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Networking Fundamentals: Wide, Local and Personal Area Communications
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, May 2009, Pages: 656
This book will provide a holistic approach to networking fundamentals. It will use up-to-date information on new technologies with the evolution of wireless wide, local and personal area networks and the convergence of wireless and fixed internet access technologies. The book is divided into four parts: 1) elements of data communications, 2) wide area networks, 3) local, personal and metropolitan area networks, and 4) networked serviced and applications. These will include topics such as evolution of wired and wireless networks, overview of transmission techniques (voice, audio, video), signaling and line coding, multiplexing and broadband techniques, transmission medium and topology, wireless medium characteristics and control, system architecture, cross-layer design, network elements, deployment, emerging technologies, sensor networks, ubiquitous networking, cognitive radio, communication middleware, protocol and connectivity management, emerging applications and services.
Focusing on the physical layer, Networking Fundamentals provides essential information on networking technologies that are used in both wired and wireless networks designed for local area networks (LANs) and wide-area networks (WANs). The book starts with an overview of telecommunications followed by four parts, each including several chapters. Part I explains the principles of design and analysis of information networks at the lowest layers. It concentrates on the characteristics of the transmission media, applied transmission and coding, and medium access control. Parts II and III are devoted to detailed descriptions of important WANs and LANs respectively with Part II describing the wired Ethernet and Internet as well as cellular networks while Part III covers popular wired LANs and wireless LANs (WLANs), as well as wireless personal area network (WPAN) technologies. Part IV concludes by examining security, localization and sensor networking. The partitioned structure of the book allows flexibility in teaching the material, encouraging the reader to grasp the more simple concepts and to build on these foundations when moving onto more complex information. Networking Fundamentals contains numerous illustrations, case studies and tables to supplement the text, as well as exercises with solutions at the end of each chapter. There is also a companion website with password protected solutions manual for instructors along with other useful resources.
- Provides a unique holistic approach covering wireless communication technologies, wired technologies and networking.
- One of the first textbooks to integrate all aspects of information networks while placing an emphasis on the physical layer and systems engineering aspects
- Contains numerous illustrations, case studies and tables to supplement the text, as well as exercises with solutions at the end of each chapter
- Companion website with password protected solutions manual and other useful resources
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