Local Area Networks

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Overview of Local Area Networks i
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Layered Network Architecture
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Data Communication Concepts
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algorithm ALOHA application architecture area networks bandwidth baseband bits block bridge buffer busy period channel cipher ciphertext circuit coaxial cable collision communication Computer Networks connected connector CSMA CSMA/CD data rate data-link layer datagram destination detection devices distribution elements encoding encryption end-to-end error Ethernet example failure FDDI FIGURE flow frame frequency function IEEE Trans implementation input interconnection interface interval length local area networks M/M/1 queue maximum Mb/s method modulation node nonpersistent number of messages operation optical fiber optical power OSI Model output packet parameters performance permutation plaintext probability propagation delay protocol pulse receiver reliability retransmission routing scheme sequence shown in Fig signal slot slotted ALOHA specific Standard star coupler station T-coupler techniques terminal throughput tion token bus token ring topology traffic transceiver transmission transmitted twisted-pair types

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About the author (1989)

Gerd Keiser is a research professor at Boston University and a professor and consultant at PhotonicsComm Solutions, a firm specializing in education and consulting for the optical communications and biophotonics industries. Previously he was involved with telecom technologies at Honeywell, GTE, and General Dynamics. His technical achievements at GTE earned him the prestigious Leslie Warner Award. In addition, he is a consultant in the telecom and photonics industries, has served as an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at Northeastern University, Boston University, and Tufts University, and was an industrial advisor to the Wentworth Institute of Technology. Formerly he was a chair professor in the Electronic Engineering Department at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He is a life fellow of the IEEE, a fellow of OSA and SPIE, an associate editor of the journal "Optical Fiber Technology", and the author of four books. He received his B.A. and M.S. degrees in mathematics and physics from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and a Ph.D. in physics from Northeastern University in Boston. His professional experience and research interests are in the general areas of optical networking and biophotonics.

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TitleLocal Area Networks
Communications and signal processing
Electrical Engineering Series
McGraw-Hill Series in Electrical Engineering
McGraw-Hill series in electrical engineering: Communications and signal processing
AuthorGerd Keiser
Editionillustrated
PublisherMcGraw-Hill, 1989
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedDec 15, 2006
ISBN0070335613, 9780070335615
Length420 pages
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Computers / Networking / Local Area Networks (LANs)
  
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