The Cable and Telecommunications Professionals' Reference, 3rd Edition

Contents

Preface

Contributors

Part One Standards and Regulation

1 Standards   Yael Baruch

Introduction

Standards Body Types

Benefits Arising from Standards

Participation in Standards

Challenges and Major Considerations

Intellectual Property Rights

2 Telecommunications Regulation   John Buckley

Introduction

Regulation and Competition

The Rules of Regulation: Principles

Regulation in the European Union

Regulation in the United States

Telecommunications Regulation in Practice

Interconnection

Access and Transit

Telecommunications Numbering

Number Portability

Local Loop Unbundling

Universal Service Obligations

New Technologies, Radio Spectrum, and Voice over IP

3 Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model   Harold C. Folts

Introduction

OSI Environment ...