Communications and Networking: An Introduction (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science) - Softcover

Cowley, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447143566 ISBN 13: 9781447143567

Publisher: Springer, 2012

Synopsis

This textbook presents a detailed introduction to the essentials of networking and communications technologies. Revised and updated, this new edition retains the step-by-step approach of the original, organised to help those without a strong knowledge of the subject matter. 

Features: provides chapter-ending summaries and review questions, an Appendix on TCP/IP packet formats and an expanded Glossary; supplies supplementary material at the associated Springer website, including teaching slides, solutions to the end-of-chapter questions and supplementary exercises with solutions; presents a greater emphasis on mobile computing and network security, and extended coverage of IPv6 (NEW); discusses networking models and standards, local area and wide area networks, network protocols, TCP/IP-based networks, network management and wireless communications; examines grid and cloud computing, microblogging, mobile ad hoc networks, near-field communication, Power over Ethernet and the Ground Positioning System (NEW).

About this title

About the Author

Now retired, Dr. John Cowley was formally a lecturer in the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology at Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.

From the Back Cover

Computer communications and networks are an integral part of any computer science degree, with the technology growing ever more pervasive in modern life.

This clear and easy-to-follow textbook presents a detailed introduction to the essentials of networking and communications technologies, supported by numerous diagrams, examples and exercises designed to increase confidence in using and understanding communications systems. Thoroughly revised and updated, this much-anticipated new edition retains the popular step-by-step approach of the original, organised to help those without a strong knowledge of the subject matter to grasp the material quickly.

Topics and features:

• Provides chapter-ending summaries and review questions, an Appendix on TCP/IP packet formats and an expanded Glossary
• Supplies supplementary material at the associated Springer website, including teaching slides, solutions to the end-of-chapter questions and supplementary exercises with solutions
• Presents a greater emphasis on mobile computing and network security, and extended coverage of IPv6 (NEW)
• Discusses networking models and standards, local area and wide area networks, network protocols, TCP/IP-based networks, network management and wireless communications
• Examines grid and cloud computing, microblogging, mobile ad hoc networks, near-field communication, Power over Ethernet and the Ground Positioning System (NEW)

Written specifically for undergraduate students of computing with no previous experience in the field, this comprehensive and authoritative textbook draws upon the author’s many years of teaching experience.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447143566
• ISBN 13: 9781447143567
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 254