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Computer networks / Andrew S. Tanenbaum, David J. Wetherall

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Eng Boston : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011Edition: 5th editionDescription: xxii, 933 pages : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789332518742
  • 0132126958 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TK5105.5 TAN
Contents:
Uses of computer networks -- network hardware -- Network software -- Reference models -- Example networks -- Network standardization -- Metric units -- The theoretical basis for data communication -- Guided transmission media -- wireless transmission -- Communication satellites -- Digital modulation and multiplexing -- The public switched telephone network -- The mobile telephone system -- Cable television -- Data link layer design issues -- Error detection and correction -- Elementary data link protocols -- Sliding window protocols -- Example data link protocols -- The channel allocation problem -- Multiple access protocols -- Ethernet -- Wireless lans -- Broadband wireless -- Bluetooth -- RFID -- Data link layer switching -- Network layer design issues -- Routing algorithms -- Congestion control algorithms -- Quality of service -- Internetworking -- The network layer in the internet -- The transport service -- Elements of transport protocols -- Congestion control -- The internet transport protocols: UDP -- The internet transport protocols: TCP -- Performance issues -- Delay-tolerant networking -- DNS-The domain name system -- Electronic mail -- The world wide web -- Streaming audio and video -- Content delivery -- Cryptography -- Symmetric-key algorithms -- Public-key algorithms -- Digital signatures -- Management of public keys -- Communication security -- Authentication protocols -- Email security -- Web security -- Social issues
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Books Books Harare Institute of Technology Main Library Harare Institute of Technology Main Library TK5105.5TAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available BK0009952

lncludes references and index

Includes bibliography

Uses of computer networks -- network hardware -- Network software -- Reference models -- Example networks -- Network standardization -- Metric units -- The theoretical basis for data communication -- Guided transmission media -- wireless transmission -- Communication satellites -- Digital modulation and multiplexing -- The public switched telephone network -- The mobile telephone system -- Cable television -- Data link layer design issues -- Error detection and correction -- Elementary data link protocols -- Sliding window protocols -- Example data link protocols -- The channel allocation problem -- Multiple access protocols -- Ethernet -- Wireless lans -- Broadband wireless -- Bluetooth -- RFID -- Data link layer switching -- Network layer design issues -- Routing algorithms -- Congestion control algorithms -- Quality of service -- Internetworking -- The network layer in the internet -- The transport service -- Elements of transport protocols -- Congestion control -- The internet transport protocols: UDP -- The internet transport protocols: TCP -- Performance issues -- Delay-tolerant networking -- DNS-The domain name system -- Electronic mail -- The world wide web -- Streaming audio and video -- Content delivery -- Cryptography -- Symmetric-key algorithms -- Public-key algorithms -- Digital signatures -- Management of public keys -- Communication security -- Authentication protocols -- Email security -- Web security -- Social issues

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