Data and Computer Communications, 10th Edition

Data and Computer Communications, 10e, is a two-time winner of the best Computer Science and Engineering textbook of the year award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association. It is ideal for one/two-semester courses in Computer Networks, Data Communications, and Communications Networks in CS, CIS, and Electrical Engineering departments. This book is also suitable for Product Development personnel, Programmers, Systems Engineers, Network Designers and others involved in the design of data communications and networking products.

With a focus on the most current technology and a convenient modular format, this best-selling text offers a clear and comprehensive survey of the entire data and computer communications field. Emphasizing both the fundamental principles as well as the critical role of performance in driving protocol and network design, it explores in detail all the critical technical areas in data communications, wide-area networking, local area networking, and protocol design.

Table of Contents

Chapter 0 Guide for Readers and Instructors

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 Network 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: SEVEN INTERNETWORKING
Chapter 19 Routing
Chapter 20 Congestion 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 Exercises for Teaching Data and Computer Communications