Next Generation Network Services

Technologies and Strategies

Neill Wilkinson

196 pages, parution le 04/04/2002

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Résumé

'Next Generation' refers to the new technologies and services that telecommunications operators will have at their disposal as they create new 3G networks where voice and data converge and which are based on packet switched rather than circuit switched telephony.

Providing a much needed overview of the latest communication technologies and describing the influences of the so-called "next generation" networks on telecommunication operators' environments, this text begins with a very brief history of telecommunications, and explains how the advent of the internet has changed the way people think about communications. The book is split into three parts:

1. Technologies: Describes the different technologies that are influencing the change from circuit switched to packet switched telephony. Covers Media Gateway Control (MEGACO), application service provision, models for management, mobile and fixed technologies such as Digital Subscriber Line and GPRS.
2. Services: Explains the new services that are made possible by the new technologies, and how they improve on current services. This section also brings in important techniques from software engineering (such as application frameworks) and shows how they may be used to create flexible network architectures.
3. Going Forward: The effects of all the recent changes on the telecommunications operators, and how it is possible to capitalise on this. Roadmaps provide a picture of the state of the industry in six months, one year and three years' time.

Presents overviews of all the new technologies and services, demonstrating how they interrelate
Written by a consultant with a wide experience ofinstalling networks, as well as advising on network strategies for companies including Marconi, BT, IPL, Mercury, BTCellnet and Cable & Wireless
Coverage includes Internet connectivity, e-commerce, call centres, application service provision, UMTS, WAP, billing, security and directory enable networks
A leading edge reference resource for telecommunications network managers, network strategists and designers.

Contents

Preface

Part I: Technology
Introduction

Circuit Switched Technologies
The Transmission Infrastructure
Intelligent Networks
Mobile Networks
Packet Switched Technologies
Access Technologies
Voice and Data Convergence
Representing Information
Directories more than just Information Storage

Part II Services, Architectures and Applications
Introduction

Intelligent Network Services
Call Centres
Internet Based Services
Bringing it all together- The New Network Architecture

Part III Implications
Introduction

Expectation and Realisation

Reference and Further Reading
Glossary
Index

Caractéristiques techniques

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Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Neill Wilkinson
Parution	04/04/2002
Nb. de pages	196
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	431g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780471486671
ISBN13	978-0-471-48667-1