Computer Networks and Internets is appropriate for all introductory-to-intermediate courses in computer networking, the Internet, or Internet applications; readers need no background in networking, operating systems, or advanced mathematics. Leading networking authority Douglas Comer presents a wide-ranging, self-contained tour of the concepts, principles, and technologies that enable today's Internet to support applications ranging from web browsing to telephony and multimedia. This Fifth Edition has been thoroughly reorganized, revised, and updated: it includes extensive new coverage of topics ranging from wireless protocols to network performance, while reducing or eliminating coverage of older protocols and technologies. Comer begins by illuminating the applications and facilities offered by today's Internet. Next, he systematically introduces the underlying network technologies and protocols that make them possible: low-level data communications; packet switching, LAN, and WAN technologies; and Internet protocols such as TCP, IP, UDP, and IPv6. With these concepts and technologies established, he introduces several of the most important contemporary issues faced by network implementers and managers, including quality of service, Internet telephony, multimedia, network security, and network management. Comer has carefully designed this book to support both top-down and bottom-up teaching approaches. Students need no background in operating systems, and no sophisticated math: Comer relies throughout on figures, drawings, examples, and analogies, not mathematical proofs.
| ISBN | 0135045835 | | Part volume | International Version | | ISBN13 | 9780135045831
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 812 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Published in | Upper Saddle River | | Imprint | Pearson | | Previous ISBN | 9780131236271 | | Format | Multimedia Item | | Height (mm) | 226 | | Publication date | 12 Jun 2008 | | Width (mm) | 179 | | DEWEY | 004.6 | | Spine width (mm) | 21 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Tertiary education | | Pages | 768 | |
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Preface PART I. Introduction and Internet Applications 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Internet Trends 3. Internet Applications and Network Programming 4. Traditional Internet Applications PART II. Data Communication Basics 5. Overview Of Data Communications 6. Information Sources and Signals 7. Transmission Media 8. Reliability and Channel Coding 9/ Transmission Modes 10. Modulation and Modems 11. Multiplexing and Demultiplexing (Channelization) 12. Access and Interconnection Technologies PART III. Packet Switching and Network Technologies 13. Local Area Networks: Packets, Frames, and Topologies 14. The IEEE MAC Sub-Layer 15. Wired LAN Technology (Ethernet and 802.3) 16. Wireless Networking Technologies 17. LAN Extensions: Fiber Modems, Repeaters, Bridges, and Switches 18. WAN Technologies and Dynamic Routing 19. Networking Technologies Past and Present PART IV. Internetworking 20. Internetworking: Concepts, Architecture, and Protocols 21. IP: Internet Addressing 22. Datagram Forwarding 23. Support Protocols and Technologies 24. The Future IP (IPv6) 25. UDP: Datagram Transport Service 26. TCP: Reliable Transport Service 27. Internet Routing and Routing Protocols PART V. Other Networking Concepts & Technologies 28. Network Performance (QoS and DiffServ) 29. Multimedia and IP Telephony (VoIP) 30. Network Security 31. Network Management (SNMP) 32. Trends In Networking Technologies and Uses Appendix 1. A Simplified Application Programming Interface Index
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