Data Communication and Networking (3rd Edition)

Author: Foruzan
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book continues Foruzan's consistent style, comprehensively explaining network technology in an easy-to-understand manner. Since its first edition, it has had a significant impact on network course teaching, being adopted as a textbook by many prestigious universities and serving as a primary reference for the network course in the postgraduate entrance examinations of Tsinghua University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. One of its key features is the abundance of illustrations with minimal use of mathematical formulas. The new edition places greater emphasis on fundamental network concepts and reorganizes the content based on the five-layer Internet model, enhancing coverage of wireless technology, IPv6, and network security to better reflect the latest developments in the field. Framed by the five-layer Internet model, the book provides a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the fundamentals, basic concepts, principles, and practical methods of data communication and networking, making it a classic work in the field. Any reader interested in data communication and networking will benefit greatly from this book. It can serve as a textbook for undergraduate students majoring in computer science at colleges and universities, as well as a reference for technical professionals working in data communication and networking.