Synopses & Reviews
The second edition of Communication Networks is designed for junior level engineering and computer science students with no prior knowledge of communication theory and computer networks. It is self-contained and fuses together descriptions of concrete networks with a conceptual understanding of the subject to further student understanding.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction
2 The Way Networks Work
3 Internet
4 Local Area Networks
5 Asynchronous Transfer Mode
6 Data Link Layer and Retransmission Protocols
7 Physical Layer
8 Security
9 Compression
10 Performance Evaluation and Monitoring