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Features

• Flexible organization. The ordering of topics is presented with a top-down approach, with the early part of the book dealing with applications and upper-level protocols. However, the book is designed to support a bottom-up approach as well.
• Detailed examination of client/server computing and service oriented architecture. Provides students with information about how these vital topics for corporate data communication work, allowing them to understand their functions and the approach for organizing enterprise systems.

• Detailed discussion of all networking technologies, including LANs and WANs. Students can compare and evaluate competing approaches and thus understand each better. Wireless networks and quality of service are especially important topics.
• Solid coverage of the TCP/IP set of protocols. Students are given the foundation and context for understanding the protocols and standards that form the foundation for all data networking.

• Extensive use of real-world case studies. Shows students how companies have dealt with the real issues, problems, and opportunities presented by communications and network technology.

• Numerous questions, homework problems, and worked-out examples. Offers students a chance to apply and test their knowledge.

• Tables and figures. Helps students clarify concepts to aid in comprehension.

• Suggested readings, key word lists, and recommended Web Sites conclude each chapter, and encourage students to further explore topics of interest. Seven online appendices provide supplemental material for students.

• Companion Website Access textbook-related resources and support materials for students and instructors maintained by the author.

• Student Resource Site Access a wealth of computer science-related information including mathematics reviews, how-to documents, research resources, and career explorations maintained by the author.

• Instructor Resource Center: This password-protected web site includes:
• Solutions Manual: Solutions to end-of-chapter Review Questions and Problems.
• Projects Manual: Suggested project assignments for 6 different types of assignment, written especially for this book.
• Animation Assignments
• Practical Exercises
• Ethereal Projects
• Research Projects
• Reading/Report Assignments
• Writing Assignments
• PowerPoint Slides: A set of slides covering all chapters, suitable for use in lecturing.
• PDF files: Reproductions of all figures and tables from the book

New To This Edition

• New incorporation of interactive, online animations. A total of 12 Web-based animations are used to illustrate key functions.  These animations are a tremendous help in visualizing the complex mechanisms of network protocols. They can be used in a passive or active mode for self-study, or an assignment.
• New coverage of IP performance metrics and service level agreements (SLAs). Information systems managers need these increasingly important tools to properly manage enterprise networks and ensure that quality of service (QoS) meets requirements.
• New unified communications concepts. New treatment of concepts representing the leading edge of business network design, including unified communications, convergence, and service oriented architecture (SOA).
• Security material has been expanded to two stand-alone chapters and interspersed throughout the text.  
  • Part six of the prior edition, Security, has been completely rewritten and expanded to two chapters, reflecting the growing importance Security holds to information systems managers.
  • Unique to this text, additional security material is also embedded throughout relevant chapters.
• All of the material has been updated for the latest technologies and developments in the field. Updated coverage includes specifications of WiFi/IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, including 802.11n. New details of Gigabit Ethernet and 10-Gbps Ethernet standards are provided.
• New homework problems and additional text and figures have been added.

Table of Contents

Preface

      0.1    Outline of This Book

      0.2    Topic Ordering

      0.3    Internet and Web Resources

      0.4    Useful Publications

      1.1    Information and Communication

      1.2    Data Communications and Networking for Today's Enterprise

      1.3    Convergence and Unified Communications

      1.4    The Nature of Business Information Requirements

      1.5    Distributed Data Processing

      1.6    The Internet and Distributed Applications

      1.7    Networks

      1.8    The Transmission of Information

      1.9    Management Issues

      1.10  Standards

      1.11  Recommended Web Sites

      1.12  Key Terms and Review Questions

      Appendix 1A  Prefixes for Numerical Units

      2.1    Audio

      2.2    Data

      2.3    Image

      2.4    Video

      2.5    Performance Measures

      Application Note:   File Sizes

      2.6    Summary

      2.7    Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      2.8    Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      3.1    Centralized Versus Distributed Processing

      3.2    Forms of Distributed Data Processing

      3.3    Distributed Data

      3.4    Networking Implications of DDP

      Application Note:   Distributed Computing Support

      3.5    Summary

      3.6    Recommended Reading

      3.7    Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      4.1    Internet History

      4.2    Internet Architecture

      4.3    Internet Domains

      Application Note: Fitting DNS into your organizational structure

      4.4    Summary

      4.5    Recommended Reading

      4.6    Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      5.1    A Simple Protocol Architecture

      5.2    The TCP/IP Protocol Architecture

      5.3    Internetworking

      5.4    The OSI Protocol Architecture

      5.5    Virtual Private Networks and IP Security

      Application Note: Practical Guide to Networking

      5.6    Summary

      5.7    Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      5.8    Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      Appendix 5A TCP and IP Details

      Appendix 5B The Trivial File Transfer Protocol

      6.1       The Growth of Client/Server Computing

      6.2       Client/Server Applications

      6.3       Middleware

      6.4       Intranets

      6.5       Extranets

      6.6       Service Oriented Architecture

      Application Note:   To Be Fat or Thin — That is the Question

      6.6       Summary

      6.7       Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      6.8       Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      7.1    Electronic Mail and SMTP

      7.2    Web Access and HTTP

      7.3    Web Security

      7.4    Internet Telephony and SIP

      Application Note:   To Serve or Not to Serve?

      7.5    Summary

      7.6    Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      7.7    Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      8.1       Internet Addressing

      8.2       Internet Routing Protocols

      8.3       The Need for Speed and Quality of Service

      8.4       Differentiated Services

      8.5       Service Level Agreements

      8.6       IP Performance Metrics

      Application Note:  Where Does My Network Address Come From?

      8.7       Summary

      8.8       Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      8.9       Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      9.1       Background

      9.2       LAN Configurations

      9.3       Guided Transmission Media

      9.4       LAN Protocol Architecture

      Application Note:  Cabling Infrastructure

      9.5       Summary

      9.6       Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      9.7       Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      Appendix 9A          Decibels and Signal Strength

      10.1     The Emergence of High-Speed LANs

      10.2     Traditional Ethernet

      10.3     Bridges, Hubs, and Switches

      10.4     High-Speed Ethernet

      Application Note: Networking with Ethernet

      10.5     Summary

      10.6     Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      10.7     Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      11.1     Overview

      11.2     Wi-Fi Architecture and Services

      11.3     IEEE 802.11 MAC and Physical Layer Standards

      11.4     IEEE 802.11 Security

      Application Note: Deploying Wireless LANs

      11.5     Summary

      11.6     Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      11.7     Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      12.1     Switching Techniques

      12.2     Circuit Switching Networks

      12.3     Packet Switching Networks

      12.4     Traditional Wide Area Network Alternatives

      Application Note: Switching

      12.5     Summary

      12.6     Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      12.7     Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      13.1     Wide Area Networking Alternatives

      13.2     Frame Relay

      13.3     Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

      Application Note: Off-site Connectivity Solutions

      13.4     Summary

      13.5     Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      13.6     Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      14.1     Cellular Wireless Networks

      14.2     Multiple Access

      14.3     Third-Generation Wireless Communications

      14.4     Satellite Communications

      Application Note: PDAs, Cell Phones, and Laptops

      14.5     Summary

      14.6     Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      14.7     Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      15.1     Signals for Conveying Information

      15.2     Transmission Impairments and Channel Capacity

      Application Note: PDAs, Cell Phones, and Laptops

      15.3     Summary

      15.4     Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      15.5     Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      16.1     Analog and Digital Data Communication

      16.2     Data Encoding Techniques

      16.3     Asynchronous and Synchronous Transmission

      16.4     Error Detection

      Application Note: Devices, Encoding, Communication Parameters and Protocols

      16.5     Summary

      16.6     Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      16.7     Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      17.1     Flow Control and Error Control

      17.2     High-Level Data Link Control

      17.3     Motivation for Multiplexing

      17.4     Frequency-Division Multiplexing

      17.5     Synchronous Time-Division Multiplexing

      Application Note: Changing Communications

      17.6     Summary

      17.7     Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      17.8     Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      18.1     Computer Security Concepts

      18.2     Threats, Attacks, and Assets

      18.3     Intruders

      18.4     Malicious Software Overview

      18.5     Viruses, Worms, and Bots

      18.6     Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      18.7     Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      19.1     Virtual Private Networks and IPSec

      19.2     SSL and TLS

      19.3     Wi-Fi Protected Access

      19.4     Intrusion Detection

      19.5     Malware Defense

      19.6     Recommended Reading

      19.7     Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      20.1     Network Management Requirements

      20.2     Network Management Systems

      20.3     Technical Control

      20.4     Performance Monitoring

      20.5     Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

      20.6     Summary

      20.7     Recommended Reading and Web Sites

      20.8     Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      21.1  The Project Environment – The Big Picture

      21.2  Planning

      21.3  Design Techniques

      21.4  Some Capacity Planning and Network Design Tools

      21.5  Recommended Reading

      21.6  Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

      Appendix 21A        Some Simple Design Algorithms

      Appendix 21B        Selling Books Online – A Case Study

      A.1   Animation Projects

      A.2   Practical Exercises

      A.3   Ethereal Projects

      A.4   Research Projects

      A.5   Reading/Report Assignments

      A.6   Writing Assignments

          B.1    The Importance of Standards

          B.2    Standards and Regulation

          B.3    Standards-Setting Organizations

          C.1    Uniform Resource Locator

          C.2    Uniform Resource Identifier

          C.3    To Learn More

          E.1       Ones-Complement Addition

          E.2       Use in TCP and IP

          F.1     Network Architecture

          F.2     Advanced Program-to-Program Communication

          F.3     Protocol Architecture

Appendix H          Bluetooth

Appendix I           Multipath Interference and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)

          J.1     Symmetric Encryption

          J.2     Public-Key Cryptography

          J.3     Secure Hash Functions

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Dr. William Stallings has authored 17 titles, and counting revised editions, over 41 books on computer security, computer networking, and computer architecture. In over 20 years in the field, he has been a technical contributor, technical manager, and an executive with several high-technology firms. Currently he is an independent consultant whose clients have included computer and networking manufacturers and customers, software development firms, and leading-edge government research institutions. He has received the award for the Best Computer Science textbook of the year from the Text and Academic Authors Association 10 times - most recently in 2008 for his text, Computer Security: Principles and Practice.

Dr. Stallings is a member of the editorial board of Cryptologia, a scholarly journal devoted to all aspects of cryptology. He is a frequent lecturer and author of numerous technical papers. Dr. Stallings created and maintains the Computer Science Student Resource Site, which provides documents and links on subjects of interest to computer science students and professionals. He holds a PhD from M.I.T. in Computer Science and a B.S. from Notre Dame in electrical engineering.

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