Understanding Data Communications and Networks

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Brooks/Cole, 2004 - Computers - 766 pages
Thoroughly updated for currency, this book offers a clear presentation of data communications and network fundamentals. Featuring a wide array of applications, the book fully explains concepts and supports them with case studies or descriptions of specific software and other products. Students learn the protocols of analog and digital signals, data compression, data integrity, data security, local area networks, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), and much more. The third edition includes important information on the latest developments of the Internet.

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Contents

INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS AND PROTOCOLS
1
TRANSMISSION MEDIA AND CODES
54
ANALOG AND DIGITAL SIGNALS
97
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About the author (2004)

William Shay is Professor and Chair of Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

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