Basics of Computer Networking
Springer Brief Basics of Computer Networking provides a non-mathematical introduction to the world of networks. This book covers both technology for wired and wireless networks. Coverage includes transmission media, local area networks, wide area net
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Thomas Robertazzi
Basics of Computer Networking
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Thomas Robertazzi Stony Brook University Stony Brook NY, USA e-mail: [email protected]
ISSN 2191-8112 ISBN 978-1-4614-2103-0 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-2104-7
e-ISSN 2191-8120 e-ISBN 978-1-4614-2104-7
Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011941592 Ó The authors 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To Marsha, My Late Wife and Partner
Preface
Computer networking is a fascinating field that has interested many for quite a few years. The purpose of this brief book is to give a general, non-mathematical, introduction to the technology of networks. This includes discussions of types of communication, many networking standards, popular protocols, venues where networking is important such as data centers, cloud computing and grid computing and the most important civilian encryption algorithm, AES. This brief book can be used in undergraduate and graduate networking courses in universities or by the individual engineer, computer scientist or information technology professional. In universities it can be used in conjunction with more mathematical modeling oriented texts. I have learned a great deal about networking by teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on the topic at Stony Brook. I am grateful to Dantong Yu of Brookhaven National Laboratory for making me aware of many recent technological developments. Thanks are also due to Brett Kurzman, my editor at Springer, for supporting this brief book project. I would like to acknowledge the assistance in my regular duties at the university of my department’s superb staff of Gail Giordano, Carolyn Huggins, Rachel Ingrassia and Debbie Kloppenburg. I would also like to thank Prad Mohanty and Tony Olivo for excellent computer support. The validation of my writing efforts by my daug
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