Communications & Networks - Softcover

Mckenzie, N/A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0077092732 ISBN 13: 9780077092733

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Europe, Middle East & Africa, 1997

Synopsis

Communications and Networks provides a concise but comprehensive one-stop coverage of the principles, standards and recent developments in data communications. It covers the area from both a computer science and an electrical engineering perspective, enabling students from each discipline to gain a valuable insight into the subject as a whole. A thorough grounding in underlying communication theory is combined with a study of the hardware and software structure of modern computer networks. In discussing communications systems, the Internet model (TCP/IP) is emphasized and comparisons are drawn with the OSI project. As well as the fundamentals of wide and local area networks, the book places in context topical material on such subjects as metropolitan area networks (MANs), satellite networks, ATM, Fast and Gigabit Ethernet, viruses, network security, network file systems, the World Wide Web and the coming battle for the desktop between PCs and Java-based network computers. The book provides historical content, explaining the reasons why some technologies have succeeded when others have not, as well as pointers to the future prospects for those standards still under development.

About this title

Synopsis:

This volume is intended to provide coverage of the principles, standards and recent developments in data communications. It deals with fundamental concepts in a quantitative but informal manner, and should be useful both to mathematically-inclined or non-mathematical readers. The book aims to cover the fundamentals of wide and local area networks. It places in context topical material on such subjects as: MANs; satellites; fast and gigabit Ethernets; ATM; network security, viruses, network file systems - such as NFS, NetWare and NT; the latest 33.6 and 56kbps modem standards, ADSL and VDSL, the World Wide Web, Java and network computers.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Europe, Middle East & Africa
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0077092732
• ISBN 13: 9780077092733
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 530