Data and computer communications

✍ Scribed by Stallings, William

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2013;2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 915
• Edition: 10th ed., International ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Data and Computer Communications, 10e, " is a two-time winner of the best Computer Science and Engineering textbook of the year award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association. It is ideal for one/two-semester courses in Computer Networks, Data Communications, and Communications Networks in CS, CIS, and Electrical Engineering departments. This book is also suitable for Product Development personnel, Programmers, Systems Engineers, Network Designers and others involved in the design of data communications and networking products. With a focus on the most current technology and a convenient modular format, this best-selling text offers a clear and comprehensive survey of the entire data and computer communications field. Emphasizing both the fundamental principles as well as the critical role of performance in driving protocol and network design, it explores in detail all the critical technical areas in data communications, wide-area networking, local area networking, and protocol design.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 22
About the Author......Page 24
Chapter 0 Guide for Readers and Instructors......Page 26
0.1 Outline of the Book......Page 27
0.2 A Roadmap for Readers and Instructors......Page 28
0.3 Internet and Web Resources......Page 29
0.4 Standards......Page 30
Unit One Fundamentals......Page 32
Chapter 1 Data Communications, Data Networks, and the Internet......Page 33
1.1 Data Communications and Networking for Today’s Enterprise......Page 34
1.2 A Communications Model......Page 40
1.3 Data Communications......Page 43
1.4 Networks......Page 46
1.5 The Internet......Page 49
1.6 An Example Configuration......Page 54
Chapter 2 Protocol Architecture, TCP/IP, and Internet-Based Applications......Page 56
2.1 The Need for a Protocol Architecture......Page 57
2.2 A Simple Protocol Architecture......Page 58
2.3 The TCP/IP Protocol Architecture......Page 62
2.4 Standardization within a Protocol Architecture ......Page 70
2.6 Multimedia......Page 73
2.7 Sockets Programming......Page 77
2.8 Recommended Reading and Animation......Page 86
2.9 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 88
Appendix 2A The Trivial File Transfer Protocol......Page 91
Chapter 3 Data Transmission......Page 96
3.1 Concepts and Terminology......Page 97
3.2 Analog and Digital Data Transmission......Page 109
3.3 Transmission Impairments......Page 117
3.4 Channel Capacity......Page 123
3.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 129
Appendix 3A Decibels and Signal Strength......Page 132
Chapter 4 Transmission Media......Page 135
4.1 Guided Transmission Media......Page 137
4.2 Wireless Transmission......Page 152
4.3 Wireless Propagation......Page 160
4.4 Line-of-Sight Transmission......Page 165
4.5 Recommended Reading......Page 169
4.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 170
Chapter 5 Signal Encoding Techniques......Page 174
5.1 Digital Data, Digital Signals......Page 176
5.2 Digital Data, Analog Signals......Page 187
5.3 Analog Data, Digital Signals......Page 198
5.4 Recommended Reading and Animations......Page 205
5.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 206
Chapter 6 Error Detection and Correction......Page 211
6.1 Types of Errors......Page 213
6.2 Error Detection......Page 214
6.3 Parity Check......Page 215
6.4 The Internet Checksum......Page 217
6.5 Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)......Page 219
6.6 Forward Error Correction......Page 226
6.7 Recommended Reading and Animations ......Page 232
6.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 233
Chapter 7 Data Link Control Protocols......Page 236
7.1 Flow Control ......Page 238
7.2 Error Control ......Page 245
7.3 High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC)......Page 251
7.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems ......Page 258
Chapter 8 Multiplexing......Page 261
8.1 Frequency-Division Multiplexing......Page 263
8.2 Synchronous Time-Division Multiplexing......Page 269
8.3 Cable Modem ......Page 279
8.4 Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line......Page 280
8.5 xDSL......Page 285
8.6 Multiple Channel Access......Page 286
8.7 Recommended Reading and Animations......Page 290
8.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 291
Chapter 9 WAN Technology and Protocols......Page 294
9.1 Switched Communications Networks......Page 296
9.2 Circuit-Switching Networks......Page 297
9.3 Circuit-Switching Concepts......Page 300
9.4 Softswitch Architecture......Page 306
9.5 Packet-Switching Principles ......Page 308
9.6 Asynchronous Transfer Mode......Page 317
9.7 Recommended Reading......Page 322
9.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 323
Chapter 10 Cellular Wireless Networks......Page 327
10.1 Principles of Cellular Networks......Page 328
10.2 Cellular Network Generations......Page 341
10.3 LTE-Advanced......Page 345
10.4 Recommended Reading......Page 353
10.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 354
Chapter 11 Local Area Network Overview......Page 356
11.1 Bus and Star Topologies......Page 357
11.2 LAN Protocol Architecture......Page 359
11.3 Bridges......Page 367
11.4 Hubs and Switches......Page 375
11.5 Virtual LANs......Page 378
11.6 Recommended Reading and Animations......Page 383
11.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 384
Chapter 12 Ethernet......Page 386
12.1 Traditional Ethernet......Page 388
12.2 High-Speed Ethernet......Page 396
12.3 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Standard......Page 406
12.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 408
Appendix 12A Digital Signal Encoding for LANs......Page 410
Appendix 12B Scrambling......Page 417
Chapter 13 Wireless LANs ......Page 420
13.1 Overview......Page 421
13.2 IEEE 802.11 Architecture and Services......Page 425
13.3 IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control......Page 429
13.4 IEEE 802.11 Physical Layer......Page 437
13.5 Gigabit Wi-Fi......Page 444
13.6 IEEE 802.11 Security Considerations......Page 447
13.7 Recommended Reading......Page 448
13.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 449
Chapter 14 The Internet Protocol ......Page 452
14.1 Principles of Internetworking ......Page 453
14.2 Internet Protocol Operation......Page 458
14.3 Internet Protocol......Page 465
14.4 IPv6......Page 475
14.5 Virtual Private Networks and IP Security......Page 485
14.6 Recommended Reading and Animations......Page 488
14.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 489
Chapter 15 Transport Protocols......Page 492
15.1 Connection-Oriented Transport Protocol Mechanisms......Page 493
15.2 TCP......Page 512
15.3 UDP......Page 519
15.4 Recommended Reading and Animations......Page 520
15.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 521
Unit Two A dvanced Topics in Data Communications andNetworking ......Page 524
Chapter 16 Advanced Data Communications Topics ......Page 525
16.1 Analog Data, Analog Signals......Page 526
16.2 Forward Error-Correcting Codes......Page 533
16.3 ARQ Performance Issues......Page 548
16.4 Recommended Reading and Animations......Page 555
16.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 557
Chapter 17 Wireless Transmission Techniques......Page 559
17.1 MIMO Antennas......Page 560
17.2 OFDM, OFDMA, and SC-FDMA......Page 563
17.3 Spread Spectrum......Page 569
17.4 Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum......Page 570
17.5 Code Division Multiple Access......Page 575
17.6 Recommended Reading......Page 578
17.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 579
Chapter 18 Wireless Networks......Page 583
18.1 Fixed Broadband Wireless Access......Page 584
18.2 WiMAX/IEEE 802.16......Page 586
18.3 Bluetooth Overview......Page 598
18.5 Bluetooth Baseband Specification......Page 602
18.6 Bluetooth Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol......Page 611
18.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 613
Chapter 19 Routing ......Page 615
19.1 Routing in Packet-Switching Networks......Page 616
19.2 Examples: Routing in ARPANET......Page 626
19.3 Internet Routing Protocols......Page 632
19.4 Least-Cost Algorithms......Page 643
19.5 Recommended Reading and Animations......Page 649
19.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 650
Chapter 20 Congestion Control......Page 654
20.1 Effects of Congestion......Page 656
20.2 Congestion Control ......Page 661
20.3 Traffic Management......Page 663
20.5 TCP Congestion Control......Page 668
20.6 Datagram Congestion Control Protocol......Page 680
20.7 Recommended Reading and Animations......Page 685
20.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 686
Chapter 21 Internetwork Operation......Page 691
21.1 Multicasting......Page 692
21.2 Software-Defined Networks......Page 704
21.3 OpenFlow......Page 708
21.4 Mobile IP......Page 715
21.5 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol......Page 726
21.6 Recommended Reading and Animations......Page 728
21.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 729
Chapter 22 Internetwork Quality of Service......Page 733
22.1 QOS Architectural Framework......Page 735
22.2 Integrated Services Architecture......Page 738
22.3 Resource Reservation Protocol ......Page 745
22.4 Differentiated Services......Page 756
22.5 Service Level Agreements......Page 764
22.6 IP Performance Metrics......Page 766
22.7 Recommended Reading and Web Sites......Page 769
22.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 771
Chapter 23 Multiprotocol Label Switching......Page 774
23.1 The Role of MPLS......Page 776
23.2 Background......Page 778
23.3 MPLS Operation......Page 780
23.4 Labels......Page 785
23.5 FECs, LSPs, and Labels......Page 788
23.6 Label Distribution......Page 790
23.7 Traffic Engineering......Page 795
23.8 Virtual Private Networks......Page 799
23.10 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 802
Chapter 24 Electronic Mail, DNS, and HTTP......Page 804
24.1 Electronic Mail—SMTP and MIME......Page 805
24.2 Internet Directory Service: DNS......Page 818
24.3 Web Access and HTTP......Page 827
24.4 Recommended Reading and Animations......Page 838
24.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 839
Chapter 25 Internet Multimedia Support......Page 842
25.1 Real-Time Traffic......Page 843
25.2 Voice Over IP......Page 846
25.3 Session Initiation Protocol......Page 849
25.4 Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP)......Page 853
25.5 Recommended Reading......Page 863
25.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems......Page 864
A.1 Fourier Series Representation of Periodic Signals......Page 865
A.2 Fourier Transform Representation of Aperiodic Signals......Page 866
A.3 Recommended Reading......Page 869
Appendix B Projects and Other Student Exercises for Teaching Data and ComputerCommunications......Page 870
B.3 Sockets Projects......Page 871
B.5 Simulation and Modeling Projects......Page 872
B.7 Research Projects......Page 873
B.10 Discussion Topics......Page 874
References......Page 875
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