Data Communication And Networking

It is the ambitions purpose of this book to provide a unified view of the broad field of data communications and networking. The organisation of the book neglects an attempt to break this massive subject into comprehensible parts and build, piece by piece, a survey of the state of art. The book emphasizes basic principles and topics of fundamental importance concerning the technology and architecture of data communications and networking.

1 Data Communications

2 Network Mechanisms.

3 Interfaces, Transmission Media, Multiplexing & Error Detection

4 Local Area Networks (Lan) Architectures

5 Networking And Internetworking Devices

6 Tcp/Ip Architecture

7 Metropolitan Area Networks & Wide Area Networks

8 The Physical And Datalink Layers

9 Ethernet

10 Token Ring

11 Token Bus

12 Fiber Distributed Data Interface (Fddi)

13 Integrated Services Digital Network

14 Broadband—Isdn

15 X.25, Frame Relay And Sonet

16 Asynchronous Transfer Mode (Atm)

17 Network Layer

18 Transport Layer

19 Application Layer Services

20 Upper Osi Layers

21 Local Area Network Management

22 Internet Protocol Version 6: Ipv6

23 Ipv6 Essential Functions And Services

24 Network Security

Appendix A Quick Reference (Important Points To Be Remember)

Appendix B Practice Set (Multiple Choice Questions)

Appendix C Acronyms

Appendix D Glossary

Appendix E References