Networking Fundamentals – Wide, Local and Personal Area Communications WIDE, LOCAL AND PERSONAL AREA COMMUNICATIONS

Dieses allumfassende Werk behandelt alle Aspekte der Telekommunikation von der historischen Entwicklung über die angewandte Netztechnik bis zu der Konvergenz von Netzen und Techniken und Entwicklungen der Zukunft.

This book will provide a holistic approach to networking fundamentals. It will use up-to-date information on new technologies with the evolution of wireless wide, local and personal area networks and the convergence of wireless and fixed internet access technologies.  The book is divided into four parts: 1) elements of data communications, 2) wide area networks, 3) local, personal and metropolitan area networks, and 4) networked serviced and applications. These will include topics such as evolution of wired and wireless networks, overview of transmission techniques (voice, audio, video), signaling and line coding, multiplexing and broadband techniques, transmission medium and topology, wireless medium characteristics and control, system architecture, cross-layer design, network elements, deployment, emerging technologies, sensor networks, ubiquitous networking, cognitive radio, communication middleware, protocol and connectivity management, emerging applications and services.

PART ONE. 1. Introduction to Information Networks. 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Evolution of WANs. 1.3 Evolution of Local Networks. 1.4 Structure of the book. PART TWO. 2. Characteristics of the Medium. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Guided Media. 2.3 Wireless Media. 3. Fundamentals of Physical Layer Transmission. 3.1 Information Transmission. 3.2 Transmission Techniques and Signal Constellation. 3.3 Performance of the Physical Layer. 3.4 Wideband Modems. 4. Coding and Reliable Packet Transmission. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Source Coding and Framing Techniques. 4.3 FEC Coding. 4.4 Coding for Spread-Spectrum and CDMA Systems. 4.5 Arq schemes. 4.6 Flow Control Protocols. 5. Medium Access Methods. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Centralized Assigned access Schemes. 5.3 Distributed Random Access for Data-Oriented Networks. 5.4 Integration of voice and data traffic. PART THREE. 6. The Internet. 6.1 Infrastructure of the Internet. 6.2 Addressing. 6.3 QoS. 6.4 Bridges or LAN Switches. 6.5 Switches. 6.6 Routers. 7. Cellular Networks. 7.1 Introduction: What Is a Cellular Network? 7.2 General Architecture of a Cellular Network. 7.3 Mechanisms to Support a Mobile Environment. 7.4 Protocol Stack in Cellular Networks. 7.5 PHY in TDMA Air Interface. 7.6 PHY in CDMA Air Interface. 7.7 Achieving Higher Data Rates in Cellular Networks. 7.8 Deployment of Cellular Networks. 8. Ethernet. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Legacy 10 Mb/s Ethernet. 8.3 Evolution of the PHY. 8.4 Emergence of Additional Features for Ethernet. 9. IEEE WLAN Standards. 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 IEEE 802.11 and WLANs. 9.3 IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX). 10. IEEE 802.15 WPAN. 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 IEEE 802.15.1 Bluetooth. 10.3 Interference between Bluetooth and 802.11. 10.4 IEEE 802.15.3a UWB WPANs. 10.5 IEEE 802.15.4 ZigBee. PART FOUR. 11. Network Security. 11.1 Introduction. 11.2 Network Attacks and Security Issues. 11.3 Protection and Prevention. 11.4 Detection. 11.5 Assessment and Response. 12. RF Location Sensing and Geolocation Systems. 12.1 Introduction. 12.2 What is Wireless Geolocation? 12.3 RF Location Sensing and Positioning Methodologies. 12.4 LCS Architecture for Cellular Systems. 12.5 Positioning in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks. 13. Wireless Sensor Networks. 13.1 Introduction. 13.2 Sensor Network Applications. 13.3 Sensor Network Architecture and Sensor Devices. 13.4 The PHY Layer in Sensor Networks. 13.5 The MAC Layer in Sensor Networks. 13.6 Higher Layer Issues in Sensor Networks.