1. Basic Telephony
2. Local Networks
3. Switching in an Analog Environment
4. Signaling for Analog Telephone Networks
5. Introduction to Transmission for Telephony
6. Long-Distance Networks
7. The Design of Long-Distance Links
8. Digital Transmission Systems
9. Digital Switching and Networks
10. Introduction to Data Communications
11. Data Networks and their Operation
12. Voice-Over IP
13. Local Area Networks
14. Integrated Services Digital Networks
15. Speeding Things Up with Frame Relay
16. The Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and
Broadband ISDN
17. CCITT Signaling System No. 7
18. Wireless and Cellular/Mobile Radio
19. Last-Mile Broadband Connectivity and Wireless
Local Loop (WLL)
20. Optical Networking
21. Network Management
Appendix 1 Acronyms and Abbreviations