a LC control number 2003051281

a ISBN 0-13-100681-9

a ISBN 978-01-3100681-2

a ISBN 0-13-183311-1

a ISBN 978-01-3183311-1

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number TK5105

b Item number .S73 2004

a Dewey Classification 004.6

a Personal name Stallings, William.

a Title Data and computer communications /

c Statement of responsibility, etc William Stallings.

h Medium BOOK

a Extent xvi, 847 pages :

b Other physical details illustrations ;

c Dimensions 25 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (pages [815]-822) and index.

a Formatted contents note Web site for data and computer communications -- A communications model -- Data communications -- Data communication networking -- Protocols and protocol architecture -- Standards -- Standards organizations -- Internet and web resources -- Protocols and architecture -- Protocols -- OSI -- TCP/IP -- Data communications -- Data transmission -- Concepts and terminology -- Analog and digital data transmission -- Transmission impairments -- Fourier analysis -- Decibels and signal strength -- Transmission media -- Guided transmission media -- Wireless transmission -- Data encoding -- Digital data, digital signals -- Digital data, analog signals -- Analog data, digital signals -- Analog data, analog signals -- Spread spectrum -- Proof of the sampling theorem -- The data communication interface -- Asynchronous and synchronous transmission -- Line configurations -- Interfacing -- Data link control -- Flow control -- Error detection -- Error control -- High-level data link control (HDLC) -- Other data link control protocols -- Multiplexing -- Frequency-division multiplexing -- Synchronous time-division multiplexing -- Statistical time-division multiplexing -- Asymmetric digital subscriber line -- xDSL -- Wide area networks -- Circuit switching -- Switching networks -- Circuit switching networks -- Circuit switching concepts -- Routing in circuit-switching networks -- Control signaling -- Packet switching -- Packet switching principles -- Routing -- X.25 -- Least-cost algorithms -- ATM and frame relay.

a Summary, etc Data and Computer Communications, Eighth Edition offers a clear, comprehensive, and unified view of the entire fields of data communications, networking, and protocols. William Stallings organizes this massive subject into small, comprehensible elements, building a complete survey of the state-of-the-art, one piece at a time. Stallings has substantially revised this international best-seller to reflect today's latest innovations, from WiFi and 10 Gbps Ethernet to advanced congestion control and IP performance metrics.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Data transmission systems.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Computer networks.