Networking Fundamentals

PART ONE

1. Introduction to Information Networks

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Evolution of WANs

1.3 Evolution of Local Networks

1.4 Structure of the book

PART TWO

2. Characteristics of the Medium

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Guided Media

2.3 Wireless Media

3. Fundamentals of Physical Layer Transmission

3.1 Information Transmission

3.2 Transmission Techniques and Signal Constellation

3.3 Performance of the Physical Layer

3.4 Wideband Modems

4. Coding and Reliable Packet Transmission

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Source Coding and Framing Techniques

4.3 FEC Coding

4.4 Coding for Spread-Spectrum and CDMA Systems

4.5 Arq schemes

4.6 Flow Control Protocols

5. Medium Access Methods

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Centralized Assigned access Schemes

5.3 Distributed Random Access for Data-Oriented Networks

5.4 Integration of voice and data traffic

PART THREE

6. The Internet

6.1 Infrastructure of the Internet

6.2 Addressing

6.3 QoS

6.4 Bridges or LAN Switches

6.5 Switches

6.6 Routers

7. Cellular Networks

7.1 Introduction: What Is a Cellular Network

7.2 General Architecture of a Cellular Network

7.3 Mechanisms to Support a Mobile Environment

7.4 Protocol Stack in Cellular Networks

7.5 PHY in TDMA Air Interface

7.6 PHY in CDMA Air Interface

7.7 Achieving Higher Data Rates in Cellular Networks

7.8 Deployment of Cellular Networks

8. Ethernet

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Legacy 10 Mb/s Ethernet

8.3 Evolution of the PHY

8.4 Emergence of Additional Features for Ethernet

9. IEEE WLAN Standards

9.1 Introduction

9.2 IEEE 802.11 and WLANs

9.3 IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX)

10. IEEE 802.15 WPAN

10.1 Introduction

10.2 IEEE 802.15.1 Bluetooth

10.3 Interference between Bluetooth and 802.11

10.4 IEEE 802.15.3a UWB WPANs

10.5 IEEE 802.15.4 ZigBee

PART FOUR

11. Network Security

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Network Attacks and Security Issues

11.3 Protection and

Keveh Pahlavan, is a Professor of Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE), a Professor of Computer Science (CS), andDirector of the Center for Wireless Information Network Studies,Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA. He is also avisiting Professor of Telecommunication Laboratory and CWC,University of Oulu, Finland. His area of research is location-awarebroadband wireless indoor networks. He has contributed to numerousseminal technical publications and patents in this field. He is theprincipal author of the Wireless Information Networks (withAllen Levesque), John Wiley and Sons, 1995 and Principles ofWireless Networks - A Unified Approach (with P.Krishnamurthy), Prentice Hall, 2002. He has been a consultant to anumber of companies, including CNR Inc., GTE Laboratories,Steinbrecher Corp., Simplex, Mercury Computers, WINDATA, SieraComm,3COM, and Code/Motorola in Massachusetts; JPL, Savi Technologies,RadioLAN in California; Airnet in Ohio; United Technology ResearchCenter in Connecticut; Honeywell in Arizona; Nokia, LK-Products,Elektrobit, TEKES, the Finnish Academy in Finland; and NTT inJapan. Before joining WPI, he was the director of advanceddevelopment at Infinite Inc., Andover, MA, working on datacommunications. He started his career as an assistant professor atNortheastern University, Boston, MA. He is the Editor-in-Chief ofthe International Journal on Wireless Information Networks .He was the founder, the program chairman, and organizer of the IEEEWireless LAN Workshop, Worcester, in 1991 and 1996 and theorganizer and technical program chairman of the IEEE InternationalSymposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Communications, Boston,MA, 1992 and 1998. He has also been selected as a member of theCommittee on Evolution of Untethered Communication, US NationalResearch Council, 1997 and has led the US review team for theFinnish R&D Programs in Electronic and Telecommunication in1999 and NETs project in 2003. For his contributions to thewireless

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