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Basic Telecommunications

Vocabulary, concepts, more bullet

proofing

Touch on just a few basic points

essentials of technology and where its

going

essentials of regulation and where its

going

Raise for discussion certain

management issues
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Basic Telecom Terms and !oncepts, 1

Transmission facilities

Twisted pair

!oa"ial cable

#icrowa$e

%atellite

&iber optics

'ireless

%ignaling

(nalog))continuous

*igital))discrete
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Basic Telecom Terms and !oncepts,

(nalog signaling

(#, &#, etc,

-imitations

.rror correction

.ncryption

*igital signaling

!omputer friendly

&acilitates

.rror correction

.ncryption

&its with fiber optic transmission facilities

The way the world is going

#odems

#odulator))demodulator

( to * and * to (

Because the $oice networ/ is analog

(t the handset
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Basic Telecom Terms and !oncepts, +

%witching

The cloud

The cloud is e"pensi$e

%witching ma/es better use of the cloud

1inds of switching

!ircuit switching

#essage switching

2ac/et switching

(nd the 3nternet

(nd (T#

Broadcasting

!ellular
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Basic Telecom Terms and !oncepts, 0

Voice networ/s

RB5!s

5ther local telcos

-ong distance carriers

!able companies6

*ata networ/s

-(7

'(7

etc,

5ften 8usually9 use $oice networ/

transmission facilities

!able TV networ/s

#icrosoft and :1 billion;yr R<* on the set

top bo"

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'here *o 7etwor/s
!ome &rom6

-ong distance carriers

(T<T, #!3, %print, etc,

!ommon carriers

V(7s

(nd the 3nternet

The 3nternet and 3%2s

2ri$ate networ/s
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Telecom %tandards and Regulation

Voice networ/ regulation 8?,%,(,9

1@+0)1@A1

1@A)present

RB5!s etc,))local loop pro$ider

regulated, but less so under the
Telcom (ct of 1@@=

-ong distanceB largely unregulated

*ata communications6

Basically, anything goes

But whose transmission facilities are

used6

-argelyB from the $oice networ/s

Voice networ/s

3nterconnected world)wide

%tandards

-egal reCuirements

*ata networ/s6 !able6

Recent 8de9regulatory actions

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The 3nternet

The worlds first networ/ for

ma/ing data calls

7B tele"

Distory and culture

(R2( net, nuclear attac/

7%& net and the open community

Eo$ernance

*esign policies

%imple protocols 8e,g,, T!2;329

2ublic and open

!ontinuing rapid growth

.lectronic commerce

!onsumer)oriented

Business)to)business

?ser base growing beyond young male

nerds

!ost of use6

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The -ast #ile 2roblem

'hat it is

2ossible solutions

?pgrades of e"isting plant

!able

&iber optics

'ireless

The competiti$e scene T5*(F

!able companies 8and #icrosoft9

*%- and the telcos 8and #icrosoft9

5ther telcos

'hy is the computer industry

muc/ing in the last mile problem6

2rognostications6

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The 2rotocols 2roblem8s9

3mportant conceptB layered

architectures for telecommunications

5%3 reference model, > layers

(lso important for software in general

(bstraction as a way of handling comple"ity

3mportance of standardiHation

de jure

de facto

3nternet6

*e$elopment of standards to date

Telephony

*ata communications

(nd the 3nternet

&or electronic commerce6

3ncomplete

#anagerial;decision issues6

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&urther 3ssues for
*iscussion

5utsourcing of networ/ pro$ision

and management

5ptions

#anagement issues
3magine you are about to recei$e a
sales callI

!ommitment to standards

'hich ones6

'ho to belie$e, trust, or bet on6

(ssuming ((( networ/s 8the

3nternet on steroids9,

2roducti$ity opportunities6 8and what will it

ta/e to realiHe them9

3ndustrial)organiHational conseCuences6

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!omputer #ediated !ommunication
8!#!9B 1

Tele"

( world)wide telecommunications system

?p and running for J 1GG years

*igital signaling

Telephone

( world)wide telecommunications system

?p and running for J 4G years

3snt this enough6

'hats missing6
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!#!B

Telephones are e$erywhere,

&rom an arbitrary telephone you can call

nearly any other telephone,

!omputers are ,,,, all o$er,

&rom an arbitrary computer, why cant you

ma/e a data call to nearly any other
computer6

*ata communications is inherently

easier 8in many ways9 than $oice
communication,

%o why cant you ma/e those data calls6

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!#!B
+

3ncreasingly, you can ma/e those

data calls

(nd theres a lot of great stuff out there

now

!all on special networ/s

7%& 7et

!ompuser$e

2rodigy

etc,

(nd TD. 37T.R7.T,,,

(n internetB a networ/ of networ/s

The 3nternetB The #other of (ll 3nternets

The world we are coming to

(nything, anytime, anywhere,,,