Local Networks - An Introduction

The synthesis of computer science and telecommunications has revolutionized the design and implementation of computer communications systems. Stallings' new book offers a broad but detailed survey of the principles of data and computer communications. Divided into three parts, the book covers: Data Communications transmission media, data transmission principles, data encoding, digital data communications, data link control, and multiplexing Communications A efwor fs-circuit switched networks, packet-switched networks, local networks, and radio and satellite networks Computer Communication Architecture organized according to the OSI model, with analysis of the approach based on the ARPANET experiment, concluding with a chapter on the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Data and Computer Communications follows the style of Stallings' Local Networks: An Introduction, and includes a glossary, a list of acronyms, problems, and recommendations for further reading.