Haojin Wang

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Wang, Haojin.
Packet broadband network handbook / Haojin Wang.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-07-140837-1
1. Broadband communication systems. 2. Packet switching
(Data transmission) I. Title.
TK5103.4 .W363 2002
621.382 ?1-dc21 2002032563

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