High-Speed Networking Technology
An Introductory Survey
Published on 12. January 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
576 pages
978-0-13-242421-9 (ISBN)
Description
Deciding which communication system to adopt for a corporate network can be a daunting task. This book helps in that it discusses the technical concepts of modern high speed communications systems in terms of the basic concepts of the technology and the reasons behind its development.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Upper Saddle River
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
797 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-242421-9 (9780132424219)
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Content
1. Introduction. 2. A Review of Digital Transmission Technology. Introduction. Electrical Transmission. Practical Transmission. LAN Cabling with Unshielded Twisted Pair. 3. High Speed on the Subscriber Loop (HDSL and ADSL). Discrete Multitone Transmission (DMT). 4. An Introduction to Fiber Optical Technology. 5. Traffic Characteristics. 6. Principles of High-Speed Networks. Control of Congestion. Transporting Voice in a Packet Network. Transporting Video in a Packet Network. Transporting Images. Transporting Data in Packets or Cells. Connection-Oriented versus Connectionless Networks. Route Determination within the Network. End-to-End Network Protocols. SNA in a High-Speed Network. A Theoretical View. Summary of Packet Network Characteristics. High-Speed Packet and Cell Switching Architectures. 7. Private Networks in the High-Speed Environment. 8. High-Speed Time Division Multiplexing Systems. Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). SDH and Sonet. The Bandwidth Fragmentation Problem. Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy. 9. Cell-Based Networking Systems (ATM). Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). The Structure of an ATM Network. The ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL). ATM Status. Practical ATM. 10. High-Speed Circuit-Switching Systems. The IBM ESCON Channel Architecture. 11. High-Speed Packet Networking. Frame Switching. Frame Relay. Packetised Automatic Routing Integrated System (PARIS). 12. plaNET/Orbit - A Gigabit Prototype Network. 13. Shared Media Systems (LANs and MANs). Basic Principles. 100 Megabit "Ethernet"/IEEE 802.3. 100VG AnyNet - IEEE 802.12 (100BaseVG). Isochronous Ethernet. Token-Ring. Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI). FDDI on Copper Wire (SDDI/CDDI). FDDI-II. DQDB/SMDS - Distributed Queue Dual Bus. 14. Radio LAN Technology. Building a Radio LAN System. Radio LAN Systems. 15. The Frontiers of LAN Research. MetaRing. CyclicReservation Multiple Access (CRMA). CRMA-II. 16. Lightwave Networks. WDM for LANs and MANs. Some Possible Systems Approaches. MuxMaster - A WDM WAN Research Prototype. 17. LAN Hub Development. Appendix A. Review of Basic Principles. Available Techniques. Characteristics of Multiplexing Techniques. Appendix B. Transmitting Information by Modulating a Carrier. Appendix C. Queueing Theory. Appendix D. Getting the Language into Synch. Appendix E. Abbreviations. Bibliography