Computer Networks (3rd Edition)

Computer Networks, Fourth Edition is the ideal introduction to computer networks. Renowned author, educator, and researcher Andrew S. Tanenbaum has updated his classic best seller to reflect the newest technologies, including 802.11, broadband wireless, ADSL, Bluetooth, gigabit Ethernet, the Web, the wireless Web, streaming audio, IPsec, AES, quantum cryptography, and more. Using real-world examples, Tanenbaum explains how networks work on the inside, from underlying physical layer hardware up through today's most popular network applications. Details Descriptions Of The Principles Associated With Each Layer And Presents Many Examples Drawn The Internet And Wireless Networks. 1. Introduction -- 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. Physical Layer -- 2.1. Theoretical Basis For Data Communication -- 2.2. Guided Transmission Media -- 2.3. Wireless Transmission -- 2.4. Communication Satellites -- 2.5. Public Switched Telephone Network -- 2.6. Mobile Telephone System -- 2.7. Cable Television -- 3. 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. Medium Access Control Sublayer -- 4.1. 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. 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. Network Layer In The Internet -- 6. Transport Layer -- 6.1. Transport Service -- 6.2. Elements Of Transport Protocols -- 6.3. Simple Transport Protocol -- 6.4. Internet Transport Protocols: Udp -- 6.5. Internet Transport Protocols: Tcp -- 6.6. Performance Issues -- 7. Application Layer -- 7.1. Dns -- The Domain Name System -- 7.2. Electronic Mail -- 7.3. 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 8.7. 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. Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 835-868) And Index. A contemporary, yet classic, introduction to today's key networking technologies Computer Networks, Fifth Edition, is the ideal introduction to the networking field. This bestseller reflects the latest networking technologies with a special emphasis on wireless networking, including 802.11, 802.16, BluetoothTM, and 3G cellular, paired with fixed-network coverage of ADSL, Internet over cable, gigabit Ethernet, MLPS, and peer-to-peer networks. Notably, this latest edition incorporates new coverage on 3G mobile phone networks, Fiber to the Home, RIFD, delay-tolerant networks, and 802.11 security, in addition to expanded material on Internet routing, multicasting, congestion control, quality of service, real-time transport, and content distribution. Authors Andrew Tanenbaum and Davis Wetherall describe the inner facets of the network, exploring its functionality from underlying hardware to applications, including: Physical layer (e.g., copper, fiber, wireless, satellites, and Internet over cable) Data link layer (e.g., protocol principles, protocol verification, HDLC, and PPP) MAC Sublayer (e.g., gigabit Ethernet, 802.11, broadband wireless, and switching) Network layer (e.g., routing algorithms, congestion control, QoS, IPv4, and IPv6) Transport layer (e.g., socket programming, UDP, TCP, RTP, and network performance) Application layer (e.g., e-mail, the Web, PHP, wireless Web, MP3, and streaming audio) Network security (e.g., AES, RSA, quantum cryptography, IPsec, and Web security) The book dissects and depicts the principles associated with each layer and then translates them through examples from the Internet and wireless networks. "Computer Networks" is the absolute bible in networking fundamentals. Tanenbaum explains how networks work from the inside out on traditional WANs, the Internet, and wireless networks. This edition also has extensive coverage of multimedia networking, including voice over IP, streaming media, video on demand, and video conferencing. For courses in computer networking or introductions to networking at both the undergraduate and graduate level in computer science, engineering, CIS, MIS, and business departments. In this revision,the author takes a structured approach to explaining how networks function