William Stallings

Data and Computer Communications (eBook, PDF)

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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. Emphasising 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson HigherEducation
• Seitenzahl: 912
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781292014395
• Artikelnr.: 41939103

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
About the Author
 
Chapter 0 Guide for Readers and Instructors
   0.1    Outline of the Book
   0.2    A Roadmap for Readers and Instructors
   0.3    Internet and Web Resources
   0.4    Standards
 
UNIT ONE  FUNDAMENTALS OF DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING  
PART ONE  OVERVIEW  
Chapter 1 Data Communications, Data Networks, 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
 
Chapter 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    Standardization within a Protocol Architecture
   2.5    Traditional Internet-Based Applications
   2.6    Multimedia
   2.7    Sockets Programming
   2.7    Recommended Reading
   2.8    Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
   Appendix 2A The Trivial File Transfer Protocol
 
PART TWO  DATA COMMUNICATIONS
Chapter 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
   3.6    Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
   Appendix 3A Decibels and Signal Strength
 
Chapter 4 Transmission Media
   4.1    Guided Transmission Media
   4.2    Wireless Transmission
   4.3    Wireless Propagation
   4.4    Line-of-Sight Transmission
   4.5    Recommended Reading
   4.6    Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
 
Chapter 5 Signal Encoding Techniques
   5.1    Digital Data, Digital Signals
   5.2    Digital Data, Analog Signals
   5.3    Analog Data, Digital Signals
   5.4    Recommended Reading
   5.5    Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
 
Chapter 6 Error Detection and Correction
   6.1    Types of Errors
   6.2    Error Detection
   6.3    Parity Check
   6.4    The Internet Checksum
   6.5    Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)
   6.6    Forward Error Correction
   6.7    Recommended Reading
   6.8    Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
 
Chapter 7 Data Link Control Protocols
   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
 
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