The role generations play in accepting and shaping digital technologies, and possibly vice versa, is an increasingly relevant issue in contemporary society. For the first time in the academic debate, this volume outlines the theoretical issues and explores some results from empi…
Preface viii -- 1 Introduction 1 -- 2 Technology, Business and Policy 14 -- 3 Voice Communications 49 -- 4 Information Theory 78 -- 5 From Analogue to Digital 98 -- 6 Error Control Coding 129 -- 7 Digital Modulation 153 -- 8 Packetised Data Communications 169 -- 9 Fixed Broadban…
The focus of this book is broadband telecommunications: both fixed (DSL, fiber) and wireless (1G-4G). It uniquely covers the broadband telecom field from technological, business and policy angles. The reader learns about the necessary technologies to a certain depth in order to …