Data Communications and Teleprocessing Systems
Contents: Preface. I. Hardware and networks: 1. Introduction to on-line systems. 2. Basic communications theory. 3. Communications lines. 4. Multiplexers, statistical multiplexers, concentrators and front-end processors. 5. Network configurations. 6. Terminals and personal computers. 7. Modems and interfaces. 8. Local area networks. 9. Digital PBX. 10. Error detection. 11. Network delays: loop delay. I. Protocols and architectures: 12. Introduction to network protocols. 13. The International Standards Organization's Open System Interconnection. 14. Introduction to Line protocols: Half-Duplex Point-to point. 15. Half-duplex multipoint. 16. Half-duplex performance analysis: examples. 17. Introduction to full-duplex protocols. 18. Introduction to HDLC/SDLC (High-Level Data Link Control/Synchronous Data Link Control). 19. HDLC Data Transfer. 20. HDLC Network examples. 21. Network design summary. III. Common carrier networks: 22. Communications carrier facilities. 23. Digital data networks and ISDN. 24. Packet-switching: CCITT Recommendation X.25. IV. Planning and management: 25. System planning considerations. 26. Network management. V. Queuing and statistical calculations: 27. Basic statistics. 28. Introduction to queuing theory. Index.
From the Preface: "Data communications is still the fastest-growing aspect of computing. The subject has always been made artificially complex, and modern developments tend to complicate the issue even more. Satellite communications, local area networks, optical fibres, digital networks, the integrated services digital network, and the open system interconnection are examples of the rapid growth in the communications industry.
Regardless of where you live, there are still universal principles that lie at the heart of all data communications. This book deals with these principles and addresses them in simple terms and in a logical sequence so that we will be able to locate easily the essential information we need to know to have a good understanding of data communications."
