Understanding Communications Networks -- for Emerging Cybernetics Applications

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pahlavan, Kaveh
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Aalborg : River Publishers, 2021.
Series:	River Publishers series in communications.
Subjects:	Telecommunication systems. Wireless communication systems. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Front Cover
Understanding Communications Networks
for Emerging Cybernetics Applications
Dedication
Contents
Preface
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
1 Overview of Communications Networks
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Elements of Communications Networks
1.2.1 Classifications of Communications Networks
1.2.2 Examples of Corporate Networks
1.3 Evolution of Communications Networks
A Historical Perspective
1.3.1 Evolution of the Core Networks
1.3.2 Evolution of Local and Personal Area Networks
1.3.3 Evolution of Wireless Cellular Networks
1.4 Standards, Regulations, and Technologies
1.4.1 Intelligent Radio with Spectrum Management
1.4.2 Standards Organization for Communications Networks
1.4.3 Communications Networking Technologies
1.5 Structure of the Book
2 Overview of Core Networks
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Element of Core Networking
2.2.1 Principle of Packet Forwarding
2.2.2 Transmission Standards for Core Networks
2.2.3 Quality of Service (QoS)
2.3 User Addressing in Core Networks
2.3.1 Addressing End Users in PSTN
2.3.2 Addressing End Users on the Internet
2.4 Evolution of Circuit Switches for PSTN
2.4.1 ISDN for Integrated Circuit-Switched Data
2.4.2 Packet Switching Over Virtual Circuits
2.4.3 ATM for Virtual-Circuit Packet Switching
2.5 Evolution of Internet Interconnecting Element
2.5.1 Bridges and LAN Switches
2.5.2 Routers Protocols
2.5.3 Routing Algorithms
2.6 All-IP and Next Generation Core Networks
2.6.1 The Multi-Protocol Label Switching
2.6.2 3GPP and Next Generation Core Networks
3 Characteristics of the Medium
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Fundamentals of Digital Communications
3.2.1 Digital Communications
A Historical Perspective
3.2.2 Data Rate, Medium Bandwidth, and RSSI
3.2.3 Thermal Noise and Intersymbol Interference
3.2.4 Shannon Hartley Bounds for Information Theory
3.2.5 Medium Characteristics: Wired vs. Wireless
3.3 Characteristics of the Guided Medium
3.3.1 Twisted Pair
3.3.2 Coaxial Cables
3.3.3 Optical Fiber
3.4 Characteristics of Path Loss for Wireless Media
3.4.1 Friis Equation for Free Space Propagation
3.4.2 Path-Loss Modeling in Multipath
3.4.3 Empirical Measurement of Path-Loss Parameters
3.5 Path-Loss Model Examples in Standards
3.5.1 NIST Model for RSSI Inside the Human Body
3.5.2 IEEE 802.11 Model for Indoor Area
3.5.3 Okumura Hata Model for Urban Areas
3.6 Modeling of RSSI Fluctuations and Doppler Spectrum
3.6.1 Friis' Equation and Geometric Ray Tracing
3.6.2 Modeling of Small-Scale Fading
3.6.3 Modeling of Doppler Spectrum
3.7 Wideband Modeling of Multipath Characteristics
3.7.1 Channel Impulse Response and Bandwidth
3.7.2 Multipath Spread, ISI, and Bandwidth