Telecommunications Local Networks

Customer demand for an ever-wider range of communciations services and exciting new technological options are forcing developments in both the international and strategic planning contexts. This volume surveys those developments in both the international and strategic planning contexts.

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Preface. National surveys. Fibre-optic subscriber loop networks. Optical fibre pilot projects. Rational and economic fibre systems. Fibre in the access network. Copper systems. Review of copper-pair local loop transmition systems. Improved techniques for access network fault location. Local network distribution practices - a walk from frame to customer. Optical systems. Star-structured optical local networks. The provision of telephony over passive optical networks. Broadband systems on passive optical networks. Component design for passive optical networks. Switching, signalling and operational support. The application of ATM techniques to the local network. Digital signalling in the local loop. Local access network management. Future. Future prospects for the local network. Index