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Communications and Networking

An Introduction

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  • Introductory textbook in this area, sufficient for undergraduates but also accessible for business professionals
  • Supported by downloadable examples
  • Focussed towards students
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-4
  3. Local Area Networks

    Pages 46-62
  4. Wide Area Networks

    Pages 63-78
  5. Network Protocols

    Pages 79-104
  6. Network Security

    Pages 128-152
  7. Network Management

    Pages 153-167
  8. Wireless Networks

    Pages 168-176
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 177-230

About this book

"Communications and Networking" provides a clear and easy to follow treatment of the subject, written specifically for undergraduates who have no previous experience in the field. The author takes a step by step approach, with many examples and exercises designed to give the reader experience and increase confidence by using and designing communications systems.

Written by a lecturer with many years' experience teaching undergraduate programmes, the text takes the reader through the essentials of networking and provides a comprehensive, reliable and thorough treatment of the subject.

The author's website provides further material in the form of solutions, further examples and other relevant subject matter.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"Cowley’s book touches all the bases, more of them, in fact, than most similar books, and does so in a mere 230 pages, including two appendices and an index. … The chief beneficiaries of a book like this would seem to be managers and interested laymen who want a high-level overview of ‘networks’ without having to go into any detail. The work is well written and will be … interest to these groups." (G. M. White, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (2), February, 2008)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology, Staffordshire University, Staffordshire, UK

    John Cowley

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