Books by Bud Bates

Voice and Data Communications Handbook, Fourth Edition
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Voice and data communications expert Bud Bates once again brings you the most comprehensive and definitive reference covering the latest in networking and telecommunications technologies. Featuring all new material on wireless protocols, optical networking, and high-speed broadband services, this easy-to-understand resource contains comprehensive coverage of this fast-growing industry. You'll learn everything from basic concepts to practical implementation techniques on topics ranging from digital signaling and virtual private networks to frame relay and fiber optics. Straightforward and jargon-free, this updated edition is highly useful for anyone wanting to understand the latest advances in telecommunications and the rapidly evolving field of voice and data communications.

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Wireless Broadband Handbook

This book is about the evolution and emergence of the wireless world for the new millennium. Several changes are afoot in the wireless architectures including new standards, applications and technologies all rapidly coming to fruition. What we lack in this industry is a good business based book that describes the changes taking place, the protocols being developed and the products being introduced. This book will attempt to deal with these issues based on the business need, not strictly the technical aspects of the systems. Further, it will break the components apart in three ways:

What is all the hype about wireless communications? This new era technology convergence combines voice and data communications across untethered communications and switching systems. This new class of next generation products and protocols will provide interconnectivity no matter what architectural decision you made. If you are an "vintage voice communicator," the wireless world has considerable merit because the industry is far more mobile. If you are a "pioneering data user," then the future holds many future innovations and will tease you with the various implementations. If you are a "forward thinker," then the industry offers unheard of opportunities to connect anywhere and anytime. What is your preference?

The bottlenecks in the past were the different communications technologies selected by various providers and manufacturers. Bandwidth constraints created bottlenecks at the shared channel media. The applications were not ready but several essential ingredients have been developed to shake the cake into the mold. See where the growth is going to take off. Watch as a new form of Internet access emerges and unfolds before your very eyes. We believe that this one book will arm you with all the information needed to make valued business decisions on the technologies, applications and the past implementations. The author of this book is Regis J. "Bud" Bates.

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Optical Switching and Networking Handbook may sound like the bible of optical networks and switching systems. Not so! This is not an engineering book and will not dig into the gory detail of bits and bytes, ohms and lamdas, etc. For the financial and businessperson, the title may have a tendency to scare you away thinking that it is a technical book. Please persevere and read on. This book was written for you so that you can understand the various developments and challenges to use or invest in the optical networks. If you are an investor or a VC who needs to understand the future demand for the products, then Regis J. "Bud" Bates has addressed that. If you are a Telecommunications manager who is looking for the services from providers, Bud has addressed that too! What this is all about is the demystification process of the technologies. This optical networking book is being branded as part of a continuing series of books that are geared toward a specific market niche.

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Nortel Networks Layer 3 Switching details the networking efficiencies of Layer 3 switching, a hybrid approach that allows administrators to steer traffic correctly across a network, while avoiding routing overhead by keeping peripheral traffic out of the networking Layer. Telecommunications experts Regis J. “Bud” Bates and Zeecil Kimmel, NNCSS^TM, examine Layer 3 switching over the full range of standard networks, ultimately reinventing router methodology.

Administrators, engineers, and IT professionals of any level can use this authoritative handbook to develop far superior networking capacity—vital to an industry that increasingly revolves around speed.

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Broadband Telecommunications Handbook picks up where the Voice & Data Communications Handbook leaves off. The overall changes occurring in the communications industry will mold the way we do business in the future. What was once considered mundane in voice & data communications businesses has now been supercharged with the convergence of communications and computer technologies. To understand what the telecommunications professional really needs to know, there are several basic principals that must be followed. This book looks at the concept of a technology, followed by the deployment issues & then the use of the technology as it is implemented. Broadband Telecommmunciations Handbook is authored by Regis J. "Bud" Bates.

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Introduction To T1 / T3 Networking is a guide to understanding the telecommunications technology and how to use these services to increase productivity, decrease costs and integrate all your needs into a single high-speed communications infrastructure. The author of Introduction To T1/T3 Networking is Regis J. "Bud" Bates.

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Wireless Networked Communications is a forward thinking discussion on the present and future use of untethered communications. This guide balances managerial and technical issues to present a solid, readable foundation for understanding and implementing wireless transmission systems in a broad range of corporate environments. At last, here is a single source of information for telecommunications and LAN managers, network planners and others who want a clear explanation of today's wireless communications systems and how to implement them. The author of Wireless Networked Communications is Regis J. "Bud" Bates.

Hands-On Client/Server Internetworking covers everything needed to implement the server side of client/server computing. This comprehensive introduction explains how to connect multiple computing platforms using the client/server architecture. While there are many references devoted to the data/application aspect of this technology, this is the first book that focuses on how to connect multiple platforms using the client/server architecture. It is a step-by-step guide to connectivity communications and internetworking. Client/Server Internetworking covers the entire range of hardware such as bridges, hubs, routers, etc.; and software such as HP's OpenView, and NetView/6000 that must interrelate to make the communications side of the C/S paradigm work. The book is fully illustrated and loaded with extensive application cases. Client/Server Internetworking includes important network management material on SNMP, OpenView, and NetView/6000. Also detailed are both TCP/IP and SNA/APPN networks for network administrators, network analysts, and network designers. The author of Hands-On Client/Server Internetworking is Regis J. "Bud" Bates.