Data and computer communications /

Includes index

Unit one. Fundamentals --
Part one. Overview --
Chapter 1. Data Communications, Data Networks, and the Internet --
Chapter 2. Protocol Architecture, TCP/IP, and Internet-Based Applications --
Part two. Data Communications --
Chapter 3. Data Transmission --
Chapter 4. Transmission Media --
Chapter 5. Signal Encoding Techniques --
Chapter 6. Error Detection and Correction --
Chapter 7. Data Link Control Protocols --
Chapter 8. Multiplexing --
Part three. Wide Area Networks --
Chapter 9. WAN Technology and Protocols --
Chapter 10. Cellular Wireless Networks --
Part four. Local Area Networks --
Chapter 11. Local Area Networks Overview --
Chapter 12. Ethernet --
Chapter 13. Wireless LANs --
Part five. Internet and Transport Protocols --
Chapter 14. The Internet Protocol --
Chapter 15. Transport Protocols --
Unit two. Advanced Topics in Data Communications and Networking --
Part six. Data Communications and Wireless Networks --
Chapter 16. Advanced Data Communications Topics --
Chapter 17. Wireless Transmission Techniques --
Chapter 18. Wireless Networks --
Part seven. Internet working --
Chapter 19. Routing --
ChapterCongestionngestion Control --
Chapter 21. Internetwork Operation --
Chapter 22. Internetwork Quality of Service --
Chapter 23. Multiprotocol Label Switching --
Part eight. Internet Applications --
Chapter 24. Electronic Mail, DNS, and HTTP --
Chapter 25. Internet Multimedia Support --
Appendix A. Fourier Analysis --
Appendix B. Projects and Other Student ExercisesTeaching Data and Computer Communications.

Two-time winner of the best Computer Science and Engineering textbook of the year award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association for a one/two-semester courses in Computer Networks, Data Communications, and Communications Networks in CS, CIS, and Electrical Engineering departments.