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Introduction to Data Communications and Networking

by Forouzan, Behrouz
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9780256230444

ISBN10:
0256230447
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Pub. Date:
1/1/1998
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MCGRAW HILL BOOK COMPANY
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Summary

This text is for students wanting to understand the concepts and mechanisms underlying telecommunications and networking coming from a variety of academic and professional backgrounds. DLC: Data transmission systems.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
1(16)
DATA COMMUNICATION
2(2)
Components
3(1)
NETWORKS
4(3)
Distributed Processing
4(1)
Network Criteria
4(2)
Applications
6(1)
PROTOCOLS AND STANDARDS
7(2)
Protocols
7(1)
Standards
8(1)
STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONS
9(4)
Standards Creation Committees
9(2)
Forums
11(1)
Regulatory Agencies
12(1)
SUMMARY
13(1)
PRACTICE SET
13(4)
Multiple Choice
13(2)
Exercises
15(2)
Chapter 2: BASIC CONCEPTS
17(18)
LINE CONFIGURATION
17(1)
Point-to-Point
18(1)
Multipoint
18(1)
TOPOLOGY
18(6)
Mesh
19(2)
Star
21(1)
Tree
21(1)
Bus
22(1)
Ring
23(1)
Hybrid Topologies
24(1)
TRANSMISSION MODE
24(2)
Simplex
25(1)
Half-Duplex
25(1)
Full-Duplex
25(1)
CATEGORIES OF NETWORKS
26(3)
Local Area Network (LAN)
26(1)
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
28(1)
Wide Area Network (WAN)
28(1)
INTERNETWORKS
29(1)
SUMMARY
30(1)
PRACTICE SET
30(5)
Multiple Choice
30(2)
Exercises
32(3)
Chapter 3: THE OSI MODEL
35(20)
THE MODEL
35(4)
Layered Architecture
35(4)
FUNCTIONS OF THE LAYERS
39(10)
Physical Layer
39(1)
Data Link Layer
40(1)
Network Layer
41(2)
Transport Layer
43(2)
Session Layer
45(2)
Presentation Layer
47(1)
Application Layer
48(1)
Summary of Layer Functions
49(1)
SUMMARY
49(1)
PRACTICE SET
50(5)
Multiple Choice
50(3)
Exercises
53(2)
Chapter 4: SIGNALS
55(24)
ANALOG AND DIGITAL
55(2)
APERIODIC AND PERIODIC SIGNALS
57(2)
Periodic Signals
57(1)
Aperiodic Signals
58(1)
ANALOG SIGNALS
59(8)
Simple Analog Signals
59(5)
Complex Signals
64(1)
Frequency Spectrum and Bandwidth
65(2)
DIGITAL SIGNALS
67(6)
Amplitude, Period, and Phase
67(1)
Decomposition of a Digital Signal
68(1)
Medium Bandwidth and Significant Bandwidth
69(1)
Medium Bandwidth and Data Rate: Channel Capacity
70(1)
Use of Analog Signals to Transmit Digital Data
71(2)
MATHEMATICAL APPROACH (OPTIONAL)
73(1)
SUMMARY
74(1)
PRACTICE SET
75(4)
Multiple Choice
75(2)
Exercises
77(2)
Chapter 5: ENCODING
79(42)
DIGITAL-TO-DIGITAL ENCODING
79(11)
Unipolar
80(2)
Polar
82(3)
Bipolar
85(5)
ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL ENCODING
90(5)
Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM)
91(1)
Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)
92(2)
Sampling Rate
94(1)
DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG ENCODING
95(12)
Aspects of Digital-to-Analog Encoding
95(1)
Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)
96(3)
Frequency Shift Keying (FSK)
99(2)
Phase Shift Keying (PSK)
101(3)
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM)
104(2)
Bit/Baud Comparison
106(1)
ANALOG-TO-ANALOG ENCODING
107(5)
Amplitude Modulation (AM)
108(2)
Frequency Modulation (FM)
110(2)
Phase Modulation (PM)
112(1)
SUMMARY
112(2)
PRACTICE SET
114(7)
Multiple Choice
114(4)
Exercises
118(3)
Chapter 6: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL DATA: INTERFACES AND MODEMS
121(42)
DIGITAL DATA TRANSMISSION
121(4)
Parallel Transmission
122(1)
Serial Transmission
123(2)
DTE-DCE INTERFACE
125(9)
Data Terminal Equipment (DTE)
126(1)
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment (DCE)
126(1)
Standards
127(1)
EIA-232 Interface
127(7)
OTHER INTERFACE STANDARDS
134(6)
EIA-449
134(4)
EIA-530
138(1)
X.21
139(1)
MODEMS
140(12)
Transmission Rate
142(3)
Modem Standards
145(7)
SUMMARY
152(2)
PRACTICE SET
154(9)
Multiple Choice
154(6)
Exercises
160(3)
Chapter 7: TRANSMISSION MEDIA
163(34)
GUIDED MEDIA
164(12)
Twisted-Pair Cable
164(4)
Coaxial Cable
168(1)
Optical Fiber
169(7)
UNGUIDED MEDIA
176(11)
Radio Frequency Allocation
176(1)
Propagation of Radio Waves
176(5)
Terrestrial Microwave
181(1)
Satellite Communication
182(2)
Cellular Telephony
184(3)
PERFORMANCE
187(1)
SUMMARY
188(2)
PRACTICE SET
190(7)
Multiple Choice
190(5)
Exercises
195(2)
Chapter 8: MULTIPLEXING
197(28)
MANY TO ONE/ONE TO MANY
197(1)
TYPES OF MULTIPLEXING
198(12)
Frequency-Division Multiplexing (FDM)
199(3)
Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM)
202(7)
Inverse Multiplexing
209(1)
MULTIPLEXING APPLICATION: THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM
210(9)
Common Carrier Services and Hierarchies
210(1)
Analog Services
211(2)
Digital Services
213(6)
SUMMARY
219(1)
PRACTICE SET
220(5)
Multiple Choice
220(3)
Exercises
223(2)
Chapter 9: ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION
225(22)
TYPES OF ERRORS
225(2)
Single-Bit Error
226(1)
Multiple-Bit Error
226(1)
Burst Error
227(1)
DETECTION
227(10)
Redundancy
227(1)
Vertical Redundancy Check (VRC)
228(2)
Longitudinal Redundancy Check (LRC)
230(2)
Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)
232(3)
Checksum
235(2)
ERROR CORRECTION
237(5)
Single-Bit Error Correction
237(1)
Hamming Code
238(3)
Multiple-Bit Error Correction
241(1)
SUMMARY
242(1)
PRACTICE SET
243(4)
Multiple Choice
243(2)
Exercises
245(2)
Chapter 10: DATA LINK CONTROL
247(26)
LINE DISCIPLINE
248(5)
ENQ/ACK
248(5)
FLOW CONTROL
253(5)
Stop-and-Wait
253(2)
Sliding Window
255(3)
ERROR CONTROL
258(9)
Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ)
258(1)
Stop-and-Wait ARQ
259(2)
Sliding Window ARQ
261(6)
SUMMARY
267(1)
PRACTICE SET
268(5)
Multiple Choice
268(2)
Exercises
270(3)
Chapter 11: DATA LINK PROTOCOLS
273(34)
ASYNCHRONOUS PROTOCOLS
274(2)
XMODEM
274(1)
YMODEM
275(1)
ZMODEM
275(1)
BLAST
275(1)
Kermit
275(1)
SYNCHRONOUS PROTOCOLS
276(1)
CHARACTER-ORIENTED PROTOCOLS
276(6)
Binary Synchronous Communication (BSC)
277(1)
BSC Frames
278(3)
Data Transparency
281(1)
BIT-ORIENTED PROTOCOLS
282(18)
HDLC
284(2)
Frames
286(5)
More about Frames
291(9)
Link Access Procedures
300(1)
SUMMARY
300(2)
PRACTICE SET
302(5)
Multiple Choice
302(2)
Exercises
304(3)
Chapter 12: LOCAL AREA NETWORKS
307(36)
PROJECT 802
307(3)
IEEE 802.1
309(1)
LLC
309(1)
MAC
309(1)
Protocol Data Unit (PDU)
309(1)
ETHERNET
310(9)
Access Method: CSMA/CD
311(1)
Addressing
312(1)
Electrical Specification
312(1)
Frame Format
312(2)
Implementation
314(5)
TOKEN BUS
319(1)
TOKEN RING
319(8)
Access Method: Token Passing
319(2)
Addressing
321(1)
Electrical Specification
322(1)
Frame Formats
322(3)
Implementation
325(2)
FDDI
327(8)
Access Method: Token Passing
327(3)
Addressing
330(1)
Electrical Specification
330(2)
Frame Format
332(1)
Implementation: Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) Layer
333(2)
COMPARISON
335(1)
SUMMARY
335(2)
PRACTICE SET
337(6)
Multiple Choice
337(4)
Exercises
341(2)
Chapter 13: METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS
343(14)
IEEE 802.6
343(8)
Access Method: Dual Bus
343(3)
Distributed Queues
346(2)
Ring Configuration
348(1)
Operation: DQDB Layers
349(1)
Implementation
350(1)
SMDS
351(2)
Connection and Access
352(1)
SUMMARY
353(1)
PRACTICE SET
354(3)
Multiple Choice
354(1)
Exercises
355(2)
Chapter 14: SWITCHING: A NETWORK LAYER FUNCTION
357(18)
CIRCUIT SWITCHING
358(7)
Space-Division Switches
359(3)
Time-Division Switches
362(2)
Space- and Time-Division Switching Combinations
364(1)
PACKET SWITCHING
365(4)
Datagram Approach
366(1)
Virtual Circuit Approach
367(2)
MESSAGE SWITCHING
369(1)
NETWORK LAYER
370(1)
Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Services
370(1)
SUMMARY
371(1)
PRACTICE SET
372(3)
Multiple Choice
372(2)
Exercises
374(1)
Chapter 15: INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK (ISDN)
375(34)
SERVICES
375(1)
Bearer Services
375(1)
Teleservices
376(1)
Supplementary Services
376(1)
HISTORY
376(4)
Voice Communication over Analog Networks
376(1)
Voice and Data Communication over Analog Networks
377(1)
Analog and Digital Services to Subscribers
377(1)
Integrated Digital Network (IDN)
378(1)
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
379(1)
SUBSCRIBER ACCESS TO THE ISDN
380(5)
B Channels
380(1)
D Channels
380(1)
H Channels
381(1)
User Interfaces
381(2)
Functional Grouping
383(2)
Reference Points
385(1)
THE ISDN LAYERS
385(13)
Physical Layer
387(5)
Data Link Layer
392(2)
Network Layer
394(4)
BROADBAND ISDN
398(3)
Services
399(1)
Physical Specifications
400(1)
SUMMARY
401(2)
PRACTICE SET
403(6)
Multiple Choice
403(4)
Exercises
407(2)
Chapter 16: X.25
409(14)
X.25 LAYERS
409(2)
Physical Layer
410(1)
Data Link Layer
410(1)
Network Layer
410(1)
PACKET LAYER PROTOCOL
411(8)
Information Packets
411(2)
Control Packets
413(4)
Complete Packet Sequence
417(1)
Virtual Channel ID Numbers
418(1)
SUMMARY
419(1)
PRACTICE SET
419(4)
Multiple Choice
419(2)
Exercises
421(2)
Chapter 17: FRAME RELAY
423(10)
FRAME RELAY LAYERS
424(2)
Physical Layer
424(1)
Data Link Layer
425(1)
FRAME RELAY OPERATION
426(3)
Relay
427(1)
Switching
427(2)
Congestion Control
429(1)
IMPLEMENTATION
429(1)
SUMMARY
430(1)
PRACTICE SET
431(2)
Multiple Choice
431(1)
Exercises
432(1)
Chapter 18: ATM
433(26)
DESIGN GOALS
433(7)
Packet Networks
434(1)
Mixed Network Traffic
434(1)
Cell Networks
435(4)
Additional Advantages of ATM
439(1)
ATM TOPOLOGY
440(2)
ATM PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE
442(11)
Application Adaptation Layer (AAL)
442(7)
ATM Layer
449(4)
Physical Layer
453(1)
SUMMARY
453(1)
PRACTICE SET
454(5)
Multiple Choice
454(2)
Exercises
456(3)
Chapter 19: SONET/SDH
459(18)
SYNCHRONOUS TRANSPORT SIGNALS
460(1)
PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION
461(1)
SONET Devices
461(1)
Sections, Lines, and Paths
462(1)
SONET LAYERS
462(1)
Photonic Layer
462(1)
Section Layer
462(1)
Line Layer
463(1)
Path Layer
463(1)
Device-Layer Relationships
463(1)
THE SONET FRAME
463(7)
Frame Format
464(2)
Section Overhead
466(1)
Line Overhead
466(2)
Path Overhead
468(1)
Virtual Tributaries
469(1)
Types of VTs
469(1)
MULTIPLEXING STS FRAMES
470(1)
SUMMARY
471(1)
PRACTICE SET
472(5)
Multiple Choice
472(3)
Exercises
475(2)
Chapter 20: NETWORKING AND INTERNETWORKING DEVICES
477(30)
REPEATERS
478(2)
Not an Amplifier
480(1)
BRIDGES
480(3)
Types of Bridges
482(1)
ROUTERS
483(4)
Routing Concepts
485(2)
GATEWAYS
487(1)
ROUTING ALGORITHMS
487(15)
Distance Vector Routing
488(7)
Link State Routing
495(7)
SUMMARY
502(1)
PRACTICE SET
503(4)
Multiple Choice
503(3)
Exercises
506(1)
Chapter 21: TRANSPORT LAYER
507(18)
DUTIES OF THE TRANSPORT LAYER
508(8)
End-to-End Delivery
508(1)
Addressing
509(1)
Reliable Delivery
510(3)
Flow Control
513(1)
Multiplexing
514(2)
CONNECTION
516(1)
Connection Establishment
516(1)
Connection Termination
517(1)
THE OSI TRANSPORT PROTOCOL
517(3)
Transport Classes
517(1)
Transport Protocol Data Unit (TPDU)
518(1)
Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Services
519(1)
SUMMARY
520(1)
PRACTICE SET
521(4)
Multiple Choice
521(2)
Exercises
523(2)
Chapter 22: UPPER OSI LAYERS
525(24)
SESSION LAYER
525(4)
Session and Transport Interaction
526(1)
Synchronization Points
527(1)
Session Protocol Data Unit
528(1)
PRESENTATION LAYER
529(9)
Translation
529(2)
Encryption/Decryption
531(3)
Authentication
534(2)
Data Compression
536(2)
APPLICATION LAYER
538(7)
Message Handling System (MHS)
538(2)
File Transfer, Access, and Management (FTAM)
540(1)
Virtual Terminal (VT)
541(1)
Directory Services (DS)
542(1)
Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP)
543(2)
SUMMARY
545(1)
PRACTICE SET
546(3)
Multiple Choice
546(2)
Exercises
548(1)
Chapter 23: TCP/IP
549(44)
OVERVIEW OF TCP/IP
549(2)
TCP/IP and the Internet
549(1)
TCP/IP and OSI
550(1)
Encapsulation
550(1)
NETWORK LAYER
551(7)
Internetwork Protocol (IP)
551(5)
Other Protocols in the Network Layer
556(2)
TRANSPORT LAYER
558(4)
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
559(1)
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
559(3)
APPLICATION LAYER
562(12)
Domain Name System (DNS)
563(1)
TELNET
564(2)
File Transfer Protocols
566(2)
File Access Using NFS and RPC
568(1)
Electronic Mail: SMTP
569(2)
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
571(2)
Gopher
573(1)
Archie
573(1)
Veronica
573(1)
Wide Area Information Service (WAIS)
574(1)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
574(1)
WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW)
574(7)
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
575(2)
Browser Architecture
577(4)
SUMMARY
581(2)
PRACTICE SET
583(10)
Multiple Choice
583(7)
Exercises
590(3)
Appendix A: ASCII AND EBCDIC CODES 593(2)
Appendix B: NUMBERING SYSTEMS AND TRANSFORMATION 595(12)
Appendix C: REPRESENTATION OF BINARY NUMBERS 607(8)
Appendix D: ONE'S COMPLEMENT ARITHMETIC FOR CHECKSUM CALCULATION 615(4)
Appendix E: FOURIER ANALYSIS 619(4)
Appendix F: HARDWARE EQUIPMENT FOR ERROR DETECTION 623(8)
Appendix G: HUFFMAN CODING 631(8)
Appendix H: IP VERSION 6 639(4)
ANSWERS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS 643(16)
ACRONYMS 659(4)
GLOSSARY 663(28)
REFERENCES 691(2)
INDEX 693


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