Data and computer communications / by William Stallings

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Web Site for Data and Computer Communications vi -- 1.1 A Communications Model 5 -- 1.2 Data Communications 7 -- 1.3 Data Communication Networking 9 -- 1.4 Protocols and Protocol Architecture 12 -- 1.5 Standards 22 -- Appendix 1A Standards Organizations 23 -- Appendix 1B Internet and Web Resources 29 -- Chapter 2 Protocols and Architecture 31 -- 2.1 Protocols 32 -- 2.2 OSI 44 -- 2.3 TCP/IP 54 -- Part 2 Data Communications 63 -- Chapter 3 Data Transmission 67 -- 3.1 Concepts and Terminology 69 -- 3.2 Analog and Digital Data Transmission 79 -- 3.3 Transmission Impairments 89 -- Appendix 3A Fourier Analysis 100 -- Appendix 3B Decibels and Signal Strength 105 -- Chapter 4 Transmission Media 107 -- 4.1 Guided Transmission Media 110 -- 4.2 Wireless Transmission 119 -- Chapter 5 Data Encoding 129 -- 5.1 Digital Data, Digital Signals 132 -- 5.2 Digital Data, Analog Signals 142 -- 5.3 Analog Data, Digital Signals 148 -- 5.4 Analog Data, Analog Signals 155 -- 5.5 Spread Spectrum 162 -- Appendix 5A Proof of the Sampling Theorem 170 -- Chapter 6 Data Communication Interface 173 -- 6.1 Asynchronous and Synchronous Transmission 174 -- 6.2 Line Configurations 178 -- 6.3 Interfacing 180 -- Chapter 7 Data Link Control 193 -- 7.1 Flow Control 195 -- 7.2 Error Detection 201 -- 7.3 Error Control 208 -- 7.4 High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) 213 -- 7.5 Other Data Link Control Protocols 221 -- Chapter 8 Multiplexing 235 -- 8.1 Frequency-Division Multiplexing 237 -- 8.2 Synchronous Time-Division Multiplexing 244 -- 8.3 Statistical Time-Division Multiplexing 257 -- 8.4 Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line 264 -- 8.5 xDSL 268 -- Part 3 Wide Area Networks 273 -- Chapter 9 Circuit Switching 275 -- 9.1 Switching Networks 276 -- 9.2 Circuit Switching Networks 278 -- 9.3 Circuit Switching Concepts 281 -- 9.4 Routing in Circuit-Switching Networks 287 -- 9.5 Control Signaling 289 -- Chapter 10 Packet Switching 303 -- 10.1 Packet Switching Principles 305 -- 10.2 Routing 315 -- 10.3 X.25 329 -- Appendix 10A Least-Cost Algorithms 342 -- Chapter 11 ATM and Frame Relay 347 -- 11.1 Protocol Architecture 348 -- 11.2 ATM Logical Connections 350 -- 11.3 ATM Cells 354 -- 11.4 Transmission of ATM Cells 360 -- 11.5 ATM Service Categories 364 -- 11.6 ATM Adaptation Layer 366 -- 11.7 Frame Relay 376 -- Chapter 12 Congestion Control in Data Networks 383 -- 12.1 Effects of Congestion 385 -- 12.2 Congestion Control 390 -- 12.3 Traffic Management 393 -- 12.4 Congestion Control in Packet-Switching Networks 394 -- 12.5 ATM Traffic Management 395 -- 12.6 ATM-ABR Traffic Management 407 -- 12.7 Frame Relay Congestion Control 411 -- Part 4 Local Area Networks 421 -- Chapter 13 LAN Technology 423 -- 13.1 Lan Applications 425 -- 13.2 LAN Architecture 428 -- 13.3 Bus LANs 440 -- 13.4 Ring LANs 443 -- 13.5 Star LANs 447 -- 13.6 Wireless LANs 450 -- 13.7 Bridges 457 -- Appendix 13A IEEE 802 Standards 466 -- Chapter 14 LAN Systems 469 -- 14.1 Ethernet (CSMA/CD) 470 -- 14.2 Token Ring and FDDI 482 -- 14.3 ATM LANs 495 -- 14.4 Fibre Channel 499 -- 14.5 Wireless LANS 502 -- Appendix 14A Digital Signal Encoding for LANs 510 -- Appendix 14B Performance Issues 515 -- Part 5 Communications Architecture and Protocols 523 -- Chapter 15 Internet Protocols 527 -- 15.1 Principles of Internetworking 530 -- 15.2 Connectionless Internetworking 533 -- 15.3 Internet Protocol 540 -- 15.4 IPv6 549 -- 15.5 IP Multicasting 560 -- Chapter 16 Internetwork Operation 569 -- 16.1 Routing Protocols 571 -- 16.2 Integrated Services Architecture 582 -- 16.3 Resource Reservation: RSVP 591 -- 16.4 Differentiated Services 598 -- Chapter 17 Transport Protocols 607 -- 17.1 Connection-Oriented Transport Protocolm Mechanisms 608 -- 17.2 TCP 627 -- 17.3 TCP Congestion Control 635 -- 17.4 UDP 644 -- Chapter 18 Network Security 649 -- 18.1 Security Requirements and Attacks 651 -- 18.2 Confidentiality with Conventional Encryption 652 -- 18.3 Message Authentication and Hash Functions 662 -- 18.4 Public-Key Encryption and Digital Signatures 670 -- 18.5 IPv4 and IPv6 Security 677 -- Chapter 19 Distributed Applications 687 -- 19.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) 688 -- 19.2 Network Management: SNMP 702 -- 19.3 Electronic Mail: SMTP and MIME 711 -- 19.4 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) 726 -- Appendix A ISDN and Broadband ISDN 743 -- A.1 Overview of ISDN 745 -- A.2 ISDN Channels 751 -- A.3 User Access 754 -- A.4 ISDN Protocols 756 -- A.5 Broadband ISDN 768 -- Appendix B RFCs Cited in This Book 775 -- Appendix C Projects for Teaching Data and Computer Communications 777 -- C.1 Simulation Projects 778 -- C.2 Performance Modeling 778 -- C.3 Research Projects 779 -- C.4 Reading/Report Assignments 779.

The sixth edition of Data and Computer Communications features improved illustrations, new coverage of Gigabit Ethernet, a survey of ADSL, new coverage of IP multicasting and reports on the very latest technologies in hardware and software.