Data & Computer Communications 6th Edition

b' The standard work in the field, this book offers a clear and comprehensive\nsurvey of the whole field of data and computer communications technology --\nincluding an up-to-date report on leading-edge technologies. Emphasizing both\nthe fundamental principles as well as the critical role of performance in\ndriving protocol and network design, it explores in detail all the critical\ntechnical areas in data communications, wide-area networking, local area\nnetworking, and protocol design. \nTable of Contents \nI. OVERVIEW. \n1. Introduction. \n2. Protocols and Architecture. \nII. DATA COMMUNICATIONS. \n3. Data Transmission. \n4. Transmission Media. \n5. Data Encoding. \n6. The Datacommunication Interface. \n7. Data Link Control. \n8. Multiplexing. \nIII. '