Data Communications - Softcover

Beyda

 
9780133669237: Data Communications
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0133669238 ISBN 13: 9780133669237
Publisher: Pearson Education (US), 1995

Synopsis

Data Communications: From Basics to Broadband is an introductory text for technical and non-technical students in business, management, and information technology, as well as computer science and electrical engineering.

Focusing on both fundamental concepts and practical applications, this data communications text is accessible to the novice yet challenging to the technical professional. Beyda provides a thorough introduction to telecommunications and a practical understanding of all relevant terminology, concepts, hardware, software, protocols, architectures, and other information to make the student literate in data communications.

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From the Back Cover

The scope, clarity, and readability of the latest edition of this widely used book make data communications accessible to the novice and yet at the same time challenging enough for the engineer or technical professional. By drawing on practical examples to explain technical concepts, this book demystifies data communications. It introduces the language of data communications, making the reader literate in relevant terminology, concepts, hardware, software, protocols, and architectures. The text begins with a thorough introduction to telecommunications. It then progresses logically from basic concepts to transmission and interface standards, data integrity, security, architectures, protocols, and networking. The third edition concludes with perspectives on current and future trends in digital telecommunications.

New features in third edition:

  • Provides enhanced coverage of the Internet: Access technologies, like Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), cable modems, and ISDN lines; Intranets versus the Internet, thin clients, and network computers
  • Includes expanded coverage of protocols: TCP/IP, SMTP, MIME< HTTP, Telnet, Rlogin, FTP, UDP, SNMP, SLIP, and PPP
  • Describes the latest high-speed LAN environments: Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, High-Speed Token Ring, and Layer 2-4 switching
  • Expands the coverage of network management: SNMP and RMON
  • Describes mechanisms used to enhance security: S/MIME, SSL, IPSec, and virtual private networks
  • Provides enhanced coverage of wireless networks: AMPS, ETACS, EDMA, TDMA, and GSM
  • Provides updates on interface and transmission technology: V.90-56 kbps modems versus traditional modems, USB and Firewire interfaces, and WDM
  • Explains changes in the telecommunications industry
  • Expands the glossary to include over 1,100 terms and acronyms
  • Offers a Companion Website with supplemental material

About the Author

WILLIAM BEYDA has taught data communications at the University of California, Berkeley Extension, for the last 15 years. He is currently director of an engineering group at Siemens, developing global communications and networking products. Throughout his career he has developed many patents in the communications field. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and his M.S. in Engineering Management, both from Stanford University.

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Publisher
Pearson Education (US)
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0133669238
ISBN 13 
9780133669237
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
311

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