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| Preface | |
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| Reader's Guide to this Book | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Need for Local Networks | |
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| Lans, Mans, and Wans | |
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| Applications of Lans and Mans | |
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| Local Network Architecture | |
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| Lans, Wans, and the Internet | |
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| Recommended Reading | |
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| Problems | |
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| Internet and Web Resources | |
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| Technical Background | |
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| Topics in Data Communications | |
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| Data Communications Concepts | |
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| Transmission Media | |
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| Data Communications Networks | |
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| Recommended Reading and Web Sites | |
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| Problems | |
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| Decibels | |
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| Protocols and the TCP/IP Suite | |
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| The Need for a Protocol Architecture | |
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| The TCP/IP Protocol Architecture | |
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| The OSI Protocol Architecture | |
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| Internetworking | |
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| Recommended Reading and Web Sites | |
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| Problems | |
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| Internet Protocol | |
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| Transmission Control Protocol | |
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| User Datagram Protocol | |
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| Lan/Man Architecture | |
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| Topics and Transmission Media | |
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| Topology Overview | |
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| Bus/Tree Topology | |
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| Ring Topology | |
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| Star Topology | |
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| Structured Cabling System | |
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| Recommended Reading | |
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| Problems | |
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| Characteristic Impedance | |
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| Protocol Architecture | |
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| Protocol Reference Model | |
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| Logical Link Control | |
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| Medium Access Control | |
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| Bridges and Routers | |
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| Recommended Reading and Web Sites | |
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| The IEEE 802 Standards | |
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| The Cycle Redundancy Check | |
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| Logical Link Control (LLC) | |
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| LLC Services | |
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| LLC Protocols | |
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| Problems | |
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| Service Primitives and Parameters | |
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| Flow Control | |
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| Error Control | |
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| LAN/MAN Systems | |
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| Ethernet LANs | |
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| CSMA/CD | |
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| 10-Mbps Ethernet | |
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| 100-Mbps Ethernet | |
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| Gigabit Ethernet | |
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| Recommended Reading and Web Sites | |
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| Problems | |
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| Digital Signal Encoding for 100BASE-T | |
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| Digital Signal Encoding for Gigabit Ethernet | |
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| Scrambling | |
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| Token Ring LANs and MANs | |
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| Token Ring Medium Access Control | |
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| IEEE 802.5 Physical Layer | |
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| FDDI | |
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| Recommended Reading and Web Sites | |
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| Problems | |
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| Fibre Channel | |
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| Fibre Channel Architecture | |
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| Physical Media and Topologies | |
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| Framing Protocol | |
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| Recommended Reading and Web Sites | |
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| Problems | |
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| Wireless LANs | |
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| Wireless LAN Architecture | |
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| Infrared LANs | |
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| Spread Spectrum LANs | |
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| Narrowband Microwave LANs | |
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| Wireless LAN Standards | |
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| Recommended Reading and Web Sites | |
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| Problems | |
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| ATM LANs | |
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| ATM LAN Architecture | |
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| ATM LAN Emulation | |
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| Recommended Reading and Web Sites | |
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| Problems | |
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| Asynchronous Transfer Mode | |
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| ATM Adaptation Layer | |
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| Design Issues | |
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| Ethernet LANs | |
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| Bridge Operation | |
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| Routing with Bridges | |
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| Spanning Tree Routing | |
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| Source Routing | |
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| Traffic Classes and Quality of Service | |
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| Recommended Reading | |
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| Problems | |
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| Internetworking and Routers | |
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| Internetworking | |
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| Routing | |
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| Recommended Reading | |
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| Problems | |
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| Network Management | |
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| Network Management Requirements | |
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| Network Management Systems | |
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| Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) | |
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| LAN-Specific Network Management | |
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| Recommended Reading and Web Sites | |
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| Problems | |
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| LAN Performance | |
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| Performance Considerations | |
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| LAN Performance | |
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| Recommended Reading | |
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| Problems | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |