Data Communications and Networking
Computer Science Series)
2nd Edition
Published on 1. February 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
944 pages
978-0-07-118160-0 (ISBN)
Description
"Data Communications and Networking" provides an introduction to the concepts that underlie networking technology. This book is an extensive and comprehensive introduction to networking that does not require its readers to have a lot of mathematical background.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Weight
1510 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-118160-0 (9780071181600)
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Content
Basic concepts; the OSI model; signals; encoding and modulating; transmission of digital data - interfaces and modems; transmission media; multiplexing; error detection and correction; data link control; data link protocols; local area networks; metropolitan area networks; switching; point-to-point protocol (PPP); integrated services digital network (ISDN); X.25; frame relay; ATM; SONET/SDH; networking and Internetworking devices; transport layer; upper OSI layers; TCP/IP protocol suite - part I; TCP/IP protocol suite - part II; application layer. Appendices: ASCII code; numbering systems and transformation; representation of binary numbers; Fourier analysis; hardware equipment for error detection; Huffman coding; LZW (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) compression method; next generation of TCP/IP protocol suite - IPv6 and ICMPv6; spanning tree.