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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Andrew S Tanenbaum; D Wetherall |
ISBN: | 9780132126953 0132126958 9789332518742 9332518742 |
OCLC Number: | 660087726 |
Description: | xxii, 933 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Uses of computer networks -- network hardware -- Network software -- Reference models -- Example networks -- Network standardization -- Metric units -- The theoretical basis for data communication -- Guided transmission media -- wireless transmission -- Communication satellites -- Digital modulation and multiplexing -- The public switched telephone network -- The mobile telephone system -- Cable television -- Data link layer design issues -- Error detection and correction -- Elementary data link protocols -- Sliding window protocols -- Example data link protocols -- The channel allocation problem -- Multiple access protocols -- Ethernet -- Wireless lans -- Broadband wireless -- Bluetooth -- RFID -- Data link layer switching -- Network layer design issues -- Routing algorithms -- Congestion control algorithms -- Quality of service -- Internetworking -- The network layer in the internet -- The transport service -- Elements of transport protocols -- Congestion control -- The internet transport protocols: UDP -- The internet transport protocols: TCP -- Performance issues -- Delay-tolerant networking -- DNS-The domain name system -- Electronic mail -- The world wide web -- Streaming audio and video -- Content delivery -- Cryptography -- Symmetric-key algorithms -- Public-key algorithms -- Digital signatures -- Management of public keys -- Communication security -- Authentication protocols -- Email security -- Web security -- Social issues. |
Responsibility: | Andrew S. Tanenbaum, David J. Wetherall. |
Abstract:
This edition reflects the latest networking technologies with a special emphasis on wireless networking, including 802.11, 802.16, Bluetooth, and 3G cellular, paired with fixed-network coverage of ADSL, Internet over cable, gigabit Ethernet, MPLS, and peer-to-peer networks. It incorporates new coverage on 3G mobile phone networks, Fiber to the Home, RFID, delay-tolerant networks, and 802.11 security, in addition to expanded material on Internet routing, multicasting, congestion control, quality of service, real-time transport, and content distribution.
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