Title: Telecommunications and the computer /
Authors: Martin, James,
Date: 1976
Publisher: Prentice-Hall,
Physical description: xviii, 670 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: T
Contents: Part 1: Introduction -- The future -- Organizations involved in telecommunications -- Terminals and codes -- Systems which use data transmission -- Man-computer dialogue -- Part 2: Transmission -- The structure of telecommunication networks -- DC signaling -- AC signaling and bandwidth -- Transmission media -- Attenuation and repeaters -- Modulation and demodulation -- Multiplexing -- Trunks and wideband facilities -- PCM: a revolution begins -- Communication satellites -- The maximum capacity of a channel -- Line termination equipment for data transmission -- Tariffs -- Part 3: Switching -- Telephone switching -- Computer-controlled circuit switching -- Control signaling -- Private branch exchanges -- Message switching -- Packet switching -- Time-division switching -- Concentration and demand assignment -- Part 4: Imperfections -- Noise and distortion -- Line failures -- Data errors -- The treatment of errors -- Delays and blocking.
Subject headings (LCSH): Data transmission systems.; Telecommunication.