Applied Data Communications and Networks

This volume approaches the subject from a practical orientation, with supporting theoretical background, which should be useful to electronic engineers, computer users and industry professionals. It covers all the key areas of data communications technology, including: data communications standards and models; local area networks (Ethernet, Token Ring and FDDI) Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP); High Level Data Link Control (HDLC); X.25 packet switching; asynchronous communications (RS-232); modems; Pulse Coded Modulation (PCM); Integrated Digital Services Network (ISDN); Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM); error control; and X-Windows. It uses practical examples to illustrate key areas, such as: the analysis of a University Ethernet and Token Ring; the analysis of current technologies such as FDDI and ATM; a Metropolitan Area Network; data communications software, using C, for serial communications; communications over the Internet; and the setting up of computers for TCP/IP communications.