TY - BOOK AU - Stallings, William. TI - Data and Computer Communication SN - 9781292014395 U1 - 004.6 23 PY - 2013/// CY - United Kingdom PB - Pearson Education Limited KW - OCLC KW - Data transmission system KW - Computer networks N1 - Table of contents: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Chapter 0 Guide for Readers and Instructors -- 0.1 Outline of the Book -- 0.2 A Roadmap for Readers and Instructors -- 0.3 Internet and Web Resources -- 0.4 Standards -- Unit One Fundamentals -- Part One Overview -- Chapter 1 Data Communications, Data Networks, and the Internet -- 1.1 Data Communications and Networking for Today's Enterprise -- 1.2 A Communications Model -- 1.3 Data Communications -- 1.4 Networks -- 1.5 The Internet -- 1.6 An Example Configuration Chapter 2 Protocol Architecture, TCP/IP, and Internet-Based Applications -- 2.1 The Need for a Protocol Architecture -- 2.2 A Simple Protocol Architecture -- 2.3 The TCP/IP Protocol Architecture -- 2.4 Standardization within a Protocol Architecture -- 2.5 Traditional Internet-Based Applications -- 2.6 Multimedia -- 2.7 Sockets Programming -- 2.8 Recommended Reading and Animation -- 2.9 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- 2.10 Sockets Programming Assignments -- Appendix 2A The Trivial File Transfer Protocol -- Part Two Data Communications -- Chapter 3 Data Transmission 3.1 Concepts and Terminology -- 3.2 Analog and Digital Data Transmission -- 3.3 Transmission Impairments -- 3.4 Channel Capacity -- 3.5 Recommended Reading -- 3.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Appendix 3A Decibels and Signal Strength -- Chapter 4 Transmission Media -- 4.1 Guided Transmission Media -- 4.2 Wireless Transmission -- 4.3 Wireless Propagation -- 4.4 Line-of-Sight Transmission -- 4.5 Recommended Reading -- 4.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 5 Signal Encoding Techniques -- 5.1 Digital Data, Digital Signals -- 5.2 Digital Data, Analog Signals 5.3 Analog Data, Digital Signals -- 5.4 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 5.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 6 Error Detection and Correction -- 6.1 Types of Errors -- 6.2 Error Detection -- 6.3 Parity Check -- 6.4 The Internet Checksum -- 6.5 Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) -- 6.6 Forward Error Correction -- 6.7 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 6.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 7 Data Link Control Protocols -- 7.1 Flow Control -- 7.2 Error Control -- 7.3 High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) -- 7.4 Recommended Reading and Animations 7.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 8 Multiplexing -- 8.1 Frequency-Division Multiplexing -- 8.2 Synchronous Time-Division Multiplexing -- 8.3 Cable Modem -- 8.4 Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line -- 8.5 xDSL -- 8.6 Multiple Channel Access -- 8.7 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 8.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Part Three Wide Area Networks -- Chapter 9 WAN Technology and Protocols -- 9.1 Switched Communications Networks -- 9.2 Circuit-Switching Networks -- 9.3 Circuit-Switching Concepts -- 9.4 Softswitch Architecture -- 9.5 Packet-Switching Principles N2 - Summary: Two-time winner of the best Computer Science and Engineering textbook of the year award from the Textbook and Academic Authors AssociationFor a one/two-semester courses in Computer Networks, Data Communications, and Communications Networks in CS, CIS, and Electrical Engineering departments. With a focus on the most current technology and a ER -