Telecommunications : today's ten most critical telecommunications technologies with a focus on the Internet

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Introduction = 1
• 1. Cell-based Telephony = 9
• Using virtual Circuits = 10
• Converting Analog Voice to Data = 11
• Internet Telephony = 12
• How It Works = 12
• Computer-telephony Integration Redefinition = 14
• Voice over ATM = 15
• How Voice over ATM Works = 16
• Variable Bit Rate Technology = 18
• Using Variable Bit Rate Transport = 19
• Voice over ATM Interoperability = 20
• Voice over Frame Relay = 20
• Hybrid Frame Relay and Cell-based Telephony = 22
• Global Voice Marketplace = 23
• Long - distance Revenues Declining = 24
• Fixed Cost Handicap = 25
• Cell - based Voice Outlook = 26
• Cell - based Voice Strategy = 27
• 2. Virtual Local Area Networks = 29
• The Business Case for Virtual LANs = 31
• Virtual LAN Payback = 31
• The ISO Reference Model Explained = 32
• A Look at the ISO Layers = 32
• Layer 2 or Layer 3 ? = 34
• The Layer2/ Layer 3 Hybrid Switches = 35
• Today's Virtual LAN Switches = 36
• Virtual LANs as Network Management Tools = 37
• Virtual LANs and ATM = 37
• Major Virtual LAN Vendors = 38
• Virtual LAN Disadvantages = 38
• Virtual LAN Outlook = 39
• Virtual LAN Strategy = 40
• 3. Gigabit Local Area Networks = 41
• Gigabit LANs Emerge = 41
• Ethernet Dominates the Marketplace = 42
• Switched Ethernet = 44
• Fast Ethernet = 44
• IOS - Ethernet = 45
• Token - Ring = 45
• Fiber Distributed Data Interface = 45
• Asynchronous Transfer Mode = 46
• Gigabit LAN Variations = 46
• Two Standards Concerns = 47
• ATM Gigabit LAN Vendors = 48
• No Forklift Network Upgrades = 48
• Gigabit LAN Vendors = 49
• Gigabit LANs Now = 50
• Gigabit LANs Outlook = 50
• Gigabit LANs Straegy = 51
• 4. Automated Network Management = 53
• Network Management Ramiflcations = 54
• The Automated Network management Market = 55
• Automated Network Management Challenges = 57
• Network Management Standards = 58
• Simple Network Management Protocol = 59
• Common Management Information Protocol = 59
• The Basic Network Management System = 60
• Two Types of Automated Network Management = 60
• Intelligent Agents = 60
• Remote Monitoring = 61
• View of Three Approaches = 62
• Digital's Automated Network Management Approach = 62
• Gensym Corp's Automated Network Management Approach = 63
• Bay Networks' Automated Network Management Approach = 63
• Automated Network Management Outlook = 64
• Automated Network Management Strategy = 65
• 5. The Virtual Private Intranet = 67
• The Virtual Private Intranet Defined = 69
• Three Stages of Intranet Development = 70
• Stage I : Bulletin Board = 71
• Stage II : Groupware = 72
• Stage III : Mission Critical = 74
• Grass Roots Virtual Private Intranet = 75
• The Intranet and the Virtual Private Intranet = 75
• Calculating return on Investment = 78
• Cadence Design Systems' Virtual Private Intranet = 79
• Booz, Allen & Hamilton's Virtual Private Intranet = 81
• Silicon Graphics Virtual Private Intranet = 84
• The primary Virtual Private Intranet Participants = 87
• IBM/Lotus = 87
• Micrsoft = 88
• Netscape Communication Corp = 90
• Oracle = 91
• Silicon Graphics = 92
• Sun Microsystems = 94
• Additional Participants = 96
• Virtual Private Intranet Strategy = 98
• 6. Java Programming Language = 101
• Java Makes It over the Internet = 102
• How Java Grew from Acorn to Oak = 103
• The Java Secret = 103
• Achieving Simple Interoperability = 104
• JAVA Gets a Big Break = 104
• A Timely Arrival = 104
• The Java Empire = 105
• The Java Development Kit = 105
• A Look Inside Java = 107
• What Are Java Bytecodes? = 109
• Java Virtual Hardware = 110
• The Java Stack Frame Sections = 111
• An elegant Garbage Heap = 112
• Possible Trouble in Javaland = 112
• Third - party Java Developers = 113
• Portability Concerns = 113
• Silicon - powered Java = 114
• What Makes picoJava Work = 115
• Outlook for Silicon Java = 116
• Java and Network Security = 116
• Multiple Security Features = 117
• The Market Share/ Dominance = 117
• Sun's Larger View = 118
• The Enterprise as the Battlefield = 119
• Thin Client or Fat Client ? = 120
• A Java Strategy = 121
• 7. Network Access Appliances = 123
• What It All Means = 123
• Cutting Cost for Business = 124
• Network Access Savings in the Home = 126
• Strong Market Potential = 126
• Technology and Market Share Envy = 127
• Network Security/ Integrity Issues = 129
• Who Makes NCs for Businesses? = 130
• Sun Microsystems' JavaStation = 130
• Oracle's Network Computer = 131
• Netscape's Strategy = 132
• Where LBM Stands = 134
• Who Markes NCs for Consumers? = 134
• TV-top Internet Boxes = 134
• Palm-sized Mobile Computer Terminals = 137
• Dedicated Information Appliances = 138
• A Strategy for Business = 138
• A Strategy for Consumers = 139
• 8. Cable Modems = 141
• Infrastructure Limitations = 144
• Antiquated Wiring Versus Digital Data = 144
• Cable Modem Overview = 146
• Cable Modem Architecture = 148
• Cable Modem Functions = 149
• The Network Interface Card = 149
• How Cable Connectitvity Works = 150
• Cable Router Functions = 152
• System and Network Management = 153
• The Standards Status = 154
• One Strongly Emerging Data Standard = 156
• Radio Frequency Interface Specification = 157
• Cable Modem Data Link Specifications = 158
• Downstream and Upstream Specifications = 159
• Cable Modem Legacy Problems = 159
• Competitive Factors = 160
• Satellite/ Wireless Modems = 161
• Outlook = 162
• Megabit Modem Strategy = 163
• 9. Personal Satellite Phones = 165
• Flat plate Antenna Technology = 167
• A "Squint" Capability = 167
• Building a Circuit Sandwich = 168
• Latest Technological Advancements = 170
• What Is Hot Sport Technology? = 170
• Sport Beam Reconfigurability = 171
• Reconfigure Channelization = 172
• GEO Satellite Advantages and Disadvantages = 172
• Market Demand/ Potenial = 173
• The Portable Equipment = 173
• Planet 1's Current Competitor = 174
• Future Competitors = 175
• Five - and 10-Tear Outlook = 176
• 10. Data Mining = 179
• Why Data Mining Is Taking Off = 180
• Functions of Data Mining = 181
• Data Mining Parameters = 181
• The Data Mining Spectrum = 182
• Data Mining System performance Requirements = 183
• Necessary Data Mining Tools = 185
• Online Analytical Processing = 185
• Implementing an Online Analytical Processing Database = 186
• Predictive Modeling = 186
• Neural Networks = 187
• Data Visualization = 188
• The Role of Data Warehousing = 188
• Data Mining Strategy = 189
• Data Mining Product Vendors = 190
• Data Mining Outlook = 190
• Data Mining Strategy = 191
• APPENDICES
• A. Internet Resources for IT Management = 193
• Useful Web Sites = 193
• B. Bibliography = 197
• Cell-based Telephony = 197
• Virtual LANs = 197
• Gigabit LANS = 197
• Automated Network Management = 198
• Virtual Private Intranets = 198
• Java Programming Language = 198
• Internet Access Appliances = 199
• Megabit Modems = 199
• Personal Satellite Phones = 199
• Data Mining = 200
• Glossary = 201
• LIST OF FIGURES
• 1.1 U. S. and International Exchange Carrier Long - distance Business Revenues by Service Type = 10
• 1.2 projected Growth in Internet "Telephones" = 12
• 1.3 The Building Blocks of Variable Bit Rate Vice = 17
• 1.4 Vice over Frame Relay Piques Interest = 21
• 2.1 ISO Reference model Equivalencies for Three Protocol Suites = 30
• 3.1 Next Generation LAN Market Forecast = 51
• 4.1 Network and Systems management Software Revenue = 55
• 4.2 Management Tools Revenue by Category = 56
• 5.1 Intranet Building Blocks = 69
• 5.2 The Evolution of Intranet Usage = 71
• 5.3 Current Business Process Classes Supported by Intranets = 72
• 5.4 Purpose of Internal Connections to the Internet = 76
• 5.5 The Promise of Remote Access via the Internet = 77
• 5.6 position on Building a Corporate = 98
• 6.1 Java Book Sales = 106
• 6.2 Web Pages with Java Applets = 109
• 6.3 picoJava I Performance = 115
• 6.4 Worldwide Server Operating Systems Shipments = 119
• 8.1 A Hybrid Fiber Coaxial Network = 143
• 8.2 Inside a Broadband Modem = 147
• 8.3 system Connectivity = 150
• 9.1 Inmarsat-3 Sport Beam Coverage = 166
• 9.2 Comsat/Matshushita Planar Design = 169
• 10.1 SEMMA : Sample, Explore, Modify, Model, and Assess = 183
• LIST OF TABLES
• 3.1 Gigabit LANs at a Glance = 42
• 10.1 Advanced Business Intelligence Tool Comparison = 180