Data communications and networking / Behrouz A. Forouzan with Sophia Chung Fegan.
Material type: TextSeries: McGraw-Hill Forouzan networking seriesPublication details: Dubuque, Iowa : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2004.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxxiv, 973 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0072515848
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This text teaches data communications and networking to students without a heavy technical background, whilst still providing challenges to more experienced students. More than 700 figures provide complete visual presentation of the material.
Includes index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part 1 Overview of Data Communications and Networking
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Network Models
- Part 2 Physical Layer
- 3 Signals
- 4 Digital Transmission
- 5 Analog Transmission
- 6 Multiplexing
- 7 Transmission Media
- 8 Circuit Switching and Telephone Network
- 9 High-Speed Digital Access: DSL, Cable Modems, and SONET
- Part 3 Data Link Layer
- 10 Error Detection and Correction
- 11 Data Link Control and Protocols
- 12 Point-to-Point Access: PPP
- 13 Multiple Access
- 14 Local Area Networks: Ethernet
- 15 Wireless LANs
- 16 Connecting LANs, Backbone Networks, and Virtual LANs
- 17 Cellular Telephone and Satellite Networks
- 18 Virtual Circuit Switching: Frame Relay and ATM
- Part 4 Network Layer
- 19 Host-to-Host Delivery: Internetworking, Addressing, and Routing
- 20 Network Layer Protocols: ARP, IPv4, ICMP, IPv6, and ICMPv6
- 21 Unicast and Multicast Routing: Routing Protocols
- Part 5 Transport Layer
- 22 Process-to-Process Delivery: UDP and TCP
- 23 Congestion Control and Quality of Service
- Part 6 Application Layer
- 24 Client-Server Model: Socket Interface
- 25 Domain Name System (DNS)
- 26 Electronic Mail (SMTP) and File Transfer (FTP)
- 27 HTTP and WWW
- 28 Multimedia
- Part 7 Security
- 29 Cryptography
- 30 Message Security, User Authentication, and Key Management
- 31 Security Protocols in the Internet
- Appendix A ASCII Code
- Appendix B Numbering Systems and Transformation
- Appendix C The OSI Model
- Appendix D 8B/6T Code
- Appendix E Checksum Calculation
- Appendix F Structure of a Router
- Appendix G ATM LANs
- Appendix H Client-Server Programs
- Appendix I RFCs
- Appendix J UDP and TCP Ports
- Appendix K Contact Addresses