Open System Lans and Their Global Interconnection

, by Houldsworth, Jack; Taylor, Mark; Caves, Keith; Flatman, Alan (CON); Houldsworth, Jack

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ISBN: 9780750610452 | 075061045X
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/1/1991

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Introduction to LANs and WANs
Historic background to LANs	p. 1-1
Historic background to WANs	p. 1-4
Interconnection between LANs and WANs	p. 1-7
The Future	p. 1-8
OSI--Open Systems Interconnection
Introduction	p. 2-1
The Benefits of OSI	p. 2-1
The Origins of OSI	p. 2-2
How OSI does the trick	p. 2-2
Who's Who	p. 2-4
The OSI Model	p. 2-5
The Significance of the Transport Layer	p. 2-7
The Higher Layers	p. 2-8
The Standard Applications	p. 2-9
OSI Services	p. 2-12
OSI Functional Standards	p. 2-14
LAN Standards
Introduction	p. 3-1
MAC Constraints and Design Considerations	p. 3-4
Physical Layer Design Considerations	p. 3-9
Standardised LANs	p. 3-26
CSMA/CD (Ethernet)	p. 3-27
Token Ring	p. 3-50
Token Bus	p. 3-62
Slotted Ring	p. 3-80
Fibre Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)	p. 3-85
MAC Bridging	p. 3-103
MAC Service Definition	p. 3-118
Data Link Control Standards
Introduction to the Data Link Layer	p. 4-1
Data Link Control in WANs and LANs	p. 4-3
Connection-mode and Connectionless-mode Services	p. 4-5
HDLC--High Level Data Link Control Procedures	p. 4-13
Operation of the Protocols	p. 4-26
Network Control Standards
Introduction to the Network Layer	p. 5-1
The Network Service Definition	p. 5-4
Connection-mode and Connectionless-mode	p. 5-5
Network Protocols	p. 5-15
X.25 Packet Level Protocol (PLP) Standard--ISO 8208	p. 5-19
Connectionless-mode Network Protocol ISO 8473	p. 5-31
Use of ISO 8473 Network Protocol in LANs	p. 5-38
Use of X.25 (Connection-mode) in LANs and WANs	p. 5-41
Relaying, Addressing and Routeing	p. 5-41
Frame Relays	p. 5-52
Transport Control Standards
Introduction	p. 6-1
The Connection-mode Transport Service Definition	p. 6-3
The Connection-mode Transport Protocol	p. 6-11
The Network Connection Management Subprotocol	p. 6-25
The Connectionless-mode Transport Protocol	p. 6-28
Transport Relays	p. 6-28
The Functional Standards and Proprietary Competitors
Introduction	p. 7-1
OSI Functional Standards	p. 7-2
TCP/IP--An Important non-OSI Family of Protocols	p. 7-9
PC Local Area Networks	p. 7-17
Management
Introduction	p. 8-1
OSI Management Model	p. 8-2
Management Information Model	p. 8-4
Systems Management	p. 8-14
LAN Management	p. 8-22
Bridge Management	p. 8-35
Simple Network Management Protocol	p. 8-42
CMOT	p. 8-43
Structured Building Cabling
Introduction	p. 9-1
Architecture	p. 9-2
The Local Cabling Zone	p. 9-3
Saturated vs Dedicated Cabling	p. 9-4
Local Access Connection	p. 9-6
Nodes	p. 9-6
The Information Trunk	p. 9-7
Transmission Technologies	p. 9-8
Supporting LAN Standards	p. 9-14
Integrated Services Local Networks	p. 9-18
Standards Activities	p. 9-19
The Future
Introduction	p. 10-1
Broadband Integrated Services Digital Networks	p. 10-2
Integrated Services LANs and MANs	p. 10-13
Evolution	p. 10-40
Appendix 1--Abbreviations
Appendix 2--Standards
Index
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