Data Communication: Principles, Technology, and Applications, 5th Edition

Author: (American) William Stallings, translated by Ge Xiuhui and others
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: This book is written by the renowned author William Stallings and adopts a case-based teaching method to comprehensively introduce the fundamental knowledge, principles, application technologies, and development directions of data communication and computer networks applied in the transaction domain. The book is divided into six parts. Part 1 provides an overview of business information and data communication. Part 2 focuses on the Internet and distributed applications, including an examination of the Internet, TCP/IP and OSI two-standard architectures, Internet-based applications, client/server and intranet computing, and Internet operations. Part 3 primarily covers the content of local area networks, including LAN architecture and protocols, Ethernet and fiber-optic channels, as well as wireless LANs. Part 4 introduces wide area networks, including circuit-switching and packet-switching technologies, frame relay and ATM technologies, and wireless WANs. Part 5 discusses the content of data communication, including the fundamental aspects of transmitting information, corresponding encoding technologies, and data link control and multiplexing. Part 6 covers management issues, including Chapters 17 and 18, focusing on strategies and basic protocols and requirements in network security management and network management. This book serves as a textbook for data communication and information networks in transaction processing environments and can be used as teaching material for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a reference for professionals.