Dumas, Barry M. creator Schwartz, Morris text xx New Jersey Pearson Education 2009 monographic und

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xxix, 519 pages 26 cm For undergraduate and graduate level Network and Data Communication courses. This book takes a historical approach to information systems, showing students how technologies have built upon each other so they have an appreciation of how and why current technologies exist. 1 Introduction 2 The modern signal carriers: electricity, light, media, and impairments 3 Signal fundamentals 4 Encoding: representing information 5 Error control 6 Communications connections 7 Digital communication techniques 8 Comprehending networks 9 Local area networks (LANs) 10 Circuit switching, the telcos, and alternatives 11 Packet switched wide area networks (WANs) 12 Internetworking and the Internet 13 TCP/IP, associated Internet protocols and routing 14 Wireless networks 15 Network Security 16 Network Management 17 Planning, designing, and implementing a network 18 The future of network communications Appendices Glossary Index Barry M. Dumas. Includes glossary and index English Computer networks 004.6 D89p 978-0-13-167264-2 251212 20260803094027.0