PART ONE OVERVIEW

Chapter 1 Data Communications,Data Networking,and the Internet

1.1 Data Communications and Networking for Today's Enterprise

1.2 A Communications Model

1.3 Data Communications

1.4 Networks

1.5 The Internet

1.6 An Example Configuration

Chapter 2 Protocol Architecture,TCP/IP,and Internet-Based Applications

2.1 The Need for a Protocol Architecture

2.2 The TCP/IP Protocol Architecture

2.3 The OSI Model

2.4 Standardization within a Protocol Architecture

2.5 Traditional Internet-Based Applications

2.6 Multimedia

2.7 Recommended Reading

2.8 Problems

Appendix 2A The Trivial File Transfer Protocol

PART TWO DATA COMMUNICATIONS

Chapter 3 Data Transmission

3.1 Concepts and Terminology

3.2 Analog and Digital Data Transmission

3.3 Transmission Impairments

3.4 Channel Capacity

3.5 Recommended Reading

3.6 Problems

Appendix 3A Decibels and Signal Strength

Chapter 4 Transmission Media

4.1 Guided Transmission Media

4.2 Wireless Ttansmission

4.3 Wireless Propagation

4.4 Line-of-Sight Transmission

4.5 Recommended Reading

4.6 Problems

Chapter 5 Signal Encoding Techniques

5.1 Digital Data,Digital Signals

5.2 Digital Data,Analog Signals

5.3 Analog Data,Digital Signals

5.4 Analog Data,Analog Signals

5.5 Recommended Reading

5.6 Problems

Chapter 6 Digital Data Communication Techniques

6.1 Asynchronous and Synchronous Transmission

6.2 Types of Errors

6.3 Error Detection

6.4 Error Correction

6.5 Line Configurations

6.6 Recommended Reading

6.7 Problems

Chapter 7 Data Link Control Protocols

7.1 Flow Control

7.2 Error Control

7.3 High-Level Data Link Control(HDLC)

7.4 Recommended Reading

7.5 Problems

Appendix 7A Performance Issues

Chapter 8 Multiplexing

8.1 Frequency-Division Multiplexing

8.2 Synchronous Time-Division Multiplexing

8.3 Statistical Time-Division Multiplexing

8.4 Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

8.5 xDSL

8.6 Recommended Reading

8.7 Problems

Chapter 9 Spread Spectrum

9.1 The Concept of Spread Spectrum

9.2 Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

9.3 Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

9.4 Code-Division Multiple Access

9.5 Recommended Reading

9.6 Problems

PART THREE WIDE AR EA NETWORKS

Chapter 10 Circuit Switching and Packet Switching

10.1 Switched Communications Networks

10.2 Circuit Switching Networks

10.3 Circuit Switching Concepts

10.4 Softswitch Architecture

10.5 Packet-Switching Principles

10.6 X.25

10.7 Frame Relay

10.8 Recommended Reading

10.9 Problems

Chapter 11 Asynchronous Transfer Mode

11.1 Protocol Architecture

11.2 ATM Logical Connections

11.3 ATM Cells

11.4 Transmission of ATM Cells

11.5 ATM Service Categories

11.6 Recommended Reading

11.7 Problems

Chapter 12 Routing in Switched Networks

12.1 Routing in Packet-Switching Networks

12.2 Examples:Routing in ARPANET

12.3 Least-Cost Algorithms

12.4 Recommended Reading

12.5 Problems

Chapter 13 Congestion Control in Data Networks

13.1 Effects of Congestion

13.2 Congestion Control

13.3 Traffic Management

13.4 Congestion Control in Packet-Switching Networks

13.5 Frame Relay Congestion Control

13.6 ATM Traffic Management

13.7 ATM-GFR Traffic Management

13.8 Recommended Reading

13.9 Problems

Chapter 14 Cellular Wireless Networks

14.1 Principles of Cellular Networks

14.2 First Generation Analog

14.3 Second Generation CDMA

14.4 Third Generation Systems

14.5 Recommended Reading

14.6 Problems

PART FOUR LOCAL AREA NETWORKS

Chapter 15 Local Area Network Overview

15.1 Background

15.2 Topologies and Transmission Media

15.3 LAN Protocol Architecture

15.4 Bridges

15.5 Layer 2 and Layer 3 Switches

15.6 Recommended Reading

15.7 Problems

Chapter 16 High-Speed LANs

16.1 The Emergence of High-Speed LANs

16.2 Ethernet

16.3 Fibre Channel

16.4 Recommended Reading

16.5 Problems

Appendix 16A Digital Signal Encoding for LANs

Appendix 16B Performance Issues

Appendix 16C Scrambling

Chapter 17 Wireless LANs

17.1 Overview

17.2 Wireless LAN Technology

17.3 IEEE 802.11 Architecture and Services

17.4 IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control

17.5 IEEE 802.11 Physical Layer

17.6 IEEE 802.11 Security Considerations

17.7 Recommended Reading

17.8 Problems

PART FIVE INTERNET AND TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS

Chapter 18 Internetwork Protocols

18.1 Basic Protocol Functions

18.2 Principles of Internetworking

18.3 Internet Protocol Operation

18.4 Internet Protocol

18.5 IPv6

18.6 Virtual Private Networks and IP Security

18.7 Recommended Reading

18.8 Problems

Chapter 19 Internetwork Operation

19.1 Multicasting

19.2 Routing Protocols

19.3 Integrated Services Architecture

19.4 Differentiated Services

19.5 Service Level Agreements

19.6 IP Performance Metrics

19.7 Recommended Reading

19.8 Problems

Chapter 20 Transport Protocols

20.1 Connection-Oriented Transport Protocol Mechanisms

20.2 TCP

20.3 TCP Congestion Control

20.4 UDP

20.5 Recommended Reading

20.6 Problems

PART SIX INTERNET APPLICATIONS

Chapter 21 Network Security

21.1 Security Requirements and Attacks

21.2 Confidentiality with Conventional Encryption

21.3 Message Authentication and Hash Functions

21.4 Public-Key Encryption and Digital Signatures

21.5 Secure Socket Layer and Transport Layer Security

21.6 IPv4 and IPv6 Security

21.7 Wi-Fi Protected Access

21.8 Recommended Reading

21.9 Problems

Chapter 22 Internet Applications—Electronic Mail and Network Management

22.1 Electronic Mail:SMTP and MIME

22.2 Network Management:SNMP

22.3 Recommended Reading

22.4 Problems

Chapter 23 Internet Applications—Internet Directory Service and World Wide Web

23.1 Internet Directory Service:DNS

23.2 Web Access:HTTP

23.3 Recommended Reading

23.4 Problems

Chapter 24 Internet Applications—Multimedia

24.1 Audio and Video Compression

24.2 Real-Time Traffic

24.3 Voice Over IP and Multimedia Support—SIP

24.4 Real-Time Transport Protocol(RTP)

24.5 Recommended Reading

24.6 Problems

APPENDICES

Appendix Projects and Other Student Exercises for Teaching Data and Computer Communications

A.1 Practical Exercises

A.2 Sockets Projects

A.3 Ethereal Projects

A.4 Simulation and Modeling Projects

A.5 Performance Modeling

A.6 Research Projects

A.7 Reading/Report Assignments

A.8 Writing Assignments

A.9 Discussion Topics

References

Index