Data and Computer Communications

With a focus on the most current technology and a convenient modular format, this best-selling text offers a clear and comprehensive survey of the entire data and computer communications field. Emphasizing both the fundamental principles as well as the critical role of performance in driving protocol and network design, it explores in detail all the critical technical areas in data communications, wide-area networking, local area networking, and protocol design. It covers the material in the Computer Communication and Networking core course of the joint ACM/IEEE Computing Curricula 2001.

William Stallings. On six occasions since 1966, The Textbook and Academic Authors Association has named William Stallings as author of the best Computer Science and Engineering textbook of the year. The 17 books and numerous articles that Dr. Stallings has written comprise an extraordinary contribution to understanding the constantly changing world of computer networking and computer architecture. An independent consultant, he functions as technical advisor to computer and networking manufacturers, software development firms and leading-edge government research institutions. Dr. Stallings received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering at Notre Dame and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from M.I.T. All of his Prentice Hall titles can he found at the Prentice Hall Companion Website.