BRIEE CONTENTSChapter 1 Introduction

CONTENIS■CHAPTER 1 Introduction

1.1 Information and Communication

1.3 The Nature of Business Information Requirements

1.2 The Manager s Dilemma

1.4 Distributed Data Processing

1.5 The Transmission of Information

1.6 Networks

1.7 Communications Software

1.8 Management Issues

1.9 Standards

1.10 Internet Resources

1.11 Useful Publications

PART 1 REQUIREMENTS

Chapter 2 Business Information

PART 1 REQUIREMENTS■CHAPTER 2 Business Information

2.1 Voice

2.2 Data

2.3 Image

2.4 Video

2.5 Response Time

Summary

Recommended Reading

Chapter 3 Distributed Data Processing

■CHAPTER 3 Distributed Data Processing

3.1 Centralized Versus Distributed Processing

3.2 Forms of Distributed Data Processing

3.3 Networking Implications of DDP

Summary

Recommended Reading

PART 2 FUNDAMENTALS

PART 2 FUNDAMENTALS■CHAPTER 4 Data Transmission and Transmission Media

Chapter 4 Data Transmission and Transmission Media

4.1 Signals for Conveying Information

4.2 Transmission Impairments and Channel Capacity

4.3 Transmission Media

4.4 Wireless Transmission

Recommended Reading

Summary

■CHAPTER 5 Data Communication Fundamentals

Chapter 5 Data Communication Fundamentals

5.1 Analog and Digital Data Communication

5.2 Data Encoding Techniques

5.3 Asynchronous and Synchronous Transmission

5.4 Interfacing

5.5 FloW Control

5.6 Error Detection

5.7 Error Correction

5.8 Data Link Control

Summary

Recommended Reading

■CHAPTER 6 Transmission Efficiency

Chapter 6 Transmission Efficiency

6.1 The Need for Transmission Efficiency

6.2 Frequency-Division Multiplexing

6.3 Synchronous Time-Division Multiplexing

6.4 Statistical Time-Division Multiplexing

6.5 Data Compression

Summary

Recommended Reading

PART 3 NETWORKING

PART 3 NETWORKING■CHAPTER 7 Traditional Wide-Area Networks

Chapter 7 Traditional Wide-Area Networks

7.1 LANS,MANS,AND WANS

7.2 Circuit-Switching Technology

7 3 Circuit-Switching Networks

7.4 Packet-Switching Networks

7.5 X25

7.6 Narrowband ISDN

7.7 Traditional Wide-Area Network Alternatives

Summary

Recommended Reading

■CHAPTER 8 High-Speed Wide-Area Networks

Chapter 8 High-Speed Wide-Area Networks

8.1 Wide-Area Networking Alternatives

8.2 Frame Relay

8.3 Asynchronous Transfer Mode(ATM)

8.4 Switched Multimegabit Data Service(SMDS)

8.5 Broadband ISDN

Summary

Recommended Reading

Case Study:Florida Power and Light

■CHAPTER 9 Local Area Networks

Chapter 9 Local Area Networks

9.1 Background

9.2 LAN Technology

9.3 LAN Standards

9.4 Ethernet and CSMA/CD

9.5 Token Ring

9.6 Bridges

Summary

Recommended Reading

Case Study:Levi Strauss

Chapter 10 High-Speed and Wireless LANs

■CHAPTER 10 High-Speed and Wireless LANs

10.1 The Emergence of High-Speed LANs

10.2 Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet

10.3 ATMLANs

10.4 Fibre Channel

10.5 Fiber Distributed Data Interface(FDDI)

10.6 Wireless LANs

Summary

Recommended Reading

Case Study:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

Chapter 11 Wireless Networks

■CHAPTER 11 Wireless Networks

11.1 Mobile Telephony

11.2 The Advanced Mobile Phone Service(AMPS)

11.3 Global System for Mobile(GSM)Communications

11.4 Multiple Access

11.5 Third Generation Wireless Communication

11.6 Satellite Communication

11.7 Iridium-A Third Generation Satellite System

Recommended Reading

Case Study:Alohanet

Case Study:Indonesia s Palapa Satellite

PART 4 APPUCATIONS

Chapter 12 TCP/IP and Other Protocol Architectures

PART 4 APPLICATIONS■CHAPTER 12 TCP/IP and Other Protocol Architectures

12.1 A Simple Protocol Arehitecture

12.2 The TCP/IP Protocol Architecture

12.3 The OSI Protocol Architecture

12.4 IBN s System Network Architecture

12.5 Internetworking

Summary

Recommended Reading

Chapter 13 Distributed Applications

■CHAPTER 13 Distributed Applications

13.1 Electronic Mail

13.2 Electronic Data Interchange

13.3 WorldWide Web

Summary

Recommended Reading

Case Study:R．J.Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Chapter 14 Client/Server and Intranet Computing

■CHAPTER 14 Client/Server and Intranet Computing

14.1 The Growth of Client/Server Computing

14.2 Client/Server Applications

14.3 Middleware

14.4 Intranets

Summary

Recommended Reading

Case Study:Burlington Coat Factory

Case Study:Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

PART 5 MANAGEMENT ISSUES

PART 5 MANAGEMENT ISSUES■CHAPTER 15 Doing Business on the Internet

Chapter 15 Doing Business on the Internet

15.1 The Internet

15.2 Security for Commerce on the Internet

15.3 Electronic Payment Systems

Recommended Reading

Case Study:Florida Department of Management Services

Chapter 16 Network Management

■CHAPTER 16 Network Management

16.1 Network Management Requirements

16.2 Network Management Systems

16.3 Technical Control

16.4 Performance Monitoring

16.5 Simple Network Management Protocol(SNMP)

Summary

Recommended Reading

Chapter 17 Network Security

■CHAPTER 17 Network Security

17.1 Security Threats

17.2 Eneryption Methods

17.3 Encryption Management

17.4 Digital Signatures

17.5 Web Security

Summary

Recommended Reading

A.1 The Importance of Standards

Appendix A Standards and Standards-Setting Organizations

■APPENDIX A Standards and Standards-Setting Organizations

A.2 Standards and Regulation

A.3 Standards-Setting Organizations

Glossary

References

Index