Computer Networks

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ISBN:

9780198066774

Publication date:

18/05/2011

Paperback

Price: 560.00 INR

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ISBN:

9780198066774

Publication date:

18/05/2011

Paperback

First Edition

Computer Networks is designed to serve as a textbook for undergraduate students of computer science engineering as well as those pursuing MCA and IT. Following the tried-and-tested layered approach, it gives equal weight to all the network layers and their protocols.

Rights:  World Rights

First Edition

Description

Computer Networks is designed to serve as a textbook for undergraduate students of computer science engineering as well as those pursuing MCA and IT. Following the tried-and-tested layered approach, it gives equal weight to all the network layers and their protocols.

Written in a lucid language, the book first acquaints the reader with the fundamentals of networks and presents an overview of data communications before plunging into the depths of networks to unearth their underlying concepts. Exhaustive in its coverage, the book explains the concepts of OSI model, TCP-IP, UDP, fiber optic communication, IEEE 802 wireless standard, various network protocols, and other advanced concepts in great detail. Besides, it has a dedicated chapter on cryptography and network security.

With a well-balanced mix of theory and practice, the book features plenty of logical analogies and provides a rich combination of examples and exercises to help students assimilate the theory.

First Edition

Table of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Computer Networks
Chapter 2. Network Fundamentals
Chapter 3. Data Communication Fundamentals
Chapter 4. The Physical Layer
Chapter 5. The Data Link Layer
Chapter 6. The Medium Access Sublayer
Chapter 7. The Network Layer
Chapter 8. The Transport Layer
Chapter 9. The Application Layer
Chapter 10. Cryptography And Security

First Edition

Features

  • Incorporates the layered approach with emphasis on TCP-IP model, Internet, and Ethernet technologies
  • Explains several new topics like Bluetooth, IPv6, QoS provided by WiMax, and the use of scalable OFDM in 802.16
  • Includes ample exercise questions to test the understanding of students
  • Provides eye-catching sidebars that supply ancillary information

First Edition

First Edition

Description

Computer Networks is designed to serve as a textbook for undergraduate students of computer science engineering as well as those pursuing MCA and IT. Following the tried-and-tested layered approach, it gives equal weight to all the network layers and their protocols.

Written in a lucid language, the book first acquaints the reader with the fundamentals of networks and presents an overview of data communications before plunging into the depths of networks to unearth their underlying concepts. Exhaustive in its coverage, the book explains the concepts of OSI model, TCP-IP, UDP, fiber optic communication, IEEE 802 wireless standard, various network protocols, and other advanced concepts in great detail. Besides, it has a dedicated chapter on cryptography and network security.

With a well-balanced mix of theory and practice, the book features plenty of logical analogies and provides a rich combination of examples and exercises to help students assimilate the theory.

Table of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Computer Networks
Chapter 2. Network Fundamentals
Chapter 3. Data Communication Fundamentals
Chapter 4. The Physical Layer
Chapter 5. The Data Link Layer
Chapter 6. The Medium Access Sublayer
Chapter 7. The Network Layer
Chapter 8. The Transport Layer
Chapter 9. The Application Layer
Chapter 10. Cryptography And Security