Open system LANs and their global interconnection Book

Ch. 1	Introduction to LANs and WANs
1.1	Historic background to LANs	1-1
1.2	Historic background to WANs	1-4
1.3	Interconnection between LANs and WANs	1-7
1.4	The Future	1-8
Ch. 2	OSI--Open Systems Interconnection
2.1	Introduction	2-1
2.2	The Benefits of OSI	2-1
2.3	The Origins of OSI	2-2
2.4	How OSI does the trick	2-2
2.5	Who's Who	2-4
2.6	The OSI Model	2-5
2.7	The Significance of the Transport Layer	2-7
2.8	The Higher Layers	2-8
2.9	The Standard Applications	2-9
2.10	OSI Services	2-12
2.11	OSI Functional Standards	2-14
Ch. 3	LAN Standards
3.1	Introduction	3-1
3.2	MAC Constraints and Design Considerations	3-4
3.3	Physical Layer Design Considerations	3-9
3.4	Standardised LANs	3-26
3.5	CSMA/CD (Ethernet)	3-27
3.6	Token Ring	3-50
3.7	Token Bus	3-62
3.8	Slotted Ring	3-80
3.9	Fibre Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)	3-85
3.10	MAC Bridging	3-103
3.11	MAC Service Definition	3-118
Ch. 4	Data Link Control Standards
4.1	Introduction to the Data Link Layer	4-1
4.2	Data Link Control in WANs and LANs	4-3
4.3	Connection-mode and Connectionless-mode Services	4-5
4.4	HDLC--High Level Data Link Control Procedures	4-13
4.5	Operation of the Protocols	4-26
Ch. 5	Network Control Standards
5.1	Introduction to the Network Layer	5-1
5.2	The Network Service Definition	5-4
5.3	Connection-mode and Connectionless-mode	5-5
5.4	Network Protocols	5-15
5.5	X.25 Packet Level Protocol (PLP) Standard--ISO 8208	5-19
5.6	Connectionless-mode Network Protocol ISO 8473	5-31
5.7	Use of ISO 8473 Network Protocol in LANs	5-38
5.8	Use of X.25 (Connection-mode) in LANs and WANs	5-41
5.9	Relaying, Addressing and Routeing	5-41
5.10	Frame Relays	5-52
Ch. 6	Transport Control Standards
6.1	Introduction	6-1
6.2	The Connection-mode Transport Service Definition	6-3
6.3	The Connection-mode Transport Protocol	6-11
6.4	The Network Connection Management Subprotocol	6-25
6.5	The Connectionless-mode Transport Protocol	6-28
6.6	Transport Relays	6-28
Ch. 7	The Functional Standards and Proprietary Competitors
7.1	Introduction	7-1
7.2	OSI Functional Standards	7-2
7.3	TCP/IP--An Important non-OSI Family of Protocols	7-9
7.4	PC Local Area Networks	7-17
Ch. 8	Management
8.1	Introduction	8-1
8.2	OSI Management Model	8-2
8.3	Management Information Model	8-4
8.4	Systems Management	8-14
8.5	LAN Management	8-22
8.6	Bridge Management	8-35
8.7	Simple Network Management Protocol	8-42
8.8	CMOT	8-43
Ch. 9	Structured Building Cabling
9.1	Introduction	9-1
9.2	Architecture	9-2
9.3	The Local Cabling Zone	9-3
9.4	Saturated vs Dedicated Cabling	9-4
9.5	Local Access Connection	9-6
9.6	Nodes	9-6
9.7	The Information Trunk	9-7
9.8	Transmission Technologies	9-8
9.9	Supporting LAN Standards	9-14
9.10	Integrated Services Local Networks	9-18
9.11	Standards Activities	9-19
Ch. 10	The Future
10.1	Introduction	10-1
10.2	Broadband Integrated Services Digital Networks	10-2
10.3	Integrated Services LANs and MANs	10-13
10.4	Evolution	10-40
	Appendix 1--Abbreviations
	Appendix 2--Standards
	Index