Book description
Over the past few years, many fundamental changes have occurred in data communications and networking that will shape the future for decades to come.
Updated with the latest advances in the field, Jerry FitzGerald and Alan Dennis' 10th Edition of Business Data Communications and Networking continues to provide the fundamental concepts and cutting-edge coverage applications that students need to succeed in this fast-moving field.
Authors FitzGerald and Dennis have developed a foundation and balanced presentation from which new technologies and applications can be easily understood, evaluated, and compared.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
- 2. APPLICATION LAYER
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3. PHYSICAL LAYER
- 3.1. INTRODUCTION
- 3.2. CIRCUITS
- 3.3. COMMUNICATION MEDIA
- 3.4. DIGITAL TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL DATA
- 3.5. ANALOG TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL DATA
- 3.6. DIGITAL TRANSMISSION OF ANALOG DATA
- 3.7. IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT
- 3.8. SUMMARY
- 3.9. KEY TERMS
- 3.10. QUESTIONS
- 3.11. EXERCISES
- 3.12. HANDS-ON ACTIVITY
- 3.13. HANDS-ON ACTIVITY
- 4. DATA LINK LAYER
- 5. NETWORK AND TRANSPORT LAYERS
- III. NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES
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6. LOCAL AREA NETWORKS
- 6.1. INTRODUCTION
- 6.2. LAN COMPONENTS
- 6.3. TRADITIONAL ETHERNET [IEEE 802.3]
- 6.4. SWITCHED ETHERNET
- 6.5. THE BEST PRACTICE LAN DESIGN
- 6.6. IMPROVING LAN PERFORMANCE
- 6.7. IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT
- 6.8. SUMMARY
- 6.9. KEY TERMS
- 6.10. QUESTIONS
- 6.11. EXERCISES
- 6.12. HANDS-ON ACTIVITY
- 6.13. HANDS-ON ACTIVITY
- 7. WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS
- 8. BACKBONE NETWORKS
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9. METROPOLITAN AND WIDE AREA NETWORKS
- 9.1. INTRODUCTION
- 9.2. CIRCUIT-SWITCHED NETWORKS
- 9.3. DEDICATED-CIRCUIT NETWORKS
- 9.4. PACKET-SWITCHED NETWORKS
- 9.5. VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS
- 9.6. THE BEST PRACTICE MAN/WAN DESIGN
- 9.7. IMPROVING MAN/WAN PERFORMANCE
- 9.8. IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT
- 9.9. SUMMARY
- 9.10. KEY TERMS
- 9.11. QUESTIONS
- 9.12. EXERCISES
- 9.13. HANDS-ON ACTIVITY
- 9.14. HANDS-ON ACTIVITY
- 9.15. HANDS-ON ACTIVITY
- 10. THE INTERNET
- IV. NETWORK MANAGEMENT
- 11. NETWORK SECURITY
- 12. NETWORK DESIGN
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13. NETWORK MANAGEMENT
- 13.1. INTRODUCTION
- 13.2. ORGANIZING THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT FUNCTION
- 13.3. CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
- 13.4. PERFORMANCE AND FAULT MANAGEMENT
- 13.5. END USER SUPPORT
- 13.6. COST MANAGEMENT
- 13.7. IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT
- 13.8. SUMMARY
- 13.9. KEY TERMS
- 13.10. QUESTIONS
- 13.11. EXERCISES
- 13.12. HANDS-ON ACTIVITY
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V. APPENDICES
- A. CONNECTOR CABLES
- B. SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL
- C. IP TELEPHONY
- D. CELLULAR TECHNOLOGIES
- E. TCP/IP GAME
- F. WINDOWS SERVER
- GLOSSARY
Product information
- Title: Business Data Communications and Networking
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2009
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9780470055755
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