TY - BOOK AU - Tanenbaum,Andrew S. TI - Computer networks SN - 9788177581652 (pb) U1 - 004.6 PY - 2003/// CY - Upper Saddle River, NJ PB - Prentice Hall KW - Computer Networks N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 835-868) and index; 1.1; Uses of Computer Networks; 1.2; Network Hardware; 1.3; Network Software; 1.4; Reference Models; 1.5; Example Networks; 1.6; Network Standardization; 1.7; Metric Units; 1.8; Outline of the Rest of the Book --; 2; The Physical Layer; 2.1; The Theoretical Basis for Data Communication; 2.2; Guided Transmission Media; 2.3; Wireless Transmission; 2.4; Communication Satellites; 2.5; The Public Switched Telephone Network; 2.6; The Mobile Telephone System; 2.7; Cable Television; 3; The Data Link Layer; 3.1; Data Link Layer Design Issues; 3.2; Error Detection and Correction; 3.3; Elementary Data Link Protocols; 3.4; Sliding Window Protocols; 3.5; Protocol Verification; 3.6; Example Data Link Protocols --; 4; The Medium Access Control Sublayer; 4.1; The Channel Allocation Problem; 4.2; Multiple Access Protocols; 4.3; Ethernet; 4.4; Wireless Lans; 4.5; Broadband Wireless; 4.6; Bluetooth; 4.7; Data Link Layer Switching --; 5; The Network Layer; 5.1; Network Layer Design Issues; 5.2; Routing Algorithms; 5.3; Congestion Control Algorithms; 5.4; Quality of Service; 5.5; Internetworking; 5.6; The Network Layer in the Internet --; 6; The Transport Layer; 6.1; The Transport Service; 6.2; Elements of Transport Protocols; 6.3; A Simple Transport Protocol; 6.4; The Internet Transport Protocols: UDP; 6.5; The Internet Transport Protocols: TCP; 6.6; Performance Issues --; 7; The Application Layer; 7.1; DNS - The Domain Name System; 7.2; Electronic Mail; 7.3; The World Wide Web; 7.4; Multimedia --; 8; Network Security; 8.1; Cryptography; 8.2; Symmetric-Key Algorithms; 8.3; Public-Key Algorithms; 8.4; Digital Signatures; 8.5; Management of Public Keys; 8.6; Communication Security; 8.7; Authentication Protocols; 8.8; E-mail Security; 8.9; Web Security; 8.10; Social Issues --; 9; Reading List and Bibliography; 9.1; Suggestions for Further Reading; 9.2; Alphabetical Bibliography ER -