Telecommunication Switching and Networks

This book, Telecommunication Switching and Networks is intended to serve as a textbook for undergraduate course of information technology, electronics and communication engineering, and telecommunication engineering. Telecommunication switching is fast growing field and enormous research and development are undertaken by various organisations and firms. This book provides an in-depth knowledge on telecommunication switching and a good background for advanced studies in communication networks. For best understanding, more diagrams (202), tables (35) and related websites, which provide sufficient information have been added.

About the Author(s):
P. Gnanasivam has got A.M.I.E. degree in ECE from Institution of Engineers (India) in 1989. He obtained the Master of Engineering with specialization in Applied Electronics from Anna University, Chennai, and the Master of Business Administration with specialisation in Operations Research from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi.

He has 13 years of teaching and two years of industrial experience. He is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, St. Joseph`s College of Engineering, Chennai. His teaching and research interests are in the fields of Digital Systems, Telecommunication Engineering and Networks and VLSI design.

Contents:
Introduction to Switching Systems
Telecommunication Standards
Telephone and Transmission Systems
Evaluation of Telecommunication Switching System
Digital Switching Systems
Computer Controlled Switching Systems
Signalling Techniques
Traffic Engineering
Telephone Network Organisation
Transmission Networks
Data Networks
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