DATA COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER NETWORKS

AJIT PAL

2013年11月 · PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.

关于此电子书

Intended primarily as a textbook for the students of computer science and engineering, electronics and communication engineering, master of computer applications (MCA), and those offering IT courses, the book provides a comprehensive coverage of the subject. Basic elements of communication such as data, signal and channel alongwith their characteristics such as bandwidth, bit internal and bit rate have been explained. Contents related to guided and unguided transmission media, Bluetooth wireless technology, developed for Personal Area Network (PAN) and issues related to routing covering popular routing algorithms namely RIP, OSPF and BGP, have been introduced in the book. Various aspects of data link control alongwith their application in HDLC network and techniques such as encoding, multiplexing and encryption/decryption are presented in detail. Characteristics and implementation of PSTN, SONET, ATM, LAN, PACKET RADIO network, Cellular telephone network and Satellite network have also been explained. Different aspects of IEEE 802.11 WLAN and congestion control protocols have also been discussed in the book. Key Features • Each chapter is divided into section and subsection to provide flexibility in curriculum design. • The text contains numerous solved examples, and illustrations to bring clarity to the subject and enhance its understanding. • Review questions given at the end of each chapter, are meant to enable the teacher to test student’s grasping of the subject.

作者简介

AJIT PAL (PhD) is Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. A recipient of Meghnad Saha Memorial Award and Best Paper Award, Dr. Pal is a Senior Member of the IEEE, USA and Fellow of the IETE, India. Before joining IIT Kharagpur in the year 1982, Dr. Pal has been with Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, Indian Telephone Industries, Naini and Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, Hyderabad in various capacities. His research interests include embedded systems, low-power VLSI circuits, sensor networks and optical communications. He is the principal investigator of several Sponsored Research Projects including ‘Low Power Circuits’, sponsored by Intel, USA and ‘Formal Methods for Power Intent Verification’, sponsored by Synopsis (India) Pvt. Ltd. With more than 30 years of teaching experience, Dr. Pal has over 125 publications to his credit in various reputed national and international journals and conference proceedings. He has authored books on Microprocessors and Microcontrollers and his book title Microprocessors: Principles and Applications is published by PHI Learning.