Data communications, computer networks, and open systems / Fred Halsall.
By: Halsall, Fred.
Material type: BookSeries: Electronic systems engineering series.Publisher: Wokingham, England. Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co, c1996Edition: 4th ed.Description: xvi, 907 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 020142293X.Subject(s): Data transmission systems | Computer networks | Local area networks (Computer networks) | Computer network protocolsDDC classification: 004.6Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 004.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00015219 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Drawing on his twenty years as a researcher and teacher, Fred Halsall presents the complex world of data communications and networks with clarity and thoroughness. An invaluable resource to both the student and the practicing computer professional, this fourth edition of the very successful Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems has been extensively updated to reflect the rapid developments in this field.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 893-899) and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- I Data Communications
- Data Communication Networks and Open System Standards Background
- The Electrical Interface Introduction
- Data Transmission Introduction
- Protocol Basics Introduction
- Data Link Control Protocols Introduction
- II Computer Networks
- Local Area Networks Introduction
- High-Speed and Bridged Local Area Networks Introduction
- Wide Area Networks Introduction
- Internetworking Introduction
- Broadband Multiservice Networks Introduction
- III Open Systems
- Transport Protocols Introduction
- Application Support Protocols Introduction
- System Aspects Introduction
- Appendix A Forward Error Control
- Appendix B Transmission Control Circuits
- Appendix C Summary of Standards Organizations
- Appendix D Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
- Bibliography and Further Reading
- Index020142293XT04062001
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Meet Fred Halsall
Fred Halsall is Newbridge Professor of Communications Engineering at the University of Wales Swansea. He has been involved in research in this field for over twenty years and has published extensively during this time.
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