Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook | 
 enlarge | Author: Ray Horak
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
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Pages: 791
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Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7 x 1.5
ISBN: 0470041412
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.382
EAN: 9780470041413
ASIN: 0470041412
Publication Date: September 21, 2007
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If you really need to understand telecommunications, you must own a copy of Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook by Ray Horak. A well-researched and comprehensive survey of telecom and datacom technologies and services, from the most basic to the most complex, the book begins with basic concepts and definitions and marches through the full ranges of transmission media and voice, data, and video systems, networks, standards and protocols. The author sets the technologies in context, providing a good level of detail on the origin and evolution of fiber optics, cellular radio, digital carrier systems, TCP/IP, and the Internet, as examples. The emphasis is just right, with plenty of ink devoted to broadband LAN, MAN, and WAN technologies such as 3G, 802.11g/n, ADSL, BPL, CWDM and DWDM, PON, and WiMAX. The author devotes the final chapter to tracking the origins, evolution, and current status of U.S. telecom regulation through key legislative, judicial and agency events. Back matter includes a helpful list of more than 1,000 industry acronyms and initialisms and an excellent and thoroughly complete index, which is the mark of an author with an appreciation for the reader. (Information is useless if you can't find it when you need it.) Ray Horak writes in a unique plain-English, commonsense style that makes the book an easy read for a technology book. Also, he liberally sprinkles his trademarked (or, more correctly, copyrighted) wry sense of humor throughout, so you will find yourself smiling and chuckling from time to time. While Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook is written for a reasonably astute academic and professional readership of engineers, analysts, regulators, attorneys, and other telecom professionals, Horak develops each topic in plain English and in such a commonsense and patient manner that the book is equally informative and useful to a student or relative newcomer to telecommunications. Among the many of specific technology topics are included the following: "T/E/J-Carrier Systems
"Fiber Optics
oMMF and SMF
oCWDM and DWDM
oEDFAs and Raman Amplification
oPassive Optical Network (PON)
oSONET/SDH
"Wireless
o802.11a/b/g/n
oMultiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO)
o802.16 and WiMAX
oBluetooth
oZigBee
oCellular, including 2.5G and 3G
"Broadband over Power Line (BPL)
"E-mail and Instant Messaging (IM)
"Storage Area Networks (SANs)
"Digital Subscriber Line (DSL): ADSL, HDSL, SHDSL, SDSL, and VDSL
"CATV Networks and Modems
"Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), including IP PBX and IP Centrex
"Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) vs. H.323 Published by Wiley-Interscience (September 2007)
791 pages, $99.95
ISBN-10: 0470041412
ISBN-13: 978-0470041413
The perfect companion to this book is Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary, also written by Ray Horak in 2007. It is a comprehensive telecommunications dictionary of more than 4,600 terms critical to understanding voice, data, video, and multimedia communications system and network technologies, applications, and regulation. An instant classic that contains none of the fluff found in competing works, Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary is a carefully researched and absolutely reliable source. As such, it is the one and only telecom dictionary you will need.
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A comprehensive, yet readable guide to Telecom technologies July 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The "Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook" by Ray Horak provides a detailed tour of electronic and optical communications technology, from basic principles to the latest telephone, cellular, internet, and satellite-based standards. Rather than just explaining how these technologies function (which Horak does well with his characteristically engaging prose), this Handbook also illuminates the historical contexts of new standards and technologies, exploring economic pressures, social drives, and political considerations influencing their development. This volume is a must-have for both the student and working professional. An excellent companion reference for this book is Horak's "Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary".
Better than the Internet! March 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook contains fifteen chapters and covers a wide variety of topics. The book can be recommended for different audiences, starting from students, which decided to become Electrical Engineers, as well as for engineers and managers, and technicians who need always to have a reliable source of information. It is a timely encyclopedic work and will remain so for many years! It also is a perfect companion to Horak's other excellent work, Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary, also published by Wiley in 2007.
Horak is an independent telecom consultant. He is active in litigation support as a consulting expert and testifying expert, often in cases involving intellectual property such as patent, copyright, and trademark and service infringement. He has authored five telecom books and written of hundreds of technical articles, white papers, case studies, and solution briefs.
Vladimir Kaminsky, PhD is a President of Practel, Inc, a consulting company that is specializing in advanced communications technologies and network design.
Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook January 22, 2008
Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook
"Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook" is a great building block to Ray's previous book, "Communications Systems and Networks". I have been in the Telecom industry for over 30 years and have used "Communications Systems and Networks" since it was published in 1997. I had also provided each management employee that has been in my organization with a copy of "Communications Systems and Networks" and am in the process of providing "Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook" to each employee. The book has been a valuable resource to me in every aspect of the various positions I have held and it will benefit any Telecom professional.
The Definitive Reference Manual for Telecommunications December 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ray Horak's "Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook" is a definitive reference manual for all types of computer, telecom and data communications networks, devices and models. What impresses most is the fact that this book takes the most important elements and concepts from both telecom and datacom and squeezes them into one reference. I have dozens of books in my telecommunications library and I'd happily trade in most of them for this single reference. The second thing that impresses is the no-nonsense style in which it is written. I expected no less from Ray, whom I have worked with over the years on numerous educational projects including face-to-face workshops, and conference tutorials for over a decade. His straightforward and easy-to-understand approach is powerful and effective both in person and in print. If you had but one book to buy on networking and communications, this would be it.
Very comprehensive text December 6, 2007
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Most network managers are strong in either voice or data, but may not have as much experience in the other discipline. To further complicate this challenge, expertise is required in a number of specific areas, including LANs and WANs, legacy and emerging technologies, and new applications. If you have any of these educational gaps (and most of us do) pick up a copy of this book. Ray Horak provides the most comprehensive review of communication technologies that I have seen, and you will do yourself a favor to have this text in your personal library.
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