Practical Computer Data Communications

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

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3. Data Communications Fundamentals

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   2. Overview of Data Communications

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   3. Communications Signals and Signal Processing

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   4. The Domestic Telephone System

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4. Point-to-Point Data Links

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   2. Modems and Dialers

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      Pages 109-136

   3. The DTE/DCE Physical Interface

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      Pages 137-169

   4. Data Link Protocol

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      Pages 171-203

5. Wide Area Networks

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   2. Data Communications Network Components

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      Pages 207-244

   3. Network Design Techniques

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      Pages 245-317

   4. Network Protocol and Architecture

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      Pages 319-384

6. Specialized Data Networks

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   2. Local Area Networks

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      Pages 387-418

   3. Network Security

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   4. Future Network Trends

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7. Back Matter

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Several years ago when I began consulting full time, I quickly discovered that despite three advanced academic degrees my practical industrial experience had some significant gaps. It thus was necessary initially to spend considerable (nonbillable) time collecting and organizing a great deal of essential information on the various aspects of modern data communica­ tions. The task was made more difficult by the highly interdisciplinary nature of the field, with the required information scattered throughout the vast international literature of telecommunications, computers, electrical engineering, military systems, mathematics, operations research, optimiza­ tion, speech processing, and the murky world oflegal and regulatory policy. Although there were a number of fine books and periodicals in each of these specialized disciplines, I was unable to find a single comprehensive text that covered the entire field at even a modestly attractive technical and mathematical level. After going to the trouble of organizing all this diverse material for my clients and students, it seemed rather natural to put it into book form and thus share it with those professionals working with computer data communi­ cations who need a comprehensive coverage of the subject at a level immediately applicable to their work and yet easily accessible for self-study. The project was facilitated by an agreeable publisher and an incredibly understanding and cooperative family, and Practical Computer Data Com­ munications is the result.

• Internet
• Modulation
• Multiplexer
• Processing
• Routing
• Signal
• analog
• classification
• communication
• computer
• electrical engineering
• information
• network
• programming
• radio

• South TEC Associates, Huntsville, USA

  William J. Barksdale

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