Table of Contents

Systems and Models of Communications Technologies:

Shannon–Weaver, von Neumann, and the OSI Model

Basic Concepts of Electricity

Current

Modulation Schemes

Signaling Formats, Multiplexing, and Digital Transmissions

Multiplexing

PSTN to CPE

Circuit Switching

Mobile Wireless Technologies

Packet Switching and Local Area Network Technology

The Language of the Internet: TCP/IP

Network Security and Management

Voice-Over-IP

Wireless Local Area Networks

Video Basics

Digital Media

The Basics of MPLS Networking

About the Author

Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA