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Drawing on his twenty years as a researcher and teacher, Fred Halsall presents the complex world of data communications and networks with clarity and thoroughness. An invaluable resource to both the student and the practicing computer professional, this fourth edition of the very successful Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems has been extensively updated to reflect the rapid developments in this field.
Highlights of the book include detailed coverage of:
- the essential theory associated with digital transmission
- digital leased circuits including PDH, SONET and SDH
- protocol basics including specification and implementation methods
- legacy and wireless LANs
- high-speed LANs including 100BaseT and 100 VG AnyLAN
- transparent and source routing bridges
- packet switching and frame relay networks and their protocols
- internetworking architectures, protocols and routing algorithms
- multiservice broadband networks including ATM LANs and MANs
- the TCP/IP and OSI application protocols including X.400 and X.500
- data encryption and network security algorithms
- network management architectures including SNMP and CMIP
Preface
Part one: Data communications
Chapter 1: Data communication networks and open system standards
- Backgroun
- Data communication network
- Standard
- ISO reference mode
- Open system standard
- Chapter summary
Chapter 2: The electrical interface
- Introductio
- Transmission medi
- Attenuation and distortion source
- Signal type
- Signal propagation dela
- Public carrier circuit
- Physical layer interface standard
- Exercise
- Chapter summary
Chapter 3: Data transmission
- Introduction
* Data transmission basic
- Asynchronous transmissio
- Synchronous transmissio
- Error detection method
- Data compression
- Transmission control circuit
- Communications control device
- Exercise
- Chapter summary
Chapter 4: Protocol basics
- Introduction
- Error contro
- Idle R
- Continuous R
- Link managemen
- Exercise
- Chapter summary
Chapter 5: Data link control protocols
- Introductio
- Application environment
- Character-oriented protocol
- Bit-oriented protocol
- Exercise
- Chapter summary
Part two: Computer networks
Chapter 6 Local area networks
- Introductio
- Wired LAN
- Wired LAN type
- Performanc
- Wireless LAN
- Protocol
- Exercise
- Chapter summary
Chapter 7: High-speed and bridged local area networks
- Introductio
- Ethernet switchin
- Fast Etherne
- IEEE 802.1
- FDD
- Bridge
- Transparent bridge
- Source routing bridge
- Exercise
- Chapter summary
Chapter 8: Wide area networks
- Introductio
- Characteristics of public data network
- Packet switched data network
- Circuit switched data network
- Integrated services digital network
- Private network
- Exercise
- Chapter summary
Chapter 9: Internetworking
- Introductio
- Internetwork architecture
- Internetworking issue
- Network layer structur
- Internet protocol standard
- Internet I
- IPv
- The ISO Internet Protoco
- ISO routing protocol
- Exercise
- Chapter summary
Chapter 10: Broadband multiservice networks
- Introductio
- Networking requirement
- FDDI-I
- Cell-based network
- ATM LAN
- DQD
- ATMR
- CRMA-I
- Exercises
- Chapter summary
Part three: Open systems
Chapter 11: Transport protocols Introductio
- User datagram protoco
- Transmission control protoco
- OSI protocols
- Service definitio
- Protocol specification
- Transport laye
- Exercises
- Chapter summary
Chapter 12: Application support protocols
- Introductio
- Session layer
- Presentation laye
- ASN.
- Data encryptio
- Presentation protoco
- Association control service elemen
- Remote operations service elemen
- Commitment, concurrency, and recover
- Reliable transfer service elemen
- Exercises
- Chapter summary
Chapter 13: Application-specific protocols
- Introductio
- TCP/IP application protocol
- ISO application protocol
- Exercise
- Chapter summary
Chapter 14: System aspect
- Introductio
- Directory service
- Example OSI environment
- Layer interactions
- Implementation issue
- Related standard
- Exercise
- Chapter summary
- Appendix A: Forward error control
Appendix B: Transmission control circuits
Appendix C: Summary of standards organizations
Appendix D: Glossary of terms and abbreviations
Bibliography and further reading
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