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Leon-Garcia, Alberto.

Communication networks : fundamental concepts and key architectures - 2nd ed. - Boston : McGraw-Hill, 2004. - xxvii, 900 p. : ill. ;

Communication network and services --
Applications and layered architectures --
Digital transmission fundamentals --
Circuit-switching networks --
Peer-to-peer protocols and data link layer --
Medium access control protocols and local area networks --
Packet-switching networks --
TCP/IP --
ATM networks --
Advanced network architectures --
Security protocols --
Multimedia information --
Epilogue --
Appendix A: Delay and loss performance --
Appendix B: Network management

Explains the technological changes in communication networks. This book is useful for introductory one-semester or one-year courses in communications networks in upper-level undergraduate programs. The second half of the book is used in advanced courses. It assumes a general knowledge of computer systems and programming, and elementary calculus

ISBN: 007246352X 0071198482 9780071198486

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Telecommunication systems.
Computer network architectures.
Computer networks.

Dewey Class. No.: 621.382 / LEO