Author: Kishan Shenoi
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Keywords: telecommunications, timing, synchronization
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2009-09-17
List price: $84.99
ISBN-10: 1439226326
ISBN-13: 9781439226322

This book covers the various issues related to synchronization and timing in telecommunications networks with emphasis on fundamental principles. A tutorial on the theory of clocks and clock noise analysis and the principles underlying noise transfer in phase- and frequency-locked loops is provided. Timing plays an important role in traditional TDM networks so the notion of clock strata and the role of various applicable standards are explained. The majority of the book addresses the relevance of synchronization in packet networks for providing real-time services. Synchronization in packe

Author: Zvia Breznitz
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
Keywords: processes, synchronization, reading, fluency
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2005-11-11
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 080584144X
ISBN-13: 9780805841442

This is the first book to examine in-depth the crucial role of the speed of information processing in the brain in determining reading fluency in both normal and dyslexic readers. Part I explains fluency in reading from both traditional and modern perspectives. Fluency has historically been viewed as the outcome of other reading-related factors and has often been seen as a convenient measure of reading skills. This book, however, argues that fluency has a strong impact on other aspects of reading and plays a central role in the entire reading process. Part II deals with the determinants

Author: Stefano Bregni
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: networks, telecommunications, digital, synchronization
Number of Pages: 430
Published: 2002-06-15
List price: $190.00
ISBN-10: 0471615501
ISBN-13: 9780471615507

Network synchronization deals with the distribution of time and frequency across a network of clocks often spread over a wide geographical area. The goal is to align (i.e. synchronize) the time and frequency scales of all clocks, by using the communication capacity of their interconnecting links. Network synchronization plays a central role in digital telecommunications as it determines the quality of most services offered by the network operator. However, the importance of network synchronization is often underestimated and how to solve quality-of-service degradation caused by synchronizatio

Author: Gadi Taubenfeld
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: programming, concurrent, algorithms, synchronization
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2006-07-30
List price: $133.20
ISBN-10: 0131972596
ISBN-13: 9780131972599

The first textbook that focuses purely on Synchronization - a fundamental challenge in Computer Science that is fast becoming a major performance and design issue for concurrent programming on modern architectures, and for the design of distributed systems.

Author: David J. Kinniment
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: systems, digital, arbitration, synchronization
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2008-02-12
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 047051082X
ISBN-13: 9780470510827

Today’s networks of processors on and off chip, operating with independent clocks, need effective synchronization of the data passing between them for reliability. When two or more processors request access to a common resource, such as a memory, an arbiter has to decide which request to deal with first. Current developments in integrated circuit processing are leading to an increase in the numbers of independent digital processing elements in a single system. With this comes faster communications, more networks on chip, and the demand for more reliable, more complex, and higher performance

Author: Harald Bachner
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Keywords: comparison, systems, distributed, synchronization, clock
Number of Pages: 72
Published: 2007-08-02
List price: $65.50
ISBN-10: 3638673669
ISBN-13: 9783638673662

Bachelor Thesis aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Informatik - Technische Inf., einseitig bedruckt, Note: 1,0, Fachhochschule Technikum (Informations- und Kommunikationssysteme), 29 Eintragungen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Englisch, Abstract: Clock synchronization is a necessary and critical part in most distributed systems. For many years NTP was the state-of-the-art way of synchronizing computer clocks distributed in space. However, as recent advances in miniaturization lead to the construction of smaller, more powerful and less power consuming computers, embedded devices, sensors and a

Author: Umberto Mengali
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: communications, theory, applications, receivers, techniques, digital, synchronization
Number of Pages: 534
Published: 1997-10-31
List price: $389.00
ISBN-10: 0306457253
ISBN-13: 9780306457258

This is the first book to offer a clear and solid framework for understanding various techniques and applications to modem design. An accessible introduction to the state of the art in digital synchronization for data transmissions systems, the volume employs the basic concepts of parameter estimation theory to systematically derive synchronization algorithms that can be implemented in fully digital form and considers frequency-flat fading channels in depth. The authors present several chapters with new, cutting-edge data on frequency, phase and timing recovery in continuous-phase modu