Pull telecom answers out of your pocket! Out in the field, in your office, or in class, Telecommunications Pocket Reference, by Travis Russell, helps you deliver winning telecom decisions for any system. An overview of telecom basics -- transmission, protocols, and networking -- this handy tool designed for easy portability answers virtually any telecom question, from network configurations to voice over the Internet. Uniquely readable, it gives you: * Comparative data on all major telecom technologies and protocols * Coverage of LAN/WANs, including Ethernet, Token Ring, and FDDI * Answers on TCP/IP, voice over IP, and other Internet technologies * Key facts on ISDN, broadband ISDN, cellular, SONET, ATM, Signaling System #7, and more * Data on fiber optics, switching and bridging, and cellular protocols * Critical information on emerging technologies such as Local Number Portability (LNP) and Number Pooling.