Product Description

For upper level ISDN, Advanced Networking and Telecommunications courses found in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Technology, and Electrical Engineering departments. This book provides a comprehensive, authoritative overview of the technology and standards of ISDN and Broadband ISDN. It is the only textbook treatment of ISDN and comes complete with numerous pedagogical features.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1245471 in Books
• Published on: 1998-10-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 542 pages

From the Back Cover

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I have not found a text that provides a more comprehensive treatment of the topics contained in this text, ranging from ISDN and Broadband ISDN to frame relay and ATM. -Thomas Gannon, Adjunct Professor, Electric and Computer Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Best-selling author William Stallings provides an in-depth presentation of the technology and architecture of integrated services digital networks (ISDN). This book covers the integrated digital network (IDN), ISDN services, architecture, signaling system no. 7 (SS7) and includes a comprehensive treatment of the ITU-T protocol standards. Detailed coverage of protocols and congestion control strategies for both frame relay and ATM are also provided.

New to this edition:

• Coverage of the new digital susbscriber line technologies, including ADSL.
• Expanded coverage of ATM services and traffic control, including the ABR.
• Updated coverage of ATM Forum specifications.
• Web page for the book to provide further information and links to related sites.

About the Author
WILLIAM STALLINGS is a consultant, lecturer, and author of over a dozen professional reference books and textbooks on data communications and computer networking. He has received the award for the best Computer Science textbook of the year from the Text and Academic Authors Association three times: Computer Organization and Architecture, Fourth Edition (Prentice Hall, 1996); Data and Computer Communications, Fifth Edition (Prentice Hall 1997); and Operating Systems, Third Edition (Prentice Hall 1998). Dr. Stallings holds a Ph.D. from M.I.T. in computer science.

Customer Reviews

Excellent overview of these technologies,
Developing ISDN software for the first time, I needed to get a foothold. I bought 3 books. Stallings' book was the best at explaining ALL terms and concepts, and how they relate to each other. Where other authors dive in the deep end and regurgitate RFCs and ITUs, Stallings takes a higher level approach initially, and lowers the reader down gently into some low level discussions. Where others tend to be woolly in their use of keywords and acronyms, and leave the reader confused about which signals are in which domain and which protocols sit on top of which others, Stallings deliberately addresses each concept and explains how they fit in the bigger picture. He therefore makes understanding the principals straight forward. I had used his SNMP book before and found him to be concise and accurate. This book is the same. This book should be read before any other for the high level picture, and then used in conjunction with detailed ISDN books or ITU documents. Keep it handy.