issues

DMT

CAP

DSL Services

ADSL

A Word About the DSLAM

High Bit Rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL)

G-Lite

SHDSL

DSL Market Issues

Provider Challenges