Two-time winner of the best Computer Science and Engineering textbook of the year award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association, including the current edition. For a one/two-semester courses in Computer Networks, Data Communications, and Communications Networks in CS, CIS, and Electrical Engineering departments. With a focus on the most current technology and a convenient modular format, this best-selling text offers a clear and comprehensive survey of the entire data and computer communications field. Emphasizing both the fundamental principles as well as the critical role of performance in driving protocol and network design, it explores in detail all the critical technical areas in data communications, wide-area networking, local area networking, and protocol design. The Eighth Edition provides updated coverage of multimedia, Gigabit and 10 Gbps Ethernet, WiFi/IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, security, and more
| ISBN | 0135071399 | | Pages | 896 | | ISBN13 | 9780135071397
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 1278 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Published in | Upper Saddle River | | Imprint | Pearson Education (US) | | Previous ISBN | 9780131833111 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 235 | | Publication date | 22 Aug 2008 | | Width (mm) | 178 | | DEWEY | 004.6 | | Academic level | Tertiary education | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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Chapter 0 Reader's and Instructor's Guide 0.1 Outline of the Book 0.2 Roadmap 0.3 Internet and Web Resources 0.4 Standards I. OVERVIEW 1. Data Communications, Data Networking, and the Internet 1.1 Data Communications and Networking for Today's Enterprise 1.2 A Communications Model 1.3 Data Communications 1.4 Networks 1.5 The Internet 1.6 An Example Configuration 2. Protocol Architecture, TCP/IP, and Internet-Based Applications 2.1 The Need for a Protocol Architecture 2.2 A Simple Protocol Architecture 2.3 The TCP/IP Protocol Architecture 2.4 The OSI Model 2.5 Standardization within a Protocol Architecture 2.6 Traditional Internet-Based Applications 2.7 Multimedia 2.8 Recommended Reading and Web Sites 2.9 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems Appendix 2A The Trivial File Transfer Protocol II. DATA COMMUNICATIONS 3. Data Transmission 3.1 Concepts and Terminology 3.2 Analog and Digital Data Transmission 3.3 Transmission Impairments 3.4 Channel Capacity 3.5 Recommended Reading and Web Site 3.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems Appendix 3A Decibels and Signal Strength 4. Guided and Wireless Transmission 4.1 Guided Transmission Media 4.2 Wireless Transmission 4.3 Wireless Propagation 4.4 Line-of-Sight Transmission 4.5 Recommended Reading and Web Sites 4.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 5. Signal Encoding Techniques 5.1 Digital Data, Digital Signals 5.2 Digital Data, Analog Signals 5.3 Analog Data, Digital Signals 5.4 Analog Data, Analog Signals 5.5 Recommended Reading 5.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 6. Digital Data Communication Techniques 6.1 Asynchronous and Synchronous Transmission 6.2 Types of Errors 6.3 Error Detection 6.4 Error Correction 6.5 Line Configurations 6.6 Recommended Reading 6.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 7. Data Link Control 7.1 Flow Control 7.2 Error Control 7.3 High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) 7.4 Recommended Reading 7.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems Appendix 7A Performance Issues 8. Multiplexing 8.1 Frequency-Division Multiplexing 8.2 Synchronous Time-Division Multiplexing 8.3 Statistical Time-Division Multiplexing 8.4 Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line 8.5 xDSL 8.6 Recommended Reading and Web Sites 8.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 9. Spread Spectrum 9.1 The Concept of Spread Spectrum 9.2 Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum 9.3 Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum 9.4 Code-Division Multiple Access 9.5 Recommended Reading and Web Site 9.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems III. WIDE AREA NETWORKS 10. Circuit Switching and Packet Switching 10.1 Switched Communications Networks 10.2 Circuit Switching Networks 10.3 Circuit Switching Concepts 10.4 Softswitch Architecture 10.5 Packet-Switching Principles 10.6 X.25 10.7 Frame Relay 10.8 Recommended Reading and Web Sites 10.9 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 11. Asynchronous Transfer Mode 11.1 Protocol Architecture 11.2 ATM Logical Connections 11.3 ATM Cells 11.4 Transmission of ATM Cells 11.5 ATM Service Categories 11.6 ATM Adaptation Layer 11.8 Recommended Reading and Web Sites 11.9 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 12. Routing in Switched Networks 12.1 Routing in Packet-Switching Networks 12.2 Examples: Routing in ARPANET 12.3 Least-Cost Algorithms 12.4 Recommended Reading 12.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 13. Congestion Control in Switched Data Networks 13.1 Effects of Congestion 13.2 Congestion Control 13.3 Traffic Management 13.4 Congestion Control in Packet-Switching Networks 13.5 Frame Relay Congestion Control 13.6 ATM Traffic Management 13.7 ATM-GFR Traffic Management 13.8 Recommended Reading 13.9 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 14. Cellular Wireless Networks 14.1 Principles of Cellular Networks 14.2 First Generation Analog 14.3 Second Generation CDMA 14.4 Third Generation Systems 14.5 Recommended Reading and Web Sites 14.6 Key Terms, Re
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