Table of Contents
CHAPTER 7. TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY
SYSTEM COMPONENTS
PROTOCOL
ANALOG SIGNAL
DIGITAL SIGNAL
COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
FIBER OPTICS
ORBITING SATELLITES
WIRELESS TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGIES
WIRELESS TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGIES
COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS
SPEEDS & COST OF MEDIA
COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSORS
NETWORK TOPOLOGIES
NETWORK TOPOLOGIES
NETWORK TOPOLOGIES
LOCAL NETWORKS
LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN)
WIDE - AREA NETWORK (WAN)
VALUE-ADDED NETWORK (VAN)
NETWORK SERVICES
PACKET SWITCHING (X.25):
ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE (ATM):
INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK (ISDN):
OTHER SERVICES:
OTHER SERVICES:
ENTERPRISE NETWORK
INTERNETWORKING
CONNECTIVITY
TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL / INTERNET PROTOCOL (TCP / IP)
TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL / INTERNET PROTOCOL (TCP / IP)
OPEN SYSTEM INTERCONNECT (OSI)
E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES
ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE (EDI)
PROBLEMS POSED BY ENTERPRISE NETWORKING
HIDDEN COSTS OF CLIENT / SERVER SYSTEMS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLAN:
IMPLEMENTATION FACTORS
Connect to the INTERNET
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