As the Information Age evolves, customers need communications of high quality, excellent value and widespread mobility. The response is to establish efficient networks carrying a wide range of services. Signalling is at the heart of this revolution, energising networks to meet customer expectations.

'This is a first-class reference book, tutorial and discussion. The author is an expert who writes well, and it will become an important addition to the library of those who seek to understand how communications networks work.'
-- Electronics & Communication Engineering Journal

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Principles of Signalling Systems
• Chapter 3: Architecture of CCS Systems
• Chapter 4: CCSS7 Message Transfer Part
• Chapter 5: Signalling Connection Control Part
• Chapter 6: CCSS7 Narrowband ISDN User Part
• Chapter 7: Transaction Capabilities
• Chapter 8: Mobile Communications
• Chapter 9: Intelligent Network Application Part
• Chapter 10: Management Aspects of CCSS7
• Chapter 11: DSS1 Physical and Data Link Layers
• Chapter 12: DSS1 Network Layer
• Chapter 13: Private Networks
• Chapter 14: Broadband Signalling Platform
• Chapter 15: Broadband ISDN User Part for CCSS7
• Chapter 16: Broadband Access Signalling, DSS2
• Chapter 17: Interworking of CCS Systems
• Chapter 18: Internet Protocols
• Chapter 19: Conclusions
• Appendices