PREFACE
ABOUTTHEAUTHORS
1INTRODUCTION
1.1USESOFCOMPUTERNETWORKS
1.1.1BusinessApplications
1.1.2HomeApplications
1.1.3MobileUsers
1.1.4SocialIssues
1.2NETWORKHARDWARE
1.2.1PersonalAreaNetworks
1.2.2LocalAreaNetworks
1.2.3MetropolitanAreaNetworks
1.2.4WideAreaNetworks
1.2.5Internetworks
1.3NETWORKSOFI'WARE
1.3.1ProtocolHierarchies
1.3.2DesignIssuesfortheLayers
1.3.3Connection-OrientedVersusConnectionlessService
1.3.4ServicePrimitives
1.3.5TheRelationshipofServicestoProtocols
1.4REFERENCEMODELS
1.4.1TheOSIReferenceModel,
1.4.2TheTCP/IPReferenceModel
1.4.3TheModelUsedinThisBook
1.4.4AComparisonoftheOSIandTCP/IPReferenceModels
1.4.5ACritiqueoftheOSIModelandProtocols
1.4.6ACritiqueoftheTCP/IPReferenceModel
1.5EXAMPLENETWORKS
1.5,1TheInternet
1.5.2Third-GenerationMobilePhoneNetworks
1.5.3WirelessLANs:802.11
1.5.4RFIDandSensorNetworks
1.6NETWORKSTANDARDIZATION
1.6,1Who'sWhointheTelecommunicationsWorld
1.6.2Who'sWhointheInternationalStandardsWorld
1.6.3Who'sWhointheInternetStandardsWorld
1.7METRICUNITS
1.8OUTLINEOFTHERESTOFTHEBOOK
1.9SUMMARY
2THEPHYSICALLAYER
2.1THETHEORETICALBASISFORDATACOMMUNICATION
2.1.1FourierAnalysis
2.1.2Bandwidth-LimitedSignals
2.1.3TheMaximumDataRateofaChannel
2.2GUIDEDTRANSMISSIONMEDIA
2.2.1MagneticMedia
2.2.2TwistedPairs
2,2.3CoaxialCable
2.2.4PowerLines
2.2.5FiberOptics
2.3WIRELESSTRANSMISSION
2.3.1TheElectromagneticSpectrum
2.3.2RadioTransmission
2.3.3MicrowaveTransmission
2.3.4InfraredTransmission
2.3.5LightTransmission
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3THEDATALINKLAYER
4THEMEDIUMACCESSCONTROLSUBLAYER
5THENETWORKLAYER
6THETRANSPORTLAYER
7THEAPPLICATIONLAYER
8NETWORKSECURITY
9READINGLISTANDBIBLIOGRAPHY