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Chapter 7
Telecommunications, the Internet,
and Wireless Technology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES CHAPTER OUTLINE
After reading this chapter, you 7.1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING IN
will be able to answer the TODAY’S BUSINESS WORLD
following questions: Networking and Communication Trends
What Is a Computer Network?
1. What are the principal components Key Digital Networking Technologies
of telecommunications networks
7.2 COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
and key networking technologies?
Signals: Digital vs. Analog
Types of Networks
2. What are the different types of
Transmission Media and Transmission Speed
networks?
7.3 THE GLOBAL INTERNET
3. How do the Internet and Internet
What Is the Internet?
technology work and how do they
Internet Addressing and Architecture
support communication and
Internet Services and Communications Tools
e-business?
The Web
4. What are the principal technologies 7.4 THE WIRELESS REVOLUTION
and standards for wireless Cellular Systems
networking, communication, and Wireless Computer Networks and Internet Access
Internet access? RFID and Wireless Sensor Networks
5. Why are radio frequency identifica- LEARNING TRACK MODULES
tion (RFID) and wireless sensor LAN Topologies
networks valuable for business? Broadband Network Services and Technologies
Cellular System Generations
Wireless Applications for Customer Relationship
Management, Supply Chain Management, and
Healthcare
Web 2.0
Interactive Sessions:
The Battle Over Net Neutrality
Monitoring Employees on
Networks: Unethical or
Good Business?
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