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Contents

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Understanding the Broadband Evolution

Part I Communications Fundamentals

Chapter 1 Telecommunications Technology Fundamentals

Transmission Lines

Lines and Trunks

Virtual Circuits

Types of Network Connections

The Electromagnetic Spectrum and Bandwidth

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

Analog and Digital Transmission

Analog Transmission

Digital Transmission

Analog Versus Digital Transmission

Conversion: Codecs and Modems

Intelligent Multiplexing

Inverse Multiplexing

WDM, DWDM, and CWDM

Political and Regulatory Forces in Telecommunications

Regulatory Background

The Policy and Regulatory Players

The Main Regulatory Issues

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