Assure peak efficiency and performance in any type of communications network! The explosive growth of digital communications networks, linking all parts of the globe has dramatically increased the need for tools and processes that ensure the ability of these vaious elements to operate together, set national and international standards, achieve local objectives for quality of service, and provide information that allows effective and proactive network management. Test and measurement instruments, systems and software provide these tools. This handbook explains how they work and how to use them in a set of clear and understandable chapters written by experts in their fields. You'll find everything you need to enhance performance in public and private networks, the Internet and cellular networks. Chapters describe how to select tools, develop and perform appropriate tests, and get information as well as data that ensures effective network and understanding on: Network operation parameters and success metrics; Hardware and software technolgies in communications; The Open Systems Interface (OSI) model; Analyses of network protocols, transmission errors, and physical connections; Development of effective tests for operation and performance of all types of networks; Selection of the most appropriate test and measurement tools; Development of information not just data. Let the Communications Network Test and Measurement Handbook guide you straight to optimum network performance.