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

Kaveh Pahlavan , is a Professor of Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE), a Professor of Computer Science (CS),and Director of the Center for Wireless Information NetworkStudies, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA. Heis also a visiting Professor of Telecommunication Laboratory andCWC, University of Oulu, Finland. His area of research islocation-aware broadband wireless indoor networks. He hascontributed to numerous seminal technical publications and patentsin this field. He is the principal author of the WirelessInformation Networks (with Allen Levesque), John Wiley and Sons,1995 and Principles of Wireless Networks -- A Unified Approach(with P. Krishnamurthy), Prentice Hall, 2002. He has been aconsultant to a number of companies, including CNR Inc., GTELaboratories, Steinbrecher Corp., Simplex, Mercury Computers,WINDATA, SieraComm, 3COM, and Codex/Motorola in Massachusetts; JPL,Savi Technologies, RadioLAN in California; Aironet in Ohio; UnitedTechnology Research Center in Connecticut; Honeywell in Arizona;Nokia, LK-Products, Elektrobit, TEKES, the Finnish Academy inFinland; and NTT in Japan. Before joining WPI, he was the directorof advanced development at Infinite Inc., Andover, MA, working ondata communications. He started his career as an assistantprofessor at Northeastern University, Boston, MA. He is theEditor-in-Chief of the International Journal on WirelessInformation Networks. He was the founder, the program chairman, andorganizer of the IEEE Wireless LAN Workshop, Worcester, in 1991 and1996 and the organizer and technical program chairman of the IEEEInternational Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile RadioCommunications, Boston, MA, 1992 and 1998. He has also beenselected as a member of the Committee on Evolution of UntetheredCommunication, US National Research Council, 1997 and has led theUS review team for the Finnish R&D Programs in Electronic andTelecommunication in 1999 and NETs project in 2003. For hiscontributions to the

5/5 stars ( IT Training, , November 2009) I would wholeheartedly recommend the book to everyone, whether novices or expert, as it covers an incredible amount of knowledge on communication. ( BCS , September 2009)

?5/5 stars? ( IT Training, , November 2009)
?I would wholeheartedly recommend the book to everyone, whethernovices or expert, as it covers an incredible amount of knowledgeon communication.? ( BCS , September 2009)