Telecommunications Essentials: The Complete Global Source for Communications Fundamentals, Data Networking and the Internet, and Next-Generation Networks

Chapter 2. Telecommunications Technology Fundamentals

This chapter talks about the types of transmission lines and network connections, the electromagnetic spectrum, and what bandwidth is all about in this emerging broadband era. It looks at the differences between analog and digital signals, and it discusses multiplexing. Finally, this chapter describes the various standards bodies and their roles in shaping aspects of telecommunications.