Synopses & Reviews
Local Area Networks (LANs) have become an integral part of communication in today's world. LAN applications are used in businesses, educational facilities, hospitals, stock exchanges, and warehouses to name a few. Forouzan's Local Area Networks offers reader-friendly, comprehensive coverage of LAN technologies, which prepares students the reader to use these technologies in real-world applications.
Local Area Networks is ideal for students both in the classroom and later as a reference. Forouzan motivates topics by practical applications, and his liberal use of figures makes difficult technical topics easier to grasp by providing an intuitive, visual representation of concepts. Extensive practice sets are also provided at the end of each chapter, which reinforce what the student has learned.
Forouzan's Local Area Networks is also up-to-date. It presents in-depth material on such current topics as Gigabit Ethernet, ATM LAN, Wireless LAN, VPN, and VLAN.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction2 Data Communication Models3 Data Transmission4 Transmission Media5 Error Detection6 LAN Topologies7 Flow & Error Control8 Medium Access Methods9 Logical Link Control (LLC)10 Ethernet: 10 Mbps11 Ethernet Evolution: Fast and Gigabit Ethernet12 Token Bus13 Token Ring14 ATM LANs15 Wireless LANs16 LAN Performance17 Connecting LANs18 TCP/IP19 Data Encryption20 Network ManagementAppendix A ASCII CodeAppendix B Numbering Systems & TransformationAppendix C Spanning TreeAppendix D Information TheoryAppendix E ATMAppendix F DQDBAppendix G FDDIAppendix H Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)Appendix I Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)Appendix J ProbabilityAppendix K 8B/6T CodeGlossaryAcronymsIndex