Communications and Networking

An Introduction
2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4471-4356-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 235 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

Reihe: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science

This textbook presents a detailed introduction to the essentials of networking and communications technologies. Revised and updated, this new edition retains the step-by-step approach of the original, organised to help those without a strong knowledge of the subject matter. 
Features: provides chapter-ending summaries and review questions, an Appendix on TCP/IP packet formats and an expanded Glossary; supplies supplementary material at the associated Springer website, including teaching slides, solutions to the end-of-chapter questions and supplementary exercises with solutions; presents a greater emphasis on mobile computing and network security, and extended coverage of IPv6 (NEW); discusses networking models and standards, local area and wide area networks, network protocols, TCP/IP-based networks, network management and wireless communications; examines grid and cloud computing, microblogging, mobile ad hoc networks, near-field communication, Power over Ethernet and the Ground Positioning System (NEW).

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cowley, John

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- 1: Communications Technologies.- 2: Networking Models and Standards.- 3: Local Area Networks.- 4: Wide Area Networks.- 5: Network Protocols.- 6: Internet Application Layer Protocols.- 7: Network Security.- 8: Network Management.- 9: Wireless Networks.

Über Autor(innen)

Now retired, Dr. John Cowley was formally a lecturer in the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology at Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.