This text provides an overview of network technology and services, presenting the underlying principles involved in the operation of equipment and systems. It reviews digital multiplexing and transmission systems, describes digital cross-connect systems and their uses, and more.

This book gives you an overview of recent advances in long distance telecommunications and provides an informed outlook on its future evolution. It traces the development of networks from analog to all-digital configurations, describes digital cross-connect systems and their numerous uses, and describes synchronous networks and the use of SONET rings to achieve self-healing networks.