Computer Network Architectures and Protocols

by Paul Green (Editor)

Overview

This is a book about the bricks and mortar out of which are built those edifices that so well characterize late twentieth century industrial society­ networks of computers and terminals. Such computer networks are playing an increasing role in our daily lives, somewhat indirectly up to now as the hidden servants of banks, retail credit bureaus, airline reservation offices, and so forth, but soon they will become more visible as they enter our offices and homes and directly become part of our work, entertainment, and daily living. The study of how computer networks work is a combined study of communication theory and computer science, two disciplines appearing to have very little in common. The modern communication scientist wishing to work in this area finds himself in suddenly unfamiliar territory. It is no longer sufficient for him to think of transmission, modulation, noise immun­ ity, error bounds, and other abstractions of a single communication link; he is dealing now with a topologically complex interconnection of such links. And what is more striking, solving the problems of getting the signal from one point to another is just the beginning of the communication process. The communication must be in the right form to be routed properly, to be handled without congestion, and to be understood at the right points in the network. The communication scientist suddenly finds himself charged with responsibility for such things as code and format conversions, addressing, flow control, and other abstractions of a new and challenging kind.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461567004
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	12/27/2012
Series:	Applications of Communications Theory
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982
Pages:	719
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.06(d)

Table of Contents

I: Introduction.- to Part I.- 1. The Structure of Computer Networks.- 2. A Standard Layer Model.- II: Physical Layer.- to Part II.- 3. Physical Interfaces and Prools.- III: Link Control Layer.- to Part III.- 4. Character-Oriented Link Control.- 5. Bit-Oriented Data Link Control.- 6. Multiaccess Link Control.- IV: Network Layer.- to Part IV.- 7. Circuit-Switched Network Layer.- 8. Packet-Switched Network Layer.- 9. Packet-Switched Network Layer for Short Messages.- 10. DNA—The Digital Network Architecture.- 11. Path Control—The Network Layer of System Network Architecture.- 12. Routing Prools.- 13. Flow Control Prools.- V: Higher-Layer Prools.- to Part V.- 14. DCNA Higher-Layer Prools.- 15. Terminal Support Prools.- 16. SNA Higher Layer Prools.- 17. Videotex Terminal Prools.- VI: Network Interconnection.- to Part VI.- 18. Internetwork Prool Approaches.- 19. A Specific Internetwork Architecture (Pup).- VII: Formal Specifications and Their Manipulation.- to Part VII.- 20. A Survey of Formal Methods.- 21. Prool Representation with Finite State Models.- 22. Specifying and Verifying Prools Represented as Abstract Programs.- 23. A Hybrid Model and the Representation of Communication Services.- 24. Prool Analysis and Synthesis Using a State Transition Model.- 25. Executable Representation and Validation of SNA.- Index of Acronyms.