Converged Communications by Erkki Koivusalo - 9781119867500

Converged CommunicationsEvolution from Telephony to 5G Mobile Internet\nAuthor(s): Erkki Koivusalo\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: Wiley-IEEE Press\nISBN-13: 9781119867500, 978-1119867500\nSynopsis\nCONVERGED COMMUNICATIONS A one-of-a-kind exploration of the past, present, and future of telecommunications\n\n In Converged Communications: Evolution from Telephony to 5G Mobile Internet, telecommunications industry veteran Erkki Koivusalo delivers an essential reference describing how different communications systems work, how they have evolved from fixed telephone networks to the latest 5G mobile systems, and how the voice and data services converged. The central theme of the book is to build deeper understanding about incremental technological progress by introducing both state of the art and their predecessor technologies.\n\n The book explores four main areas, including fixed telephone systems, data communication systems, mobile cellu.