Communications and Networking: An Introduction (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)

Cowley, John

ISBN 10: 1447143566 / ISBN 13: 9781447143567

Published by Springer, 2012

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Synopsis:

This textbook presents a detailed introduction to the essentials of networking and communications technologies. Revised and updated, this new edition retains the step-by-step approach of the original, organised to help those without a strong knowledge of the subject matter. 

Features: provides chapter-ending summaries and review questions, an Appendix on TCP/IP packet formats and an expanded Glossary; supplies supplementary material at the associated Springer website, including teaching slides, solutions to the end-of-chapter questions and supplementary exercises with solutions; presents a greater emphasis on mobile computing and network security, and extended coverage of IPv6 (NEW); discusses networking models and standards, local area and wide area networks, network protocols, TCP/IP-based networks, network management and wireless communications; examines grid and cloud computing, microblogging, mobile ad hoc networks, near-field communication, Power over Ethernet and the Ground Positioning System (NEW).

About the Author: Now retired, Dr. John Cowley was formally a lecturer in the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology at Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Communications and Networking: An ...
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Edition: 2nd Edition