Advanced Data Communications and Networks

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

ISBN: 9780412806308 | 0412806304
Cover: Nonspecific Binding
Copyright: 5/12/1998

Rent

(Recommended)

$77.87

Term

Due

Price

Semester

Dec 13

$86.52

Quarter

Sep 14

$82.19

Short Term

Aug 16

$77.87

*This item is part of an exclusive publisher rental program and requires an additional convenience fee. This fee will be reflected in the shopping cart.
Buy New

Usually Ships in 3-5 Business Days

$118.21
eBook

Available Instantly

Online: 180 Days

Downloadable: 180 Days

$86.63

This book provides a comprehensive and practical treatment of such rapidly evolving areas as Fast Ethernet, ATM networks, FDDI networks and many others. It analyses practical LANs and WANs and deals with how they interconnect with other networks.

Preface

xvii

INTRODUCTION

(14)

1.1 Introduction

(1)

1.2 A little bit of history

(7)

1.3 Information

(1)

1.4 Digital versus analogue

(1)

1.5 Conversion to digital

(1)

1.6 Sampling theory

(1)

1.7 Quantization

(1)

1.8 Exercises

(2)

COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES

(14)

2.1 Introduction

(1)

2.2 Compression methods

(1)

2.3 Letter probabilities

(3)

2.4 Coding methods

(1)

2.5 Statistical encoding

(1)

2.6 Repetitive sequence suppression

(4)

2.7 Differential encoding

(1)

2.8 Transform encoding

(1)

2.9 Exercises

(1)

2.10 Letter probablity program

(2)

HUFFMAN/LEMPEL-ZIV COMPRESSION METHODS

(10)

3.1 Introduction

(1)

3.2 Huffman coding

(2)

3.3 Adaptive Huffman coding

(1)

3.4 Lempel-Ziv coding

(1)

3.5 Lempel-Ziv-Welsh coding

(2)

3.6 Variable-length-code LZW compression

(1)

3.7 Disadvantages with LZ compression

(1)

3.8 Practical Lempel-Ziv/Huffinan coding

(3)

3.9 Exercises

(2)

IMAGE COMPRESSION (GIF/TIFF/ PCX)

(22)

4.1 Introduction

(1)

4.2 Comparison of the different methods

(1)

4.3 GIF coding

(11)

4.4 V TIFF coding

(4)

4.5 GIF interlaced images

(1)

4.6 PCX coding

(3)

4.7 Exercises

(1)

IMAGE COMPRESSION (JPEG)

(20)

5.1 Introduction

(1)

5.2 JPEG coding

(9)

5.3 JPEG decoding

(2)

5.4 JPEG file format

(6)

5.5 JPEG modes

(1)

5.6 Exercises

(2)

VIDEO SIGNALS

(16)

6.1 Introduction

(1)

6.2 Color-difference signals

(3)

6.3 Quadrature modulation

(2)

6.4 Baseband video signals

(5)

6.5 Digitizing TV signals

(2)

6.6 100 Hz pictures

(1)

6.7 Compressed TV

(1)

6.8 HDTV quality

(1)

6.9 Exercise

(2)

MOTION VIDEO COMPRESSION

(14)

7.1 Motion video

(1)

7.2 MPEG-I overview

(1)

7.3 MPEG-1 video compression

(1)

7.4 MPEG-1 compression process

(5)

7.5 MPEG-l decoder

104

(1)

7.6 MPEG-1 audio compression

105

(1)

7.7 MPEG-2

105

(2)

7.8 MPEG-2 system layer

107

(1)

7.9 Other MPEG-2 enhancements

108

(1)

7.10 MPEG-2 bit rate

108

(1)

7.11 Exercises

109

(2)

SPEECH AND AUDIO SIGNALS

111

(18)

8.1 Introduction

111

(1)

8.2 PCM parameters

111

(2)

8.3 Differential encoding

113

(4)

8.4 Speech compression

117

(2)

8.5 A-Law and μ-Law companding

119

(5)

8.6 Speech sampling

124

(1)

8.7 PCM-TDM systems

124

(2)

8.8 Exercises

126

(3)

AUDIO SIGNALS

129

(14)

9.1 Introduction

129

(1)

9.2 Principles

129

(1)

9.3 Digital audio standards

130

(7)

9.4 Error control

137

(1)

9.5 Interleaving

138

(1)

9.6 CD audio system

139

(2)

9.7 Digital audio compression

141

(1)

9.8 The 44.1 kHz sampling rate

141

(1)

9.9 Exercise

142

(1)

AUDIO COMPRESSION (MPEG-AUDIO AND DOLBY AC-3)

143

(16)

10.1 Introduction

143

(1)

10.2 Psycho-acoustic model

143

(2)

10.3 MPEG audio coding

145

(5)

10.4 Backward/forward adaptive bit allocation methods

150

(3)

10.5 Comparison between forward and backward adaptive methods

153

(1)

10.6 Dolby AC-1 and AC-2

154

(1)

10.7 Dolby AC-3 coding

155

(1)

10.8 AC-3 parameters

156

(1)

10.9 Exercises

157

(2)

ERROR CODING PRINCIPLES

159

(16)

11.1 Introduction

159

(1)

11.2 Modulo-2 arithmetic

159

(1)

11.3 Binary manipulation

160

(1)

11.4 Hamming distance

161

(1)

11.5 General probability theory

162

(1)

11.6 Error probability

163

(2)

11.7 Combinations of errors

165

(3)

11.8 Linear and cyclic codes

168

(1)

11.9 Block and convolutional coding

168

(1)

11.10 Systematic and unsystematic coding

169

(1)

11.11 Feedforward and feedback error correction

169

(1)

11.12 Error types

170

(2)

11.13 Coding gain

172

(1)

11.14 Exercises

172

(3)

ERROR CODING (DETECTION)

175

(10)

12.1 Introduction

175

(1)

12.2 Parity

175

(1)

12.3 Block parity

176

(1)

12.4 Checksum

177

(1)

12.5 Cyclic redundancy checking (CRC)

177

(6)

12.6 Exercises

183

(2)

ERROR CODING (CORRECTION)

185

(20)

13.1 Introduction

185

(1)

13.2 Longitudinal/vertical redundancy checks (LRC/VRC)

185

(1)

13.3 Hamming code

186

(1)

13.4 Representations of Hamming code

187

(5)

13.5 Single error correction/double error detection Hamming code

192

(1)

13.6 Reed-Solomon coding

193

(1)

13.7 Convolution codes

193

(9)

13.8 Tutorial

202

(3)

DATA ENCRYPTION PRINCIPLES

205

(14)

14.1 Introduction

205

(1)

14.2 Government pressure

205

(1)

14.3 Cryptography

206

(3)

14.4 Legal issues

209

(1)

14.5 Basic encryption principles

210

(5)

14.6 Exercises

215

(4)

DATA ENCRYPTION

219

(12)

15.1 Introduction

219

(1)

15.2 Private-key encryption

219

(9)

15.3 Public-key encryption

228

(1)

15.4 Exercises

229

(2)

TCP/IP

231

(18)

16.1 Introduction

231

(1)

16.2 TCP/IP gateways and hosts

232

(1)

16.3 Function of the IP protocol

233

(1)

16.4 Internet datagram

233

(2)

16.5 ICMP

235

(1)

16.6 TCP/IP internets

236

(4)

16.7 Domain name system

240

(1)

16.8 Internet naming structure

241

(1)

16.9 Domain name server

242

(1)

16.10 Bootp protocol

243

(2)

16.11 Example network

245

(3)

16.12 Exercises

248

(1)

TCP/IP II

249

(14)

17.1 Introduction

249

(1)

17.2 IP Ver6

249

(1)

17.3 Transmission control protocol

250

(3)

17.4 TCP/IP commands

253

(7)

17.5 Exercises

260

(3)

ELECTRONIC MAIL

263

(22)

18.1 Introduction

263

(1)

18.2 Shared-file approach versus client/server approach

264

(1)

18.3 Electronic mail overview

265

(2)

18.4 Internet email address

267

(1)

18.5 SMTP

267

(7)

18.6 X.400

274

(1)

18.7 MIME

275

(7)

18.8 Exercises

282

(3)

THE WORLD WIDE WEB

285

(16)

19.1 Introduction

285

(1)

19.2 Advantages and disadvantages of the WWW

286

(2)

19.3 Client/server architecture

288

(1)

19.4 Web browsers

289

(3)

19.5 Internet resources

292

(1)

19.6 Universal resource locators (URLs)

292

(3)

19.7 Universal resource identifier

295

(1)

19.8 Intranets

295

(1)

19.9 Firewalls

296

(3)

19.10 Exercises

299

(2)

HTTP

301

(10)

20.1 Introduction

301

(1)

20.2 HTTP operation

301

(1)

20.3 Intermediate systems

302

(1)

20.4 Cache

303

(1)

20.5 HTML, messages

303

(6)

20.6 Exercises

309

(2)

HTML (INTRODUCTION)

311

(18)

21.1 Introduction

311

(2)

21.2 Links

313

(1)

21.3 Lists

314

(5)

21.4 Colors

319

(1)

21.5 Background images

320

(1)

21.6 Displaying images

321

(3)

21.7 Horizontal lines

324

(1)

21.8 Exercises

325

(4)

HTML (TABLES, FORMS AND HELPERS)

329

(16)

22.1 Introduction

329

(1)

22.2 Anchors

329

(2)

22.3 Tables

331

(2)

22.4 CGI scripts

333

(1)

22.5 Forms

334

(5)

22.6 Multimedia

339

(2)

22.7 Exercises

341

(4)

JAVA/JAVASCRIPT

345

(24)

23.1 Introduction

345

(2)

23.2 JavaScript

347

(1)

23.3 JavaScript values, variables and literals

348

(3)

23.4 Expressions and operators

351

(1)

23.5 JavaScript operators

352

(5)

23.6 JavaScript statements

357

(1)

23.7 Conditional statements

357

(1)

23.8 Loops

358

(1)

23.9 Comments

359

(1)

23.10 Functions

360

(1)

23.11 Objects and properties

361

(1)

23.12 Document objects

361

(1)

23.13 Event handling

362

(3)

23.14 Object manipulation statements and operators

365

(2)

23.15 Exercises

367

(2)

WINDOWS NT

369

(22)

24.1 Introduction

369

(1)

24.2 Novell NetWare networking

370

(1)

24.3 Servers, workstations and clients

370

(1)

24.4 Workgroups and domains

371

(1)

24.5 User and group accounts

372

(1)

24.6 New user accounts

372

(1)

24.7 File systems

373

(3)

24.8 Windows NT networking

376

(3)

24.9 Setting up TCP/IP networking on Windows NT

379

(1)

24.10 Windows sockets

380

(3)

24.11 Network dynamic data exchange (Net DDE)

383

(1)

24.12 Robust networking

383

(2)

24.13 Security model

385

(1)

24.14 TCP/IP applications

386

(1)

24.15 Windows NT network drives

387

(1)

24.16 Exercises

388

(3)

NETWARE

391

(18)

25.1 Novell NetWare networking

391

(1)

25.2 NetWare and TCP/IP integration

391

(1)

25.3 NetWare architecture

391

(3)

25.4 NetWare protocols

394

(1)

25.5 IPX

395

(5)

25.6 Novell NetWare setup

400

(3)

25.7 NetWare 4.1

403

(4)

25.8 Exercises

407

(2)

UNIX

409

(14)

26.1 Introduction

409

(1)

26.2 Network setup

410

(1)

26.3 TCP/IP protocols

410

(2)

26.4 NFS

412

(7)

26.5 Network configuration files

419

(1)

26.6 Sample startup file

420

(1)

26.7 Exercises

420

(3)

NETWORKING ELEMENTS

423

(22)

27.1 LANs, WANs, and MANs

423

(2)

27.2 OSI model

425

(2)

27.3 Communications standards and the OSI model

427

(1)

27.4 Standards agencies

428

(1)

27.5 Network cable types

428

(2)

27.6 LAN topology

430

(2)

27.7 Internetworking connections

432

(4)

27.8 Internet routing protocols

436

(4)

27.9 Network topologies

440

(3)

27.10 Network loading

443

(1)

27.11 Exercises

443

(2)

ETHERNET

445

(24)

28.1 Introduction

445

(1)

28.2 IEEE standards

446

(1)

28.3 Ethernet - media access control (MAC) layer

447

(1)

28.4 IEEE 802.2 and Ethernet SNAP

448

(2)

28.5 OSI and the IEEE 802.3 standard

450

(2)

28.6 Ethernet transceivers

452

(1)

28.7 NIC

453

(4)

28.8 Standard Ethernet limitations

457

(2)

28.9 Ethernet types

459

(1)

28.10 Twisted-pair hubs

460

(2)

28.11 100 Mbps Ethernet

462

(5)

28.12 Ethernet security

467

(1)

28.13 Exercises

468

(1)

TOKEN RING

469

(10)

29.1 Introduction

469

(1)

29.2 Operation

469

(2)

29.3 Token Ring - media access control (MAC)

471

(2)

29.4 Token Ring maintenance

473

(1)

29.5 Token Ring multistation access units (MAUs)

474

(1)

29.6 Cabling and connectors

475

(1)

29.7 Repeaters

476

(1)

29.8 Jitter suppression

477

(1)

29.9 Exercise

477

(2)

FDDI

479

(18)

30.1 Introduction

479

(1)

30.2 Operation

479

(2)

30.3 FDDI layers

481

(2)

30.4 SMT protocol

483

(1)

30.5 Physical connection management

483

(1)

30.6 Fault tolerance method

483

(1)

30.7 FDDI token format

484

(1)

30.8 FDDI Frame format

484

(2)

30.9 MAC protocol

486

(1)

30.10 Applications of FDDI networks

487

(1)

30.11 FDDI backbone network

488

(1)

30.12 FDDI attachments

488

(2)

30.13 FDDI media

490

(1)

30.14 FDDI specification

490

(1)

30.15 FDDI-II

491

(1)

30.16 Standards

492

(1)

30.17 Practical FDDI network - EaStMAN

493

(2)

30.18 Exercises

495

(2)

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE (ATM)

497

(18)

31.1 Introduction

497

(1)

31.2 Real-time sampling

498

(1)

31.3 PCM-TDM systems and ISDN

499

(1)

31.4 Objectives of ATM

500

(1)

31.5 ATM versus ISDN and PCM-TDM

501

(1)

31.6 Statistical multiplexing

502

(1)

31.7 ATM user network interfaces (UNIs)

502

(1)

31.8 ATM cells

502

(1)

31.9 Routing cell within an ATM network

503

(2)

31.10 Virtual channels and virtual paths

505

(1)

31.11 ATM and the OSI model

506

(1)

31.12 ATM physical layer

507

(1)

31.13 AAL service levels

508

(4)

31.14 ATM flow control

512

(1)

31.15 Practical ATM networks

513

(1)

31.16 Tutorial

513

(2)

INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK (ISDN)

515

(14)

32.1 Introduction

515

(1)

32.2 ISDN channels

516

(1)

32.3 ISDN physical layer interfacing

517

(4)

32.4 ISDN data link layer

521

(4)

32.5 ISDN network layer

525

(1)

32.6 Exercises

526

(3)

MODEMS

529

(16)

33.1 Introduction

529

(1)

33.2 RS-232 communications

530

(2)

33.3 Modem standards

532

(1)

33.4 Modem commands

532

(3)

33.5 Modem setups

535

(2)

33.6 Modem indicators

537

(1)

33.7 Digital Modulation

538

(2)

33.8 Typical modems

540

(1)

33.9 Fax transmission

541

(2)

33.10 Exercises

543

(2)

ASCII CODING

545

(6)

A.l International alphabet No. 5

545

(2)

A.2 Extended ASCII code

547

(2)

A.3 RS-232C interface

549

(1)

A.4 RS-449 interface

549

(2)

CABLE SPECIFICATIONS

551

(6)

B.1 Introduction

551

(6)

RLE PROGRAM

557

(4)

C.1 RLE program

557

(4)

SNR FOR PCM

561

(2)

D.1 SNR

561

(2)

RFC STANDARDS

563

(4)

UNIX NETWORK STARTUP FILES

567

(12)

F.2 rc file

571

(8)

ETHERNET MONITORING SYSTEM

G.1 Ethernet receiver

ENCRYPTION

579

(4)

H.1 Cracking the code

579

(1)

H.2 Random number generators

579

(1)

H.3 Survey of private-key cryptosystems

580

(2)

H.4 Public-key cryptosystems

582

(1)

DIGITAL LINE GROUP CODES

583

I.1 Line codes

583

(1)

I.2 NRZI

583

(2)

I.3 DSV

585

(1)

I.3 4B5B

585

(1)

I.3 EFM

586

(1)

I.3 5B6B

587

(1)

I.3 8B6T

588

(1)

I.3 8/10 code

589

COMMON ABBREVIATIONS

553

(48)

Index

601

Please wait while the item is added to your bag...

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Advanced Data Communications and Networks

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials