Computer CommunicationsPart of a series that aims to provide an introduction to research topics in information technology, this book considers methods of computer communication. Each chapter ends with a summary and problems and exercises to enable the student to test his knowledge. |
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64 kbps analogue application layer area network Arpanet bandwidth binary broadband cable Cambridge ring carried carrier CCITT channel Chapter checking circuit coding collision connection CSMA/CD data frame data link data packet data rate data transmission defined delay destination address detection digital data encoding end device error Ethernet exchange facilities FDDI flow control frame frame check sequence frequency function HDLC header IEEE interconnection ISDN length local area network Mbps medium method modem modulation multiplexing node operation packet switching primary rate access procedure propagation PSTN pulse quantization received routing sampling secondary station shown in Fig signal slot speech standards sublayer synchronous techniques telephone network terminal time-division multiplexing token bus token ring topology traffic transmission rate transmitted wide area networks