The promise of social revolution through telecommunications is being fulfilled. The race is on to keep up with the developing technology and policy changes. Satellites, cable television, and data communications are a few of the technologies taking off. In Telecommunications: An Interdisciplinary Text , Leonard Lewin has gathered widely recognized technical and policy experts to give you the most current overview of the state of telecommunications. This book is a thoroughly revised sequal to Telecommunications: An Interdisciplinary Survey , a pioneer in the field (Artech House, 1979). Seventy percent of the material is new. Originally written for the telecommunications graduate program at the University of Colorado-Boulder, the Survey became indispensible to telecom managers, operators, and policy makers. No better work existed to introduce the layman to the telecom world. The new book, with its same multifaceted approach, becomes the most important reference book for you. Several hot new chapters have been added to this book: telephone systems, data transmissions, satellites, and Local Area Networks. Mass Media Booknotes wrote of the first edition: An interesting and quite useful combination of technology, policy, and educational writing...a highly important collection.รน This new volume is an even more valuable source and textbook for professionals and students. For a complete and current update on the spectrum of telecommunication policy and technology issues, read Telecommunications: An Interdisciplinary Text.
Introduction, Leonard Lewin. International Constraints on the Use of Telecommunications: The Role of the International Telecommunications Union, George Codding, Jr. Decision Making at the FCC, Gail Crotts Arnal and Lawrence M. Mead. Land Mobile Radio, Dale N. Hatfield. Broadcast Control and Regulation, Harold E. Hill. Engineering Economy; Evaluating the Economics of Systems Design Alternatives, Robert J. Williams. Telephone Rates: Economic Theory and Current Issues, Wesley J. Yordon. Telephone Systems, Floyd K. Becker. Computer Networking and Data Communications, Harvey M. Gates. AnIntroduction to the Local Area Network Concept, John E. Hershey and William J. Pomper. Telecommunications Systems, S.W. Maley. Transmissions of Electromagnetic Signals, Warren L. Flock. Satellite Communications, Hussein Haddad. Appendix: Basic Mathematical and Engineering Concepts, Leonard Lewin.