A Professional's Guide to Data Communication in a TCP/IP World

by E. Bryan Carne

Overview

This hands-on resource provides you with a comprehensive picture of the Internet protocol stack and the role of TCP/IP in data communication. It serves as a detailed guide to the protocols, networks, codes, signals, and equipment that make it possible to communicate using TCP/IP. You find complete bit-level descriptions of the functions performed by the headers and frames of the TCP/IP suite, making it easy for you to analyze individual data packets. The book offers you a through understanding of advanced LAN and WAN technologies, and gives you an integrated view of bridging, routing and tagging operations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580539098
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/28/2004
Series:	Artech House Telecommunications Library
Pages:	253
Product dimensions:	7.04(w) x 10.30(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

E. Bryan Carne has extensive professional experience working for GTE Laboratories, where he directed the telecommunications programs In addition, he worked in key positions for contractors associated with military communications and intelligence collection programs. More recently, Dr. Carne served as a visiting professor of electrical engineering at Northeastern University and a visiting professor of telecommunications and information systems at Christian Brothers University. He is a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of London.

Table of Contents

Communications Models. Application and Transport Layer Protocols. Internet Layer Protocols. Local Area Networks. Wide Area Networks. Connecting Networks Together. Protecting Enterprise Catenets. Transmission Facilities. The Last Mile. Suggestions for Further Reading. Appendixes. List of Acronyms. Glossary.