Computer NetworksPrentice Hall PTR, 1996 - 813 pages This text integrates a wide variety of topics using the TCP/IP suite of protocols, starting with the physical layer, and then proceeding through the data link, network, transport, session, and presentation layers, up to the application layer. Tanenbaum emphasizes protocols and software, rather than hardware and theory, throughout. It also covers high speed networking, and mobile and cellular communications, and devotes entire chapters to ATM and the Internet. While students are not expected to have a background in computer networks or advanced mathematics, a general background in computer systems and programming is required. |
Contents
THE PHYSICAL LAYER | 77 |
THE DATA LINK LAYER | 175 |
THE MEDIUM ACCESS SUBLAYER | 243 |
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acknowledgement algorithm Alice application ARPANET arrives bandwidth bits block bridges broadcast browser buffer bytes cable called cell channel checksum collision communication congestion connection connection-oriented contains data frame data link layer datagram delay destination encoding encryption error Ethernet example FDDI fiber field frequency header host IEEE input interface Internet IP address IPv6 ISDN machine MBone Mbps mobile msec multicast multiple multiplexing needed network layer optics output packet parameters path payload plaintext problem protocol receiver request retransmit ring router routing satellite sender sent sequence number server shown in Fig signal slot SNMP standard station stream sublayer subnet switch TCP/IP timeout timer tion token token bucket token bus token ring TPDU traffic transmission transmit transport entity transport layer twisted pairs virtual circuit window wireless