Intensive development of digital technologies coincided in time with the beginning
of the new era in TELECOMmunications. It made possible to formalize many proce-
dures of data exchange and to atomize some operations which made providing of
serviceandmakeworkofmanytelecommunicationworkersmucheasier. Somenew
telecommunication technologies were born out of the necessity for use of specific
configurations of network elements and networks, as well as for a possibility of
providing maximum characteristics of efficiency combined with high requirements
to the stability of operation, the overcoming of different catastrophic situations and
deadlockconditions,such as failuresand ”pending”of the networkandthe like. The
thresholdbetweeninformationsystems andTELECOMmunicationsystems has become
practically invisible. It resulted in such a new term as ”infocommunication”
A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) is formed by multiple moving nodes
equipped with wireless transceivers. The mobile nodes communicate with
each other through multi-hop wireless links, where every node can transmit
and receive information. Mobile ad-hoc networks have become increasingly
important in areas where deployment of communications infrastructure is
difficult.
The need to develop reliable microelectronic devices capable of operating at high
speeds with complex functionality requires a better understanding of the factors
that govern the thermal performance of electronics. With an increased demand
on system reliability and performance combined with miniaturization of the
devices, thermal consideration has become a crucial factor in the design of elec-
tronic packages, from chip to system levels.
Two of the major developments reshaping the TELECOMmunications landscape are
mobile wireless connectivity and the migration of voice telephone services to IP
technology. Those two ideas come together in networks that carry voice services
over a wireless LAN (VoWLAN). The purpose of this text is to provide network
professionals with the technical background and practical guidance needed to
deploy these networks successfully.
Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) refers to a multiplexing and transmission
scheme in optical TELECOMmunications fibers where different wavelengths, typically
emitted by several lasers, are modulated independently (i.e., they carry independent
information from the transmitters to the receivers). These wavelengths are then
multiplexed in the transmitter by means of passive WDM filters, and likewise they
are separated or demultiplexed in the receiver by means of the same filters or
coherent detection that usually involves a tunable local oscillator (laser).
This book paves the path toward fourth generation (4G) mobile communica-
tion by introducing mobility in heterogeneous IP networks with both third
generation (3G) and wireless local area networks (WLANs), which is seen as
one of the central issues in the becoming 4G of TELECOMmunications networks
and systems. This book presents a thorough overview of 3G networks and
standards and discusses interworking and handover mechanisms between
WLANs and the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS).
