Contents : - Introduction - FUNDAMENTALS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS - Chapter One:Access and Transport - ASYMMETRIC DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (ADSL) - CABLE MODEMS - INTERNET ACCESS - BASICS OF FIBER-OPTIC SYSTEMS - OPTICAL NETWORKS - SYNCHRONOUS OPTICAL NETWORKS (SONETs) - Chapter Two:Switching and Routing - ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE (ATM) - MULTIPROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING (MPLS) - SOFTSWITCH-BASED NETWORKS - INTELLIGENT NETWORKS (INs) - CONVERGED NETWORKS - Chapter Three:Applications and Operations - INTERNET TELEPHONY - VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VoIP) - PACKET VOICE - INTRANETS AND VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS (VPNs) - UNIFIED MESSAGING - OPERATIONS SUPPORT SYSTEMS (OSSs) - Chapter Four:Wireless Communications - BASICS OF MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS - DIGITAL WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES - ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OFDM) FOR MOBILE - - COMMUNICATIONS - SMART ANTENNA SYSTEMS - 802.11 WIRELESS LOCAL-AREA NETWORK(LAN) SECURITY - SELF-TEST CORRECT ANSWERS