Performance Analysis of Telecommunications and Local Area Networks

This text presents information on teletraffic engineering, with emphasis on modelling techniques, queuing theory and performance analysis for the public-switched telephone network and computer communication networks. Coverage includes twisted pair cables and coaxial cables, subscriber loops, multistage network switching, modelling techniques for traffic flow and service time, random access networks and much more. End-of-chapter problems with solutions are also included. This text should be a useful reference for practicing engineers and can also be used as a textbook in advanced-level courses. From the foreword: `The bipolar transistor has a remarkable characteristic that makes it unique as a circuit design element; it displays an exponential relationship between collector current and base-to-emitter voltage that is highly accurate over an extremely wide range of currents. This conformance to a mathematical law opens up numerous possibilities for analog signal processing. Log filters represent one of the most interesting applications of this exponential relationship.' Robert Adams, Analog Devices.