Business Data Communications

Name: Business Data Communications
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ISBN: 9780470483367

ISBN-10: 0470483369

ISBN-13: 9780470483367

Edition: 2011

Authors: Manish Agrawal

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Description:

Unlike other books in the field, Business Data Communications provides IT specialists with a very focused approach that shows how the concepts are relevant to their work. Unique content is presented on topics ranging from multiplexing, signaling, CRC, and CIDR to supporting technologies, subnetting, and 802.11n and 802.16. Numerous lab exercises are integrated throughout the pages to demonstrate how the material is applied. It also includes a companion Web site that enhances each chapter with relevant, easy-to-read research articles that IT specialists will appreciate.

Book details

List price: $219.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 12/20/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.10" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English




Introduction and layering


Professional implications


Business implications of networks


Technology milestones


Packetization


Layering


TCP/ IP model


OSI model


Principles of Internet protocols



Physical layer


Functions of the physical layer


Physical media and their properties


Signals and their properties


Multiplexing


Importance of binary signals


Binary counting


Signal representation of data



Data Link Layer


Ethernet overview


CSMA/ CD


Error detection and correction


Ethernet frame structure


Switches



Network Layer


Functions of network layer


Internet protocol (IP)


IP Header


IP Addresses


Binary numbers


CIDR notation



Transport Layer


Need for TCP


TCP functions


Segmentation


Reliability


Flow-control


Multiplexing


Connection establishment


TCP Header


UDP



Applications


Overview of the application layer


Overview of the Web


Overview of E-mail


Overview of FTP


Overview of SSH


Overview of IM



Support services


DHCP


Network address translation


Address resolution protocol


Domain Name System


Home networking



Subnetting



Routing


Routing


Route aggregation



WAN technologies


Virtual circuits


T carriers


Frame relay


ATM


MPLS



Wireless networks


Business role of wireless LANS (WLANs)


ISM frequency bands


802.11 - a/b/g/n - Wi-Fi


802.15 - Bluetooth Personal area networks


802.16 - WiMax



Telephony and cell phones


Circuit switching


Telephone network operation


Cell phone networks - 1G - 3G


CDMA



Network security


Common security concerns


Definition


Inbound security


Firewalls


DMZs


Authentication and authorization


Patching


Outbound security


Encryption, including TLS, WEP, WPA



Standards and legal issues