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Index
Foreword
Introduction
Needs and Social Issues
Basics to Network Technologies
Type of Networks
Local Area Networks (LAN)
Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN)
Wide Area Networks (WAN)
Wireless Networks
Networking Hardware
Network Card, Network Adapter or NIC
Repeater
Hub
Bridge
Switches
Router
Access Point
Talking networking
Gateway
Network protocol
What is Data: Bits, Bytes and Costs
Bandwidth
Latency
Networking Software
Protocol Hierarchies and Layers
Design of Layers
Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Services
Service primitives
Services and Protocols in Relation
Reference Models
The OSI Reference Model
The Physical Layer
The Data Link Layer
The Network Layer
The Session Layer
The Presentation Layer
The Application Layer
The TCP/IP Reference Model
The Internet Layer
The Transport Layer
The Application Layer
The Host-to-Network Layer
Comparison, Disadvantages, Advantages of the discussed Reference Models
Historical Networks
Internet
The ARPANET
The NSFNET
The “Internet”
The primary services on the internet
The World Wide Web
The Architecture of the Internet
Connection-Oriented Networks
X.25
Frame Relay
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
The Ethernet
Wireless networks
Standardizing Networks
Who decides the standards?
Telecommunications
Industrial Standards
Internet 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
Media for Data Transmission
Twisted Pair
Coaxial Cables
Fibre Optics
Wireless Transmission
The Fundamentals of Wireless Data Transmission
Satellite Communication
GEO (Geostationary Earth Orbit) Satellites:
Satellite Communication versus Fiber Optics
The “Landline”
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
Modem
The scheme of amplitude modulation:
The scheme of amplitude shifting
Error control
Full duplex, half duplex, simplex
Digital Subscriber Lines
Mobile Phone Systems
Network standardization
Line Speeds
Cable Television
Spectrum Allocation
Cable Modem
Little Network Helpers
Ping
NsLookup
Netstat
Traceroute
Copyright Information
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