E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten
Reihe: Springer Praxis Books
Wheen Dot-Dash to Dot.Com
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4419-6760-2
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
How Modern Telecommunications Evolved from the Telegraph to the Internet
E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten
Reihe: Springer Praxis Books
ISBN: 978-1-4419-6760-2
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Telecommunications is a major global industry, and this unique book chronicles the development of this complex technology from the electric telegraph to the Internet in a simple, accessible, and entertaining way. The book opens with the early years of the electric telegraph. The reader will learn how the Morse telegraph evolved into an international network that spanned the globe, starting with the development of international undersea cables, and the heroic attempts to lay a trans-Atlantic cable. The book describes the events that led to the invention of the telephone, and the subsequent disputes over who had really invented it. It takes a look at some of the most important applications that have appeared on the Internet, the mobile revolution, and ends with a discussion of future key developments in the telecommunications industry.
Andrew Wheen has worked in the telecommunications field since 1982. He has held senior engineering and product management roles with major suppliers of telecommunications equipment and was one of the original architects of the Energis network in the United Kingdom (now Cable & Wireless). More recently, he has worked as a management consultant in the telecommunications and broadcasting industries. Dr. Wheen is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and is a Chartered Engineer. He is married with two children and lives near London.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1;Dot-Dash to Dot.Com;4
2;Contents;6
3;Acknowledgments;10
4;Figures;12
5;Pictures;14
6;Tables;16
7;About the author;18
8;Introduction;20
9;1 The birth of an industry;22
10;2 The telegraph goes global;37
11;3 A gatecrasher spoils theparty;48
12;4 Early telephone networks;65
13;5 Going digital;83
14;6 A bit of wet string;97
15;7 The last mile;119
16;8 Computers get chatty;128
17;9 The birth of the Internet;142
18;10 Life in cyberspace;154
19;11 The mobile revolution;177
20;12 When failure is not anoption;188
21;13 What comes next?;196
22;Appendices;215
23;Notes;265
24;Glossary;293
25;Bibliography;305
26;Index;306
