Summary:
The new millennium promises to bring some of the most volatile activity in the history of communications, as we continue to be bombarded by new standards and technologies. The near frenzy of corporate mergers and acquisitions accelerates technological development and can provide hints of what is to come. With the rapid appearance of new protocols, standards, and tools, it becomes increasingly difficult -- and increasingly important -- for communications professionals to remain up-to-date on new and emerging technologies.

The Handbook of Emerging Communications Technologies: The Next Decade fills this gap. Until now, information on many of its topics, such as Multiprotocol over ATM, IP Multicasting, and RSVP, existed only as fragmented articles on the Internet or as complex feature specifications. In this landmark volume, leading authorities tackle the cutting edge technologies destined to shape the future.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP), Sonia Fahmy and Raj Jain

Multimedia Over IP: RSVP, RTP, RTCP, RTSP, Chunlei Liu

Video Transmission Over Wireless Links: State of the Art and Future Challenges,

Antonio Ortega and Masoud Khansari

JMAPI - Java Management Application Programming Interface, Mario Francois Jauvin

Cable Modems and HFC, Albert Azzam

DVD Technology, Bruce Klopfenstein

Switched Network Carrying Capacities, George Scheets and Mark Allen

The Development of Multiprotocol Label Switching to Integrate IP with ATM for

the Internet Backbone, Andrew Malis

Designing Multipoint Logically Switched Optical Networks, Eric Bouillet

Multi-wavelength Optical Networks, Krishna Bala

IP and Integrated Services, Saleem N. Bhatti

Satellite Communications, Ahmad Khanifar

Internet/MBONE Audio, V. Hardman and O. Hodson

Broadcasting in the Internet Age: Emerging Business Models for Broadcasting,

Richard Ducey

High Definition Television, Douglas A. Ferguson

The New Technologies of Radio: Terrestrial Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) and

Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (DARS), Ted Carlin

Key Concepts in Electronic Commerce, Bruce Klopfenstein

Emerging Security Testing, Evaluation, and Validation: The Key to Enhancing

Consumer Trust in Security-Enhanced Products, Paul Brusil, Arnold Johnson, and

Edwin Steeble