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Communications and Networking

An Introduction

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. John Cowley

    1. Kingswinford, West Midlands, United Kingdom

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  • Introductory textbook in this area, sufficient for undergraduates but also accessible for business professionals
  • Second edition revised and updated with new content
  • Supported by downloadable exercises with solutions, and teaching slides
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Part of the book series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science (UTICS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • John Cowley
    Pages 1-4

  3. Communications Technologies

    • John Cowley
    Pages 5-34

  4. Networking Models and Standards

    • John Cowley
    Pages 35-45

  5. Local Area Networks

    • John Cowley
    Pages 47-64

  6. Wide Area Networks

    • John Cowley
    Pages 65-80

  7. Network Protocols

    • John Cowley
    Pages 81-109

  8. Internet Application-Layer Protocols

    • John Cowley
    Pages 111-135

  9. Network Security

    • John Cowley
    Pages 137-168

  10. Network Management

    • John Cowley
    Pages 169-185

  11. Wireless Networks

    • John Cowley
    Pages 187-199

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 201-251
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About this book

This textbook presents a detailed introduction to the essentials of networking and communications technologies. Revised and updated, this new edition retains the step-by-step approach of the original, organised to help those without a strong knowledge of the subject matter. 

Features: provides chapter-ending summaries and review questions, an Appendix on TCP/IP packet formats and an expanded Glossary; supplies supplementary material at the associated Springer website, including teaching slides, solutions to the end-of-chapter questions and supplementary exercises with solutions; presents a greater emphasis on mobile computing and network security, and extended coverage of IPv6 (NEW); discusses networking models and standards, local area and wide area networks, network protocols, TCP/IP-based networks, network management and wireless communications; examines grid and cloud computing, microblogging, mobile ad hoc networks, near-field communication, Power over Ethernet and the Ground Positioning System (NEW).

Authors and Affiliations

  • Kingswinford, West Midlands, United Kingdom

    John Cowley

About the author

Now retired, Dr. John Cowley was formally a lecturer in the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology at Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Communications and Networking

  • Book Subtitle: An Introduction

  • Authors: John Cowley

  • Series Title: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4357-4

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-4356-7Published: 11 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-4357-4Published: 14 September 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1863-7310

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-1781

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 235

  • Number of Illustrations: 176 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks

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