Forouzan, Behrouz A.

Data communications and networking / Behrouz A. Forouzan ; with Catherine Coombs and Sophia Chung Fegan - 2nd ed., Int ed. - Boston, Mass. : Singapore : McGraw-Hill ; McGraw-Hill Book Co., c2000 - xxxii, 908 p. ; 24 cm. - McGraw-Hill computer science series .

Catalogued based on Int. ed. 2nd ed. c2001

Preface. - Ch. 1. Introduction. - Ch. 2. Basic Concepts. - Ch. 3. The OSI Model. - Ch. 4. Signals. - Ch. 5. Encoding and Modulating. - Ch. 6. Transmission of Digital Data: Interfaces and Modems. - Ch. 7. Transmission Media. Ch. 8. Multiplexing. - Ch. 9. Error Detection and Correction. - Ch. 10. Data Link Control. - Ch. 11. Data Link Protocols. - Ch. 12. Local Area Networks. - Ch. 13. Metropolitan Area Networks. - Ch. 14. Switching. - Ch. 15. Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). - Ch. 16. Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). - Ch. 17 X.25. - Ch.18. Frame Relay. - Ch. 19. ATM. - Ch. 20. Sonet/Sdh. - Ch. 21. Networking and Internetworking Devices. - Ch. 22. Transport Layer. - Ch. 23. Upper OSI Layers. - Ch. 24. TCP/IP Protocol Suite: Part 1. - Ch. 25. TCP/IP Protocol Suite: Part 2, Application Layer. - Appendix A. ASCII Code. - Appendix B. Numbering Systems and Transformation. - Appendix C. Representation of Binary Numbers. - Appendix D. Fourier Analysis. - Appendix E. Hardware Equipment for Error Detection. - Appendix F. Huffman Encoding. - Appendix G. (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) Compression Method. - Appendix H. Next Generation of TCP/IP Protocol Suite: IPv6 and ICMPv6. - Appendix I. Spanning Tree. - References. - Glossary. - Index.

Data Communications and Networking, Second edition provides an ... introduction networking technologies that are increasingly important in today's world. - Back cover

Accompanied by : 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.). Data communications and networking. 2nd ed. [by] Forouzan. Interactive e-Text release 2.0. ISBN 0072450487 [for 560521]

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