A Comprehensive Introduction to Computer Networks

A Comprehensive Introduction to Computer Networks

This comprehension is designed to give the reader a fundamental knowledge of all the underlying technologies of computer networking, the physics of networking and the technical foundations.

The reader, may it be a student, a professional or any interested should be enabled to understand state of the art technologies and contribute to network based business decisions, get the basis for further technical education or simply get the math of the technology behind modern communication technologies.

This Book covers:

Needs and Social Issues

Basics to Network Technologies

Type of Networks such as LAN, MAN, WAN, Wireless

Networking Hardware such as Adapters, Repeater, Hub, Bridge, Router, etc.

Network protocol

What is Data: Bits, Bytes and Costs

Bandwidth and Latency

Protocol Hierarchies and Layers

Design of Layers

Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Services

Reference Models

The OSI Reference Model

The TCP/IP Reference Model

Historical Networks such as Internet, ARPANET, NSFNET

The World Wide Web

The Architecture of the Internet

The Ethernet

Wireless networks

Networking Standards

Hybrid Reference Model

The Hybrid Reference Model

The Physical Layer and it’s Theoretical Foundations

The Fourier Analysis

Bandwidth-Limited Signals

The Maximum Data Rate of a Channel

Transmission Media

The Fundamentals of Wireless Data Transmission

Satellite Communication