Stallings, William.

Data and computer communications / William Stallings. - 7th ed. - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. ; London : Prentice Hall, 2003. - 850 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Previous ed.: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one.Overview -- 1.Data communications and networking overview -- 2.Protocol architecture -- Part two.Data communications -- 3.Data tranmission -- 4.Guided and wireless transmission -- 5.Signal encoding techniques -- 6.Digital data communication techniques -- 7.Data link control -- 8.Multiplexing -- 9.Spread spectrum -- Part three.Wide area networks -- 10.Circuit switching and packet switching -- 11.Asynchronous transfer mode -- 12.Routing in switched networks -- 13.Congestion control in switched data networks -- 14.Cellular wireless networks -- Part four.Local area networks -- 15.Local area network overview -- 16.High-speed LANs -- 17.Wireless LANs -- Part five.Communications architecture and protocols -- 18.Internetwork protocols -- 19.Internetwork operation -- 20.Transport protocols -- 21.Network security -- 22.Distributed applications.

The seventh edition of 'Data and Computer Communications' features improved illustrations, integrated coverage of TCP/IP and Ethernet, a survey of ADSL, new coverage of IP multicasting and reports on the very latest technologies in hardware and software.

9780131833111 (pbk.) : �38.99 0131833111 �65.60


Computer networks.
Data transmission systems.
Computers and IT.
Databases
Electrical engineering
Computer networking & communications

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