Data Communications An Overview Book

1. Basics.
2. Transmission Mediums and the Physical Layer.
3. The Data Link Layer (DLL).
4. Local Area Networks (LANs).
5. Network Operating Systems (NOSs).
6. LAN Interconnection.
7. The Public Switched Telephone System (PSTN).
8. Multiplexing and Codecs.
9. Modulation and Modems.
10. T Carrier.
11. Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).
12. High-Speed Data to Office and Home.
13. Cellular Communications.
14. Binary Synchronous Control (BSC) or BiSync.
15. X.25 and Frame Relay.
16. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and SONET.
17. SNA, TCP/IP, and Murphy's Law.
18. TCP/IP and the Internet.
19. Systems Network Architecture (SNA).
Appendix 1: Cyclic Redundant Code (CRC).
Appendix 2: Decibels and Power.
Appendix 3: Queue Theory.
Appendix 4: Fourier Series.
Appendix 5: Wide Area Protocols (WAN).
Appendix 6: Data Communications Experiments.
Glossary.
Index.