The emerging field of digital broadband facilities is rapidly advancing - and will soon be used to interconnect local area networks, provide rapid access to databases, and enable physicians to transmit and exchange x-rays. If you're a telecommunications manager, a designer, or an engineer who will install and maintain broadband networks - this essential reference gives you an up-to-the-minute description of what this technology is and how it can best be utilized.Here you'll find the critical information you need to keep up with the field's most important trends: the services provided by broadband networks and the management of those networks; the current and future broadband interfaces between users and the networks, such as SMDS, B-ISDN, and ATM; and internetworkingthe interconnection of existing networks and their upgrading to broadband communications.This book is required reading for professionals and others interested in digital broadband networks and services - the first practical guide to how the information superhighway really works. Read Less