Open System LANs and their Global Interconnection. Electronics and Communications Reference Series

✍ Scribed by Jack Houldsworth, Mark A. Taylor, Keith Caves and F. F. Mazda (Auth.)

• Publisher: Elsevier Ltd, Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 448
• Series: Electronics and Communications Reference Series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is a "source book" on Local Area Networks (LANs) technology with the main emphasis on Open System Interconnection (OSI) standards. It contains comprehensive information on all aspects of LAN systems from copper and fibre wiring to the media access control systems for Ethernet (CSMA/MD), token ring, token bus, slotted ring and FDDI LAN technologies

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page ifc1
Copyright, Page ifc2
Electronics and Communications Reference Series, Page ifc3
THE AUTHORS, Page ifc4
PREFACE, Pages i-ii
Chapter 1 - Introduction to LANs and WANs, Pages 1-1-1-8
Chapter 2 - OSI - Open Systems Interconnection, Pages 2-1-2-14
Chapter 3 - LAN Standards, Pages 3-1-3-122
Chapter 4 - Data Link Control Standards, Pages 4-1-4-38
Chapter 5 - Network Layer Control, Pages 5-1-5-58
Chapter 6 - Transport Control Standards, Pages 6-1-6-30
Chapter 7 - The Functional Standards and Proprietary Competitors, Pages 7-1-7-20
Chapter 8 - OSI Management, Pages 8-1-8-44
Chapter 9 - Structured Building Cabling, Pages 9-1-9-26
Chapter 10 - The Future, Pages 10-1-10-52
Appendix 1 - Abbreviations, Pages A1-1-A1-14
Appendix 2 - Standards, Pages A2-1-A2-10
Index, Pages v-x