The master key to unlock broadband technologies.At last there's a comprehensive, up-to-date, jargon-free guide ready to help you stay on top of the broadband revolution! Focusing on the convergence of telecommunications and computer technology, Broadband Telecommunications Handbook, by Regis J. "e;Bud"e; Bates, helps you make sense of your opportunities and choices in deploying basic telecommunications systems...virtual private networks...advanced intelligent networks...computer-to-telephony integration (CTI)...paging technologies...radio-based systems and microwave...analog and digital cellular communications....Internet/Intranets/Extranets...broadband personal communications services...and much more. You also get time-saving decision support on:*Signaling system #7*Call center technologies and applications*Frame Relay/ATM internetworking*Cable TV systems and modem technologies plus xDSL data transmission solutions*Data over power lines*SONET*Real Time Transfer Protocols (RTTP)*Much, much more