Fundamentals of Communications

Douglas Gale
Douglas Gale

Fundamentals of Communications

To the uninitiated, it would appear that there's a virtual alphabet soup of acronyms and arcane labels for the various components of both current and projected communications systems. It's essential that these terms be defined and thereby demystified.
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To help guide us through the communications terminology and components with which most of you are likely to come into contact, is Douglas Gale, the Vice President for Information Systems and Services at George Washington University in Washington D.C. Doug was one of the original developers of the Internet, founding one of the first regional networks on the NSFNET and serving as NSFNET Program Director for two years. While NSFNET Program Director, Gale was responsible for the development of the first T3 national backbone. Earlier in his career, he was a tenured Professor in both Physics and Computer Science and currently serves on the Board of Directors of CREN and CAUSE.

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