Business Data Communications and Networking - Hardcover

FitzGerald, Jerry; Dennis, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471771163 ISBN 13: 9780471771166

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Synopsis

Updated with the latest advances in the field, Jerry FitzGerald and Alan Dennis' "Ninth Edition of Business Data Communications and Networking" provides the fundamental concepts, cutting-edge coverage, balanced presentation, and practical, real-world applications that professionals and students need to succeed in this fast-moving field.

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From the Back Cover:

Access the latest technologies in data communications and networking!

The rapid integration of voice and data… Terabit and pedabit speeds on the horizon… The future of data communications and networking is being shaped right now.

If you want to stay on the cutting edge of these exciting developments, you’ll not only need to keep up with new technologies, you’ll also need to build a solid foundation of fundamental data communications and networking concepts. With FitzGerald and Dennis’s Business Data Communications and Networking, 8th Edition, you can do both.

Updated and revised with new technologies, new applications, and new examples, this Eighth Edition offers balanced coverage of the technical and managerial aspects of data communications to help you understand how networks operate and how to successfully apply them.

New Features

• New chapter on wireless LANs (Chapter 7) discusses WLAN topology, media access control, and transmission of 802.11a, b, and g, as well as BlueTooth.
• A thoroughly revised security chapter (Chapter 11) includes new information on rapidly emerging threats, as well as more information on important controls.
• The appendices provide more detailed discussions of IP telephony and spanning tree protocol.
• Includes best practices recommendations for designing LANs, Backbones, MANs, WANs, and WLANs, based on effective data rates.
• Additional mini–cases in each chapter show how real organizations are using telecommunications and networking.
• New A Day in the Life boxes highlight practical tips and career information.
• New online animations help you visualize basic data communications processes. Access the animations with the registration code included in this text.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0471771163
• ISBN 13: 9780471771166
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 592